Medical Education in Egypt: Historical Background, Current Status, and Challenges
@article{Abdelaziz2018MedicalEI, title={Medical Education in Egypt: Historical Background, Current Status, and Challenges}, author={Adel Abdelaziz and Salah Eldin Kassab and A Abdelnasser and Somaya Hosny}, journal={Health Professions Education}, year={2018} }
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The Medical Community Perspectives Regarding the Egyptian Medical License Exam: Mixed-Method Study
- Medicine
- 2020
A framework for the development of the Medical Licensing Exam is suggested by exploring the opinions of Egyptian medical practitioners and educators regarding the exam format and criteria by exploring a two-phase exploratory mixed-method study.
Perception of Medical Students and Staff towards Community Medicine Educational Process in Traditional and Integrated Medical Schools
- Medicine
- 2020
Perceptions regarding the community medicine educational process was better among the integrated system participants than traditional ones, and the majorities of students in both systems didn’t prefer community medicine as a future career.
Online medical education in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide assessment of medical students’ usage and perceptions
- MedicineBMC medical education
- 2022
The shift to online education has significantly impacted medical students in Egypt and potential areas to implement change to improve the accessibility and structure of online medical education in Egypt are identified.
Teaching radiology in Egyptian medical schools: Where do we stand and how can we start?
- MedicineEgyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
- 2022
Medical students need more imaging exposure to dissolve the gap between radiology and other specialties during clinical practice and a survey answered by medical students can bridge between presence of any current defect in undergraduate radiology teaching and future solutions.
Medical Education Adaptations Post COVID-19: An Egyptian Reflection
- MedicineJournal of medical education and curricular development
- 2020
Individuals moved faster than bodies and relied on support existing outside the universities when catastrophe happened and many recommendations emerged including the need to integrate online learning into the curriculum at favorable percentages.
Medical Community Perspectives Regarding the Egyptian Medical Licensing Exam: A Mixed-Method Study
- MedicineCureus
- 2021
It is concluded that medical practitioners and educators could contribute greatly to the planning for the EMLE and include the timing of the exam, blueprinting, assessment methods, psychometrics and retake.
Physicians' motivation in the Ministry of Health and Population - Egypt: challenges and opportunities.
- Medicine, Political Science
- 2019
The research showed that various factors push and pull Egyptian doctors from practice in the MOHP; their individual motivations highly change due to organizational and cultural conditions, and additional expenditure on health is the real step that the Egyptian health system should implement to ensure healthier living conditions for the most underprivileged citizens.
The Best of Both Worlds: Experiences of Co-developing Innovative Undergraduate Health Care Programmes in Egypt
- Political ScienceJournal of medical education and curricular development
- 2019
An academic collaboration between University College London (UCL), UK, and Newgiza University (NGU), Egypt, to establish modern and innovative undergraduate medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy programmes delivered in Egypt is described.
Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course
- EducationAdvances in medical education and practice
- 2022
Purpose Understanding learning environments is vital for developing curricula. This study aims to evaluate medical students’ achievements and perception of learning environments considering the…
Continuing professional development system for health-care professions, Egypt
- MedicineBulletin of the World Health Organization
- 2022
The foundations for an effective continuing professional development system have been established in Egypt with the aim of achieving international recognition and setting criteria for educational quality, learning outcomes, independence from industry, and tracking of learners.
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