title: Health care in the Sultanate of Oman from a graduate internship experience perspective.
abstract: This article presents an overview of health care in the Sultanate of Oman, focusing on areas such as organization, financing, and staffing issues. It further relates the experiences of one graduate student during an administrative graduate internship in the Sultanate of Oman. The student interned at 4 hospital facilities, observing different departments (such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Health Information Management) and shadowing facility administrators. Also presented are student recommendations that were developed for various areas of the facilities (health information management, ancillary services, patient care areas, etc.) based on the student's graduate coursework and observations during the internship.
authors.affiliation: Quality Assurance, Ministry of Health, Aluscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Hibba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moosa
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mazzoni-Maddigan
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006280:Health Workforce; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009850:Oman; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration