Clinical Attachment

AttachmentProfessional DevelopmentMedicine

About This Programme

The Clinical Attachment is a clinical training programme offered by Dubai Health and listed among MBRU's programmes. Attachés gain observation or hands-on experience, with opportunities for clinical rotations at Dubai Health facilities and evaluation by expert supervisors, and receive a Certificate of Training Completion from Dubai Health when they complete the programme. It is open to UAE nationals, residents and visitors who are individual healthcare providers, doctors with a practice gap or university students. Each application covers between two weeks (10 working days) and 12 weeks (60 working days), and a longer period needs more than one application; attachés are expected to attend every working day, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. Placement depends on the availability of training slots and each facility's capacity. There are three routes: an observership attachment; a hands-on attachment, which requires a valid Dubai Health Authority trainee licence and malpractice insurance covering Dubai Health; and an attachment for Dubai Health employees, who apply with a no-objection letter from their line manager using their Dubai Health email.

Course Highlights

Observership or hands-on clinical training at Dubai Health facilities
Two to 12 weeks per application, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Certificate of Training Completion from Dubai Health
AED 230 application processing fee, then a training day rate of AED 50 plus AED 2.50 VAT and an AED 20 Knowledge and Innovation fee
A Health Clearance Certificate is required before any contact with patients

Entry Requirements

Academic: Observership: an updated CV, passport copy, Emirates ID and a visa showing permission to stay in the UAE for the attachment, plus a good standing letter from their university for students or a police clearance certificate for other applicants; MBRU research applicants also provide two reference letters and a transcript. Hands-on: the same identity documents, a good standing letter from their university for graduates and postgraduates or a police clearance certificate for other applicants, and a valid Basic Life Support certificate for dental applicants. After approval, hands-on attachés apply to the DHA for a trainee licence through the Sheryan portal and upload the licence registration certificate and malpractice insurance to request activation.

English: An IELTS Academic overall score of 6 or a TOEFL iBT score of at least 80, attained within the last two years, or evidence of study in an English curriculum at university.

All attachment requests are subject to pre-placement review. Every attaché must submit an official Health Clearance Certificate at or before the start, covering tests including hepatitis B and C, HIV, measles and rubella, varicella zoster, TB and syphilis, with hepatitis B, varicella and MMR vaccinations; without it attachés cannot be in contact with patients and no Clinical Attachment ID card can be issued. All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.