To qualify for a License to practice as a General Medical Doctor/Medical Specialist/Medical
Consultant/General Dentist/Dental Specialist/Dental Consultant in Dubai Healthcare City
(DHCC), the applicant must comply with:
The general requirements for licensure as a healthcare professional1 ; and
The specific profession’s minimum requirements listed below.
GENERAL MEDICAL DOCTOR / GENERAL DENTIST
Professional Qualification:
Completion of a Degree of a minimum of five (5) continuous years of education, of which at least four (4) years are devoted to formal Medical/Dental education from an institute/college/university listed by the Ministry of Higher Education Affairs in UAE and the World Directory of Medical Schools (applicable to Medical Doctors only); and
Completion of all the formal requirements for the degree corresponding to doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery or equivalent in a medical or dental school and being awarded the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Surgery or its equivalent
Clinical Work Experience:
Completion of at least one (1) year of supervised structured clinical training (internship) sponsored by a medical or dental school post completion of the undergraduate’s Medical/Dental education; and
Completion of at least two (2) years of clinical experience after internship training.
Graduates from UAE universities, who are approved by The Ministry of Education – Higher Education and have concluded their internship, are exempt from the required clinical experience
Professional License: A current license/registration to practice as a Medical Doctor or a Dentist.
Certificate of Good Standing (CGS)
Issued in the last six (6) months from jurisdictions (licensing authority/professional membership body) in which the Applicant holds current license/registration to practice.
English Proficiency Test
Required if the graduate’s education was not taught in English.
TOEFL – a minimum score of 550; or IELTS – a minimum band of 6.0
or equivalent.
DHCA Licensing Exam
Required
Graduates from UAE universities, who are approved by MOHESR
are exempt from completing the DHCA examination.
Applicants from ‘Option 1’ countries listed in Appendix 1 are
exempt from completing the DHCA examination.
Applicants (applicable to Medical Doctors only) who have
completed any of the approved examinations listed below, are
exempt from completing the DHCA examination:
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
examination - Australia; or
Temporary Registration Assessment Scheme (TRAS) Parts
I, II and III – Ireland; or
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB)
test Parts I and II – United Kingdom; or
Membership of the Royal Colleges examinations Parts I and
II – United Kingdom; or
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
Steps 1, 2CK (Clinical Knowledge) and 3*. An alternative to
USMLE Step 3 is successful completion of the Medical
Licensure Examination-General (MLE-G) – United States;
Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination
(MCCEE) and Medical Council of Canada Qualifying
Examination (MCCQE) Parts II and III.
Recommendation letters:
Two (2) favorable reference letters written in the last two (2) years signed by Physicians/Dentists licensed in the Applicant’s country of practice, who have directly worked with the Applicant or have supervised the Applicant’s work practicing in the same field.