training

Year family medicine was established: 1987 – department; programme – 1994 (Al-Shafaee, 2009)

Type of Training: Residency (Al-Shafaee, 2009)

Length of Training: 4 years (Al-Shafaee, 2009)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 1 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 12 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

practice

Family doctor to patients ratio: 1:19,288 (Obeidat et al., 2017)

Physician to population ratio: 132 per 100 000 (International Statistics, n.d.).

DALY: 11,892 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 79.7 years

• Males 2017: 75.6 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 105 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 66 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 99%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• Yes: Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB).

training

The training program in Oman provides a comprehensive and diverse environment for residents to learn about family medicine and to become family physicians themselves. The training for family medicine consists of 15 blocks and a person aspiring to become a family physician and enroll in the family medicine residency program needs to hold and MBBS.

practice

Family physicians in Oman provide primary care with a focus on preventative medicine via the use of basic diagnostic tools. Moreover, they promote healthy living via dissemination of important information (Al-Shafaee, 2009). Several act as educators in medical schools as well. Other primary care deliverers include nurses, pharmacists, health educators and administrators (2009). The model of primary care used is ultimately a preventative one that focuses accounts for a holistic view on the patient (2009).