About Gulf Med Ethics

A practitioner can be a careful clinician and still end up facing a complaint because of something no one explained to them: how consent works for a patient aged 15 to 18, when a patient photo can be posted, what a facility investigation will ask, or what happens when a case reaches a committee. In Saudi Arabia these rules are set out in national law and in the SCFHS Code of Ethics, but they are scattered across long documents, some only fully available in Arabic.

We bring that material together in short, practical courses, so that you can understand the standard before a problem arises, or respond well if one already has.

Saudi hospitals and clinics rely on practitioners from many countries working side by side. That brings real strengths, and some predictable friction: different habits around documentation, consent, hierarchy, communication with families and the use of social media. Our courses are written with that workforce in mind. They use plain English, explain Saudi terms when they first appear, and use illustrative cases set in Saudi facilities. The cases are composites written for teaching; they do not describe real people.

1. Start from the law and the regulator. We read the primary text first: the Law of Practicing Healthcare Professions and its Executive Regulations, SCFHS rules and the Code of Ethics, MOH guidelines, the Personal Data Protection Law and guidance from SDAIA, SFDA and the Insurance Authority.
2. Leave out what we cannot confirm. If a figure or rule appears only in secondary reports, it does not go into a course as fact.
3. Write for practice. Each course moves from the rule to what it means on a busy shift, with scenarios and knowledge checks.
4. Review. Every course is reviewed by our expert editorial team for accuracy, clarity and tone before it is published.

Gulf Med Ethics is an independent CPD course provider and is not affiliated with SCFHS or the Ministry of Health.

• We never say that our courses carry SCFHS CPD hours. SCFHS decides how any learning counts towards your registration; you can apply to SCFHS to have learning recognised.
• We never promise an outcome. A course can help you show understanding and change; it cannot decide a complaint or a committee case.
• We do not publish testimonials, invented statistics or named experts we cannot stand behind.
• We do not give legal advice. If you have an open case, speak to a lawyer or your malpractice insurer as well.

Saudi health regulation changes often. In recent years the health insurance remit moved to the Insurance Authority, the Personal Data Protection Law came fully into effect, and MOH has stepped up enforcement over social media posts. We check our sources on a regular cycle, update a course when the law or guidance it relies on changes, and show the date each course was last reviewed.

The Saudi Arabia edition is open now. Editions for the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain are planned and will each be researched from that country's own law before they open.

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