Abstract
BackgroundMedical 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.DiscussionWe 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.ConclusionThe driving and hindering forces as well as the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the licensing examination are discussed in details in this debate.
Highlights
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
Once the educational goals and learning objectives are stated within a curriculum, the instructional methods are selected to assure that the learning objectives are met, and assessment measures are developed to ensure that the students have learnt what has been taught
The current proposal is an initiative from a group of medical and educational professionals who are interested in enhancing the standards of medical education for the best of medical practice in Saudi Arabia
Summary
The current status of medical education in Saudi Arabia The first medical school in Saudi Arabia was established in 1967 at King Saud University. Private Private Government Government Government http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/53 for Health Colleges The latter two examinations, introduced four years ago, are national standardized tests conducted by the National Center for Assessment in Higher Education [17]. Established by a Royal decree in 1993, the SCHS is a scientific body with a corporate entity that has multiple roles focused mainly at the level of the postgraduate training programs and practicing healthcare professionals These include the provision, supervision and accreditation of residency programs in the country in addition to the annual assessments and final certification examinations of residents in all healthcare specialties. There are three common types of reliability for educational tests:
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