Internal Medicine residency in Saudi Arabia
Diagnosing and managing adult illness, mostly in hospital, with a path into many subspecialties.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 59.8%. Training length: 4 years.
Rotations during residency
- R1: general internal medicine, ER, ICU, cardiology, pulmonology, GI
- R2: nephrology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, neurology, general medicine, electives
- R3: general medicine, endocrinology, hematology, neurology, infectious diseases, rheumatology
- R4: cardiology, general medicine, GI, nephrology, ICU, pulmonology, oncology, electives
Schedule overview
- R1: General medicine, ER, ICU, cardiology, pulmonology, GI
- R2: Nephrology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, neurology, general medicine, electives
- R3: General medicine, endocrinology, hematology, neurology, infectious diseases, rheumatology
- R4: Cardiology, general medicine, GI, nephrology, ICU, pulmonology, oncology, electives
Most common encounters
- Diabetes and its complications
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- Pneumonia and COPD flares
- Kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
- Sepsis
- Anemia
- GI bleeding
- Stroke and neurological admissions
- Electrolyte problems
Most common procedures
- Central line insertion
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Lumbar puncture
- Arterial blood gas
- Bedside ultrasound
- Joint aspiration
- Bone marrow biopsy (some programs)
Fellowships after residency
- Cardiology (3 years)
- Gastroenterology (3 years)
- Nephrology (2 to 3 years)
- Endocrinology (2 to 3 years)
- Pulmonology (2 to 3 years)
- Hematology and oncology (3 years)
- Infectious diseases (2 to 3 years)
- Rheumatology (2 to 3 years)
- Critical care (2 to 3 years)
- Geriatrics (1 year)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Taif: 2026 54.0%, 2025 55.7%
- Dammam: 2026 54.5%, 2025 70.6%
- Najran: 2026 55.0%, 2025 61.7%
- Tabuk: 2026 55.2%, 2025 61.8%
- Medina: 2026 55.5%, 2025 64.4%
- Riyadh: 2026 56.2%, 2025 67.2%
- Jeddah: 2026 56.6%, 2025 67.9%
- Buraidah: 2026 57.1%, 2025 57.9%
- Khamis Mushait: 2026 57.9%, 2025 67.5%
- Aljowf: 2026 58.8%, 2025 62.6%
- Alahsa: 2026 59.8%, 2025 64.8%
- Abha: 2026 60.3%, 2025 71.4%
- Jazan: 2026 61.4%, 2025 60.8%
- Mecca: 2026 62.3%, 2025 58.2%
- Hail: 2026 62.4%, 2025 60.0%
- Dhahran: 2026 62.7%, 2025 70.5%
- Arar: 2026 65.0%, 2025 65.2%
- Albahah: 2026 65.5%, 2025 65.9%
- Hafar Albatin: 2026 70.2%, 2025 63.2%
- Khobar: 2026 70.9%, 2025 76.8%
- Jubail: 2026 75.5%, 2025 69.2%
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