The staff development strategy will be proactive and responsive to the needs of the Institution and will seek to provide staff with opportunities to update, extend or acquire new skills or knowledge within an environment of continually changing demands.

Training and development opportunities encompass a wide variety of activities including, but not limited to, attendance at relevant courses, workshops and conferences; undertaking self-directed study, research; networking; receiving guidance on the job such as mentoring and coaching; having opportunities to take on more responsibility, to practice new skills or apply new knowledge; as well as processes such as developmental appraisals and establishing personal development plans.

Avicenna IHS aims to ensure the maintenance and active promotion of equal opportunity. It is critical that barriers to staff development are identified and eliminated through the implementation of appropriate mechanisms.