Undergraduate curriculum reform in Saudi Medical Schools: Which direction to go?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 324-326

  Al Gindan, Yussuf M ^a   Al Sulaiman, Abdulsalam A ^a,b   Al Faraidy, Abdulatif ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahd Hospital of the University ^*

Author keywords

Medical education; Undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034173308     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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