Admission to the Program
    
 
Enrolment into the Interns’ Training Program at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University is limited only to graduates with a Bachelor of Dental Science degree from the College of Dentistry, King Saud University. This is because the clinics at the College are equipped to accommodate an average of 50 interns only for training every rotation.
Duration and Continuity of Training
    
 
The internship is for a one-year period. The specified period of training shall be on a continuous and uninterrupted basis. Accordingly, and as the clinical training procedure dictates, it is mandatory that an intern should not ask for vacation or emergency leaves under any circumstances.
    * Nevertheless, should any situation warrants an Intern to go on an emergency leave, there would be an extension of the training at the end of the program for a specified period to equally compensate for the leave of absence determined by the Interns’ Training Committee.
    * Approval for such leave must be under the discretion of the ITC Chairman, and a maximum of 5 emergency leave days are allowed during the overall training period.
    * Leave for non-emergency reasons would require a special procedure that an approval of the ITC Chairman must be sought first.
    * Unapproved absence without genuine reason may result in subjecting the Intern to a disciplinary action by the Interns’ Training Committee.
    * For female interns, a maternity leave of forty-five (45) days is granted provided that a medical report is attached to the application form. The same provision explained in item #2 is applied where all off days would be added later, thereby an extension of the internship period is deemed until the requirements of the program are entirely fulfilled.
    * Leave of sickness should be always supported by a medical report issued by a recognized hospital.
    * Interns are expected to attend all TP/AE seminars in addition to research presentation. Interns must be present at the beginning of the session and should not leave before it ends. An absence incurred during TP/AE seminars and research presentation will be considered one day absence.
    * Prior to the research presentation day, the presenting interns will be granted a half-day off from clinical duties to facilitate the preparation of the presentation.
 Symposia and Scientific Meetings
    
 
    * Each intern may apply to attend an international or a national dental symposium for once during the internship training period. The time spent in such symposium may not need to be replaced at the end of the program, provided that the candidate is able to support his claim with a certificate of attendance.  
    * Application for any meeting must be approved by the ITC Chairman one week at least in advance.
    * A maximum of one week may be given to those who may wish to attend an international meeting while the local meetings participants should be granted with the number of days prescribed for such meetings.
    * Candidate who may show the interest in presenting an accepted scientific paper will have the privilege to attend more than one meeting.   
     Clinical Conduction
    
 
1. Attendance:
Punctuality in clinics is mandatory and the daily attendance will be monitored closely. Interns should abide by the official working hours in addition to the rules and regulations prescribed by each training institution they are attending.
2. Clinic Attire:
Interns are requested to take the recommendation regarding the prescribed clinical dress at working hours seriously in each training institution. Blue jeans and casual dress are not allowed in clinical premises. Female interns should completely cover their hair with a scarf and they should refrain from using perfumes, heavy cosmetics, nail polish, and high-heeled shoes.
3. Professional Ethics:
Interns are expected to maintain respect and confidence of patients through sincere and honest relationship. Physical treatment must be packed up with psychological support and clinician has to be sympathetic and considerate.  Courtesy, cooperation and harmonious interpersonal relationship must be highly observed among all clinical staff to promote a wholesome working atmosphere in the clinic. Share in the practice of economy through proper handling of machine, apparatus, equipments and disposable materials are highly appreciated.
The medically compromised patients and those who may suffer contagious diseases have to find accessible treatment within the medical and dental profession. Infection control measures should be observed all the time regardless of the patient medical status. Under no circumstances should any Intern refuse or object to treat patient who may carry contagious diseases since such attitude is medically and ethically non-acceptable.
4. Discipline:
In case of unapproved absence, negligence, misconduct, incompetence, insubordination or any other act that the interns’ superiors deem unacceptable, an Intern shall be duly reported to the Interns’ Training Committee for disciplinary action. Depending on the seriousness of the offence and upon the recommendation of the Interns’ Training Committee, a disciplinary action may be one of the following:
    * Probation, verbal and written warnings.
    * Repeating a rotation.
    * Suspension of the Intern for some time as per suggested by ITC.
    * Dismissal from the Internship Training Program.
5. Evaluation:
In order to monitor the interns’ performance, it becomes very essential that some forms of quantification and possible evaluation of the work carried out by the interns be documented. At the College of Dentistry, each procedure performed by the interns is recorded and will be compiled in a monthly report. While in other institutions, training supervisors send their evaluation of the intern’s performance at the end of each rotation. The entries can be used eventually as a reference of the intern when a letter of recommendation or certificate, as well as report or career advice is requested. By the end of the program, the intern’s performance should be evaluated and assessed by the Interns’ Training Committee. The data for evaluation will be compiled from the summary of procedures recorded and a decision of whether the Intern has fulfilled his requirements or requires an extension of the program will be recommended.
6. Graduation:
At the end of the one-year internship program, interns will be awarded a certificate of completion of the internship signed by the Dean and the Vice-Dean for Administrative Affairs and Chairman of Interns’ Training Committee, provided that he/she fulfilled the requirements of the program. Although the certificate of competency should show no grade, an individual report of each intern’s performance will be kept in his/her file for future reference.