Editorial Standards

• Primary sources first. Every legal or regulatory statement is traced to the law, the regulation or the body that sets the rule.
• No guesswork. If we cannot confirm a fact from a primary source, we do not state it as fact.
• Written for each country. Each edition is researched and written separately. We do not swap country names into a shared template.
• Reviewed before publication by our expert editorial team.
• Honest about limits. We never promise an outcome or suggest a course carries SCFHS CPD hours.

For the Saudi edition we work from the Law of Practicing Healthcare Professions and its Executive Regulations, the SCFHS Code of Ethics for Healthcare Practitioners and SCFHS registration rules, Ministry of Health guidelines and announcements, the Personal Data Protection Law and SDAIA guidance, and publications from the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the Insurance Authority, the Council of Health Insurance and the Saudi Patient Safety Center. Where an English text exists we compare it with the Arabic title and article numbers.

We use news reports, blogs, forums and other course providers only to find out what practitioners are asking about. They are never the basis for a fact in a course, and we do not copy content from other providers.

Some details that circulate widely in the Gulf, such as particular hour splits, penalty periods or processes described in social media posts, cannot be found in any current primary text. When that happens we leave the detail out, or we describe the general position and tell you to check with the relevant body. We would rather say less than say something wrong about your registration or your case.

1. Map the topic: the rules that apply, who sets them and where practitioners most often go wrong.
2. Draft the course in plain English, moving from the rule to what it means in practice.
3. Write illustrative cases and knowledge checks set in Saudi hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.
4. Write the final assessment so that every answer option is plausible and similar in length.
5. Review by our expert editorial team for accuracy, clarity and tone, with every legal reference checked against its source.

Our cases are composites written for teaching. They do not describe real patients, practitioners, facilities or decisions, and we never use names. Where a course mentions an enforcement example, it is drawn from a published Ministry of Health announcement and described without identifying anyone.

Many readers use English as a working language. We use short sentences, explain each Saudi term the first time it appears, and avoid idioms that do not travel well. Where the English and Arabic names for a body or law differ in common use, we give the name you are most likely to see on forms and portals such as Mumaris Plus.

We recheck the sources behind each course on a regular cycle and whenever a relevant law, regulation or guideline changes. Each course shows the date it was last reviewed. When a change affects what a course teaches, we update the course and its assessment together.

If you spot an error, email support@gulfmedethics.com with the course and section. We check the point against the primary source. Errors in legal or regulatory facts are corrected first, and the course review date is updated.

• That a course carries SCFHS CPD hours, or that SCFHS, the Ministry of Health or any other authority has reviewed or backs it
• That a course will lead to a particular decision in a complaint, investigation or committee case
• That a certificate proves clinical competence
• Statistics we cannot source, testimonials, or experts we cannot name

SCFHS decides how any learning counts towards your registration; you can apply to SCFHS to have learning recognised.