| Autor: |
Alzahrani Khalid, Fida Nadia, Al-Sultan Mohammad, Al-Sheikh Mona, Al-Habib Amro, Al-Omran Mohammad, Al-Zalabani Abdulmohsen, Boker Abdulaziz, Aly Syed, Al-Rukban Mohammad, Abuznadah Wesam, Zaini Rania, Bajammal Sohail, Hamad Bashir, Al Shehri Mohammad, Abdulrahman Khalid, Al-Damegh Saleh, Al-Nozha Mansour M, Donnon Tyrone |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
BMC Medical Education, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 53 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1472-6920 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/1472-6920-8-53 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Medical education in Saudi Arabia is facing multiple challenges, including the rapid increase in the number of medical schools over a short period of time, the influx of foreign medical graduates to work in Saudi Arabia, the award of scholarships to hundreds of students to study medicine in various countries, and the absence of published national guidelines for minimal acceptable competencies of a medical graduate. Discussion We are arguing for the need for a Saudi national medical licensing examination that consists of two parts: Part I (Written) which tests the basic science and clinical knowledge and Part II (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) which tests the clinical skills and attitudes. We propose this examination to be mandated as a licensure requirement for practicing medicine in Saudi Arabia. Conclusion The driving and hindering forces as well as the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the licensing examination are discussed in details in this debate. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full text from SpringerLink