Dr. Mohammed Rasoul Tarawneh Consultant Family Physician - JMB Specialist Community Physician Director of Family Practice Training Programme Chief of Family Physicians Ministry of Health Jordan

Received MD from 1st Leningrad Medical Institute in 1985. In 1993 received honor degree in Family Medicine - Jordan Board. In 1994 held the position of Director of Family Practice Training Programme at the Ministry of Health. In 1995 held the position of Chief of Family Physicians. In 1996 received a high Diploma in Community Medicine from Jordan University affiliated with the WHO. In 1997 received a Master degree in Public Health from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

1997 to 1998 worked as a Director of both a Family and Community Medicine Programmes in the MOH, where mainly lectured in the field of Primary Health Care and research methodology and continued work as a clinical trainer for Family Medicine Residents in the training centers.

1998 to 2001 joined the PHC team in UAE Abu Dhabi as a Family Medicine Specialist where partially participated in the training of FP residents and students from Al-ain University and students from Gulf University -Bahrain.

2001-2003 served as a Director of Health Academy and a chairman of the technical committee of CME.

Appointed for two cycles (2001-2005 and 2005-2009) as a vice-president of the Scientific and Exam Committee of Family Medicine Specialty at the Jordan Medical Council.
2003 to 2005 held the position of General Director of Medical Training and Education. In the course of research mentored more than 10 master degree students in the field of community medicine also authored or co-authored over 15 peer reviewed journal papers. A Chief Editor of Jordanian Family Physician Bulletin and member of the Editorial Board of the Royal Medical Journal (RMJ).

Currently a Vice-President of Jordan Society of Family Physicians, and the Jordan Society of Evidence-Based Medicine Society also a Deputy of Medico-legal Claims Committee at the Jordanian Medical Syndicate. Since May 2005 his research and teaching focused on a variety of topics related to patient's safety and medical errors in Primary Health Care Settings
In 2005 appointed as a General Director of Cancer Prevention Directorate at MOH and a member of Steering Committee at MECC.