International Consultant - Primary care consultant, Doctor

The World Health Organization seeks an international consultant with expertise in primary care and postgraduate family medicine training curricula development to support the Palestinian Ministry of Health in reviewing and updating postgraduate training programmes in family medicine/family practice for doctors. The consultancy provides technical leadership to deliver outputs including curriculum development, accreditation pathways, and continuing professional development recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Map and review existing postgraduate training programmes in general practice, family medicine/family practice for doctors in the West Bank.
• Produce an inception report including mapping and analysis of postgraduate training landscape, undergraduate curricula content, workforce overview, and methodology for curriculum revision.
• Develop a national competency based postgraduate specialty training programme and curriculum in family medicine/family practice.
• Assess infrastructure and equipment needs for training delivery.
• Develop a pathway for accreditation of family medicine/family practice in the occupied Palestinian territory including consultation, mapping accreditation mechanisms, and policy brief production.
• Produce recommendations for a continuous professional development programme for family medicine/family practice physicians including review of models and implementation challenges.

Requirements

• First level University degree in Medicine.
• Advanced university degree in medicine, or Public Health.
• Postgraduate specialization in family medicine/family health/general practice.
• Minimum of 10 years of clinical experience in family medicine/family practice/general practice.
• Documented experience in postgraduate training curricula development/programme design for family medicine/family health in one or more countries.
• Practical experience of delivering postgraduate training curricula.
• Clinical experience in the Palestinian health system or similar context is an asset.
• Postgraduate training in medical education.
• Excellent knowledge of WHO PHC standards, UHC, EHSP, and family medicine/family health competencies.
• Strong expertise in postgraduate curriculum design, stakeholder facilitation, document formulation.
• Excellent analytical, writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in sensitive contexts with cultural appropriateness.
• Proficiency in English

Skills

• Family Medicine
• General Practice
• Clinical Experience
• Postgraduate Curriculum Development
• Programme Design
• Medical Education
• Postgraduate Training Delivery
• Primary Health Care Standards
• Universal Health Coverage
• Essential Health Service Package
• Family Health Competencies
• Multi-Stakeholder Facilitation
• Document Formulation
• Curriculum Accreditation
• Continuing Professional Development Accreditation
• Health Systems Knowledge
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing
• Organizational Skills

Languages

English