Sudan Medical Council

(Historical structural overview — does not necessarily reflect the current situation in light of the circumstances of the war) The Sudan Medical Council is the professional body regulating the practice of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy in Sudan — a professional regulatory body, not an executive one, reporting to the Council of Ministers through the competent minister. Its official website states that the Council commenced its work on July 18, 1968, while academic studies point to roots going back to 1955, and its work was later regulated by the Medical Council Act of 1993, then it was reconstituted and its jurisdictions expanded under the 2004 Act. The Council is responsible for registering doctors, dentists and pharmacists and keeping their records, and it issues the medical register periodically, monitors the final examinations in medical faculties through its delegates, and holds the professional practice examination for the doctor after he completes the internship period — an examination to measure the ability to make decisions in emergency and common cases, not merely graduation. Under the 2004 Act, it was entrusted with setting performance standards for medical faculties and verifying their compliance with national, regional and global standards for the purpose of recognising graduates or not, and from here the national accreditation programme was launched: the "Model Faculty" document in 2003, the National Accreditation Committee in 2006, and the first round of accreditation between 2010 and 2012, which covered 33 faculties. The Council also holds doctors who violate professional conduct accountable, to protect society. In 2018 the Council obtained recognition from the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) of its status as an accreditation body — the tenth globally at the time.

(Sources: The official website of the Sudan Medical Council, sudmc.org; the Medical Council Act of 1993; the Sudanese Journal of Medical Sciences; an interview with the President of the Council in the "Al-Intibaha" newspaper via Sudaress; the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME))

— Editorial Team