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    Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program

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    This document outlines the requirements for unlicensed medical professionals to volunteer clinically with the Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program. It specifies the scope of practice allowed based on a volunteer's level of experience and medical background. For example, new graduates and those with less than 5 years experience can provide frontline assessment and care, while those with more experience or who have never practiced can only assist. Accepted specialties include emergency medicine, family medicine, nursing, allied health roles, and mental health support services. The scope is limited to initial assessments and observation of mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients.

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    Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program

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    This document outlines the requirements for unlicensed medical professionals to volunteer clinically with the Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program. It specifies the scope of practice allowed based on a volunteer's level of experience and medical background. For example, new graduates and those with less than 5 years experience can provide frontline assessment and care, while those with more experience or who have never practiced can only assist. Accepted specialties include emergency medicine, family medicine, nursing, allied health roles, and mental health support services. The scope is limited to initial assessments and observation of mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients.

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    This document outlines the requirements for unlicensed medical professionals to volunteer clinically with the Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program. It specifies the scope of practice allowed based on a volunteer's level of experience and medical background. For example, new graduates and those with less than 5 years experience can provide frontline assessment and care, while those with more experience or who have never practiced can only assist. Accepted specialties include emergency medicine, family medicine, nursing, allied health roles, and mental health support services. The scope is limited to initial assessments and observation of mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients.

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    Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program

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    Karim Nasrallah
    This document outlines the requirements for unlicensed medical professionals to volunteer clinically with the Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program. It specifies the scope of practice allowed based on a volunteer's level of experience and medical background. For example, new graduates and those with less than 5 years experience can provide frontline assessment and care, while those with more experience or who have never practiced can only assist. Accepted specialties include emergency medicine, family medicine, nursing, allied health roles, and mental health support services. The scope is limited to initial assessments and observation of mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients.

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    Dubai Healthcare City Authority Volunteering Program

    Requirements for Clinical Practice:


    Unlicensed Volunteers with Medical Background

    Must be a graduate of a healthcare program in the intended category/ area of practice

    Gap in practice
    HCP New grads Less than 5 More than Old grads, never practiced
    years 5 years
    Frontline, Frontline,
    GP
    assessment assessment Assist only Assist Only
    Frontline, Frontline,
    Specialists*
    assessment assessment Assist only Assist Only
    Frontline, Frontline,
    Nurses
    assessment assessment Assist only Assist Only
    Frontline, Frontline,
    Allied Health
    assessment assessment Assist only Assist Only
    Only for admitted patients, service to be provided when seen necessary by the attending
    Supportive Services
    physician
    (Mental Health)
    Telehealth mode can be used if such a facility is available.

    Scope and
    responsibilities Conditions

    Frontline, The above cannot be near-critical patients.


    Initial assessment & triage
    assessment These are for patients who are coming for initial

    Vital check-up and assessment, suspected of COVID-19, mildly


    Assist Only symptomatic and need only observation.
    documentation

    * If a hospital finds them competent, they can


    Counselling and psychological
    Supportive Services make a spot decision with proper documentation
    support
    to give them more privileges.
    Accepted Specialties

    Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Internal Medicine and the
    Specialists subspecialties, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine/Intensive Care Medicine, Pathologists,
    Immunologists, Paediatrics and its subspecialties, Geriatrics, Urology, Nephrology, Radiology

    Nurses All specialties and levels

    Medical Lab Technologist, Medical Lab Technician, Molecular Biology Technologist, Phlebotomist,
    Allied Health Radiographer, Sonographer (subspecialties included), Pharmacist, Respiratory Therapist,
    Cardiovascular (Cath Lab) Technologist, ECG Technician, Dialysis Technician

    Mental health
    Psychologist, Counsellor
    support services

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