Accreditation

As leadership in the KBIM, we are committed to continuing to maintain high standards in all aspects of our training program. In addition to being accredited and in good standing at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, we are pursuing accreditation by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada.

We believe that Canadian accreditation is an excellent way to hold ourselves accountable to those high standards and we are fully committed to achieving it.

In June 2025, the program was achieved the status "Accreditation in Progress". This roughly means that the program was deemed to meet the standards of accreditation on paper. A final decision regarding accreditation takes place after a site visit by the Royal College of Physicians. The visit is currently scheduled for April 19th, 2026.

We are fully committed to improving the program for every resident, from R1 to R5. We believe that this is the biggest value that accreditation brings, an improvement in the program and recognition of the program as a whole.

Beyond that, at the individual resident level, residents who who were in R1 when the "Accreditation in Progress" status was achieved (i.e., those who were in R1 in the 2024/2025 academic year), may be eligible to apply for and sit the Royal College of Physicians Internal Medicine Exam (in Ottawa, Canada) if by the time they graduate the program had completed the steps to become fully accredited.

Upon successful completion of the Royal College exam, they may be eligible to receive the Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCSC) designation.