The need for national medical licensing examination in Saudi Arabia

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bajammal, Sohail ^a,n   Zaini, Rania ^a   Abuznadah, Wesam ^b   Al Rukban, Mohammad ^c   Aly, Syed Moyn ^d   Boker, Abdulaziz ^e   Al Zalabani, Abdulmohsen ^c   Al Omran, Mohammad ^f   Al Habib, Amro ^f   Al Sheikh, Mona ^g   Al Sultan, Mohammad ^h   Fida, Nadia ^e   Alzahrani, Khalid ⁱ   Hamad, Bashir ^h   Al Shehri, Mohammad ^j   Abdulrahman, Khalid Bin ^k   Al Damegh, Saleh ^l   Al Nozha, Mansour M ^m   Donnon, Tyrone ⁿ  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b National Guard Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ Ministry of Interior ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^j KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^k AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^l QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^m TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 59849100553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-53     Document Type: Review

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