Annual Report 2013 College of Medicine & Health Sciences & Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Contents DEAN’S MESSAGE 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 OVERVIEW College of Medicine & Health Sciences 5 Sultan Qaboos University Hospital 10 AcADEMIC & PATIENT CARE DEPARTMENTS Anaesthesia, ICU & Pain Management Overview 15 Staff 16 Highlights of the Year 2013 16 Teaching Programmes 17 Training Courses & CME Activities 17 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 18 Research 18 Behavioural Medicine Overview 21 Staff 22 Highlights of the Year 2013 22 Teaching Programmes 23 Training Courses & CME Activities 25 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 25 Research 26 Biochemistry Overview 33 Staff 34 Highlights of the Years 2013 34 Teaching Programmes 34 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 36 Research 36 Child Health Overview 43 Staff 44 Highlights of the Year 2013 45 Teaching Programmes 47 Training Courses & CME Activities 48 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 48 Research 50 Emergency Medicine Overview 57 Staff 58 Highlights of the Year 2013 59 Teaching Programmes 60 Training Courses & CME Activities 61 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 62 Research 64 Family Medicine & Public Health Overview 65 Staff 66 Highlights of the Year 2013 66 Teaching Programmes 66 Training Courses & CME Activities 68 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 68 Research 69 Genetics Overview 77 Staff 78 Highlights of the Year 2013 78 Teaching Programmes 78 Training Courses & CME Activities 79 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 80 Research 82 Haematology Overview 87 Staff 88 Highlights of the Year 2013 89 Teaching Programmes 89 Training Courses & CME Activities 90 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 90 Research 93 Human & Clinical Anatomy Overview 103 Staff 104 Highlights of the Year 2013 104 Teaching Programmes 104 Research 105 Medicine Overview 107 Staff 108 Highlights of the Year 2013 109 Teaching Programmes Training Courses & CME Activities 110 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 112 Research 116 Microbiology & Immunology Overview 123 Staff 124 Highlights of the Year 2013 125 Teaching Programmes 125 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 126 Research 126 Nursing Services Directorate Overview 133 Staff 134 Highlights of the Year 2013 135 Teaching Programmes 139 Training Courses & CNE Activities 139 Research 141 Nutrition & Dietetics Overview 143 Staff 144 Highlights of the Year 2013 144 Teaching Programmes 145 Training Courses & CME Activities 145 Research 145 Obstetrics & Gynaecology Overview 147 Staff 148 Highlights of the Year 2013 148 Teaching Programmes 149 Training Courses & CME Activities 150 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 151 Research 152 Ophthalmology Overview 161 Staff 162 Highlights of the Year 2013 163 Teaching Programmes 163 Training Courses & CME Activities 164 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 165 Research 166 Oral Health Overview 169 Staff 170 Highlights of the Year 2013 170 Teaching Programmes 171 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 171 Research 172 Pathology Overview 173 Staff 174 Highlights of the Year 2013 175 Teaching Programmes 176 Training Courses & CME Activities 177 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 178 Research 179 Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy Overview 187 Staff 188 Highlights of the Year 2013 188 Teaching Programmes 188 Research 190 Pharmacy Overview 197 Staff 198 Highlights of the Year 2013 199 Teaching Programmes 199 Training Courses & CME Activities 199 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 200 Research 204 Physiology Overview 209 Staff 210 Highlights of the Year 2013 210 Teaching Programmes 210 Training Courses & CME Activities 211 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 212 Research 214 Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Overview 217 Staff 218 Highlights of the Year 2013 219 Teaching Programmes 220 Training Courses & CME Activities 221 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 222 Research 222 Radiology & Molecular Imaging Overview 223 Staff 228 Highlights of the Year 2013 229 Teaching Programmes 230 Clinical & Diagnostic Services 231 Research 232 Surgery Overview 235 Staff 236 Highlights of the Year 2013 237 Teaching Programmes 237 Training Courses & CME Activities 238 Research 238 SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS College Medical Library 240 Medical Education & Informatics Unit 244 Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 248 Hospital Directorate of Development & Quality 251 Directorate of Information System 255 Department of Procurement 258 Directorate of Patient Services 260 Directorate of Public Relations & Information 262 Directorate of Technical Affairs 264 Directorate of Training & Continuing Professional Development 274 Department of Finance 277 Department of Housing 279 Department of Medical Records 281 Department of Transport 283 APPENDICES Appendix I Clinico-Pathologic Conferences: SCRAPS 2012–2013 284 Appendix II Curriculum Information 285 Annual Report 2013 College of Medicine & Health Sciences and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Dean's Message t is my pleasure to present to you the report of the College of Medicine & Health Sciences and the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital for the year 2013. IThe College of Medicine was founded in 1986 and became the College of Medicine & Health Sciences (COMHS) in 2002 when the Nursing Program was added. From the beginning, the COMHS and Sultan Qa- boos University Hospital (SQUH) have recognised teaching, research, training and clinical and community services as their core responsibilities. They aim for the highest standards of achievement in the quality of their medical and health education and services, in research and in their contribution to Omani society. They also aspire to become a role model for other medical and health science colleges and health care institutions in Oman and abroad. In 2013, the College had a total of 86 faculty members including 17 Professors, 22 Associate Professors and 28 Assistant Professors. The COMHS has grown and diversified, with well-established programmes in the preclinical and clinical departments. The new curriculum, developed since 2008, is now in its second year of implementation. Student intake is around 125 per year and the total student numbers are around 1,100. The College runs an M.Sc. programme in Biomedical Sciences and Ph.D. programmes are now approved in eight study areas. In 2013 the SQUH had 84 senior consultants and 72 consultants. It has had ISO 9001/2000 certification since 2005 and has introduced an electronic patient records system. SQUH and the COMHS have state of the art laboratories and equipment. In 2013, the MD Programme was fully accredited for a ten-year period by the Association for Medical Edu- cation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in association with and in accordance with the standards of the World Federation for Medical Education. The accreditation decision was made on basis that the M.D. Programme complies with the WFME’s “Basic and Quality Development Standards”. It is notable that COMHS’ “Quality Development Standards” are considered by the WFME as “Best Practice” thus conferring distinguished status on the COMHS’ M.D. Programme. Prof. Omar Al-Rawas Dean College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Chair Hospital Board Sultan Qaboos University Hospital 2 Executive Summary he College of Medicine & Health Sciences (COM&HS) and the University Hospital (SQUH) continue to expand and develop their educational and clinical mission. This report documents their activities Tand achievements during 2013. Education In 2013, the COM&HS admitted into the M.D. programme a total of 130 students. Following successful com- pletion of the Phase II of the M.D. programme, 99 students joined the clinical Phase III of the M.D. programme in September 2013. The training of B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences students is also among the responsibilities of the COM&HS and SQUH, of whom 18 graduated in 2013, all of them female. The College of Medicine and the University Hospital graduated a total of 83 medical doctors in 2013. A total of 70 students have now graduated from the College’s Master’s programme in Biomedical Sciences, 12 of them in 2013. There are currently 18 Ph.D. students, 2 of them graduated in 2013. The number of SQU trained medi- cal doctors joining the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) for postgraduate training, under the academic supervision of the COM&HS and SQUH, was 143 in 2013. These postgraduates joined 18 training programmes in different specialties. In this year the University also sponsored full scholarships for 4 Ph.D. students, and 8 Master’s students for between 1–5 years of training abroad (locations Canada, the UK, seen and Australia). The number of M.D. graduates who went abroad for residency and fellowship training in 2013 was 19 and 8 returned from training in this year. The locations were Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland, Sweden and the Netherlands. The College has continued to expand its e-learning system, with many departments making their teaching and course materials available on-line. Executive Summary Research In 2013, the College saw a major increase in research activity. It undertook 180 research projects (compared to 179 in 2010–11) to a total value of OMR 1,615,730. In 2013, staff of the College published a total of 328 research articles and 3 book chapters. In the same period, College staff made a total of 284 conference and seminar pre- sentations. Of these, 33 were international oral presentations and 97 were international poster presentations. Also 44 Ph.D. and Master’s theses were supervised. The COMHS and SQUH organised 6 major conferences and 10 seminars or workshops in 2013. 3 Annual Report 2013 College of Medicine & Health Sciences and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Clinical Activity