26 February 2025 The meeting of Prof. Mohamed Lotayef and Prof. Dr. Hani Otaiba, member of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Health Council and President of the Royal College of Surgeons - Glasgow

prof. Mohamed Lotayef, The Executive president of the Egyptian Health Council, met with Prof. Hani Eteiba, member of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Health Council, President of the Royal College of surgeons - Glasgow, in the presence of Prof. Khaled Abdel Karim Musharraf, General Committees of the Egyptian Board, Prof.  Reem Emad, General Supervisor of Accreditation in the Egyptian Board, Dr. Abdel Salam Shalaby, Director General of the General Administration of Human Medicine at the Egyptian Health Council And the protocols of the Egyptian Health Council 
Where the discussion took place on some important issues to consolidate cooperation between the Royal College of Doctors and Surgeons - Glasgow (Royal College), and the Egyptian Health Council  
To achieve the goals related to the following:
-Coordination with the Egyptian Health Council to include the preparation of exam questions in a manner commensurate with the scientific content to study dentistry and expected learning outputs to suit the first part exam for a diploma of membership of the Royal College of Dental Surgery. (MFDS- Part 1)
- Setting specific criteria for managing the exam questions bank in a manner that includes governance, quality control, as well as ensuring the confidentiality and safety of issuing questions for licensing exams to practice the profession.
Setting a mechanism to ensure the security and confidentiality of the Egyptian test to practice dentistry with the first part of the Royal College Fellowship test in terms of scientific content, shape and quality MFDS-Part1.
- Setting a draft official agreement between the Royal College and the Egyptian Health Council to recognize the certificate and approve it as an equation and a reward for the first part of the Royal College Certificate.
- Enhancing the value of the Egyptian test to practice the profession for dentistry as an internationally recognized certificate.
- Research the possibility of adopting the Egyptian Board Exam for Family Medicine, Granting Graduates, membership of the Royal College for General Practitioners, and the adoption of the test for the test as the concession center.
-Search the possibility of adopting a portion of the Egyptian Board Exam for the internal specialization to equalize the first part of the MRCP-UK.

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