Ahmed El-Sayed El-Debeiky, Head of the Health Sciences Syndicate and a member of the Ministry of Health’s Supreme Assignment Committee, confirmed that the committee had approved a new official schedule for the start of assignment procedures and the announcement of results for all healthcare professions, including bachelor’s degree holders and graduates of technical health institutes. The measures aim to regulate assignment and residency procedures and establish a timeframe for each stage to ensure the smooth operation of healthcare institutions.
The committee approved the following schedule for each medical profession:
Medical doctors: The main assignment round begins in January, with results announced in March. The supplementary round begins in July, with results announced in September. Main residency placements begin in April, with results announced in July, while supplementary residency placements begin in October, with results announced in January.
Applied Health Sciences Specialists and Public Health Sciences graduates: The assignment round begins in January, with results announced in March.
Technical health institute graduates: Except for nursing graduates, assignments begin in October, with results announced in December.
Dentists and physiotherapists: Assignments begin in April, with results announced in June.
Pharmacists and nursing specialists: Assignments begin in May, with results announced in July.
Nursing technicians: Assignments begin in February, with results announced in April.
El-Debeiky also outlined 10 rules and conditions governing assignment modifications for Applied Health Sciences specialists and technicians, as follows:
1. If a grievance is accepted within the designated period following the issuance of the assignment decision, as documented in the Minister of Health’s approval memorandum, the assignment may be amended, and the new workplace will be notified to receive the employee.
2. Widowed and divorced women may request assignment modifications under the same conditions as married women, provided they support dependent children and submit the required documents. Transfers will be to their residential governorate, subject to staffing needs.
3. Assignment exchanges between healthcare professionals from any graduating class are permitted, provided both parties and their respective institutions approve the exchange and the graduation cohort, assignment round, and specialty match.
4. The assignment period for graduates of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences may be extended for an equivalent period.
5. All institutions must follow the rules governing leave during the assignment period. Only mandatory leave, legally authorized leave, and leave for overseas employment may be approved, subject to the assignment authority’s consent. The Healthcare Authority is exempt from the overseas employment leave provision.
6. Assignments to universities may be modified with the university’s approval, in accordance with the rules and eligibility requirements applicable to each professional category.
7. For 2024 graduates of technical health institutes, excluding nursing, assignment modifications for married women and female graduates may be made to their residential governorate, subject to staffing needs.
8. Assignment modifications on health grounds require medical documentation issued by a specialized medical council committee. Transfers will be to the employee’s residential governorate, subject to staffing needs.
9. Male graduates of technical health institutes may request assignment modifications after completing one and a half years of service. Transfers will be to their residential governorate, subject to staffing needs.
10. For Applied Health Sciences specialists and Public Health Sciences graduates, married women may request assignment modifications to their residential governorate, subject to staffing needs.
🖋️Source: The National Media Authority online portal
