New CME requirement for Dubai docs

Per a new ruling from the UAE Ministry of Health, physicians practicing in the public sector will now need 50 hours of CME every year in order to renew their medical licenses. The new ruling takes effect January 1, 2007:

"While many private sector hospitals already stipulate their own minimum number of CME hours doctors must attend, at present, there are no laws to ensure public sector medical practitioners - including doctors, dentists and nurses - do the same. And Dr Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Ghafoor, assistant undersecretary for curative medicine, at the Ministry of Health, said this move is vital to ensure Dubai’s doctors keep up-to-date with advances in treatment methods."