The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt (MOHESR) signed a five-year agreement to provide education, training, assessment and accreditation to the benefit of both surgical and dental practitioners and patients. The signing took place on the 26 September 2024, at the Hotel Regis in New Cairo.
The two organisations have been developing and strengthening their relationship since the first signing of a Letter of Intention in 2023. The agreement will be an umbrella agreement allowing the development of individual partnerships with universities, institutes and other organisations under the oversight of MOHESR.
Both organisations are committed to excellence in education and training and in upholding the highest standards of achievement in the surgical and dental profession.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh began in 1505 to uphold standards in surgery through education, training and assessment. It has 32500 members in over 100 countries and its qualifications are recognised throughout the world.
Professor Rowan Parks, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh said:
The signing of this Memorandum is a significant step forward in our commitment to education, training, assessment and accreditation in Egypt and I welcome the opportunity to work with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The Minister has an ambitious agenda to develop and grow the surgical and dental professions in Egypt and we are delighted to support these initiatives, in pursuit of our aim of improving patient safety worldwide. I look forward to working with universities, institutes and other organisations in collaboration with MOHESR in the coming years.
- RCSEd was first incorporated as the Barber Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1505 and is based in Edinburgh and Birmingham.
- It is one of the oldest surgical corporations in the world with a global membership of more than 32,000, including 15,000 members in the UK.
- The College also has a significant worldwide presence with members in over 140 countries.
- The College promotes the highest standards of surgical and dental practice through education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical and dental workforce.
- The College has six faculties: The Faculty of Dental Surgery, The Faculty of Surgical Trainers, The Faculty of Dental Trainers, The Faculty of Perioperative Care, The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care and The Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare.
- It is also home to the UK’s only Faculty of Surgical Trainers, open to all those with an interest in surgical training regardless of College affiliation.
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