Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. DHP/15/2024

Update Regarding “Assistant Specialty” and “Gp (Supervised)” Categories Under Physicians’ Profession and “GD (Supervised)” Category

To	Department of Healthcare Professions / Ministry of Public Health
From	All Physicians and Dentists in the state of Qatar (Governmental & Private sector) All Healthcare Facilities/ focal points in the state of Qatar (Governmental & Private sector)
Subject	Update regarding “Assistant Specialty” and “GP(Supervised)” categories under physicians’ profession and “GD (supervised)” category
Date	02 June 2024

Greetings from the department of Healthcare Professions,

Regarding the “Assistant Specialty” and “GP(Supervised)” categories under physicians’ profession, as well as the “GD (supervised)” category and in line with DHP's responsibility to improve the healthcare sector in the State of Qatar, and in its commitment to organizing the necessary procedures to ensure patient safety and the competency of healthcare practitioners, DHP has decided the following:

“Qataris”, “offspring of Qatari women” and “offspring of residents of Qatar holding a valid QID with a family sponsorship” can apply for “Assistant specialty”, “GP (supervised)” and “GD (supervised)” according to their respective scope in the following cases: