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Perspectives of medical students and teaching faculty on teaching medicine in their native language

Eastern Mediterranean health journal, 2019-08, Vol.25 (8), p.562-566 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Perspectives of medical students and teaching faculty on teaching medicine in their native language
Author: Alrajhi, Ziyad ; Alhamdan, Ali ; Alshareef, Musab ; Almubaireek, Osama ; Mahmoud, Mahmoud ; Omair, Aamir ; Masuadi, Emad ; Hamad, Bashir
Subjects: Adult ; Career opportunities ; Clinical Competence ; College faculty ; College students ; College teachers ; Communication ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Curriculum ; Education ; Educational Measurement ; Faculty, Medical - psychology ; Humans ; Language ; Medical colleges ; Medical examination ; Medical law ; Medical personnel ; Medical personnel training ; Medical schools ; Medical students ; Middle Aged ; Public health ; Saudi Arabia ; Students, Medical - psychology ; Study and teaching ; Surveys ; Teachers ; Teaching ; Training ; World health ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: Eastern Mediterranean health journal, 2019-08, Vol.25 (8), p.562-566
Description: One of the basic policy questions to be decided at the inception of medical education institutes is the language of instruction. This study explored the perspectives of medical faculty and students at a college in Saudi Arabia on the language of instruction in medical education. A cross-sectional survey of undergraduate medical students and full-time faculty members at a medical college in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was conducted in 2016. Each participant completed a self-administered, validated 28-item questionnaire. The total number of students and faculty who responded were 468 (76%) and 37 (93%) respectively. Most students and faculty members agreed that studying in English enables a better access to medical information (n=457, 91%) and more job opportunities (n=419, 83%). Less than 15% of the students preferred to be taught in Arabic in most of the curriculum aspects except for communication skills (n=131, 28%) and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) (n=119, 26%). Most medical students and faculty members preferred English as the language of instruction for medical education and did not believe that teaching medicine in Arabic should be sought as a future goal.
Publisher: Egypt: World Health Organization
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1020-3397
EISSN: 1687-1634
EISSN: 1020-3397
DOI: 10.26719/emhj.18.073
PMID: 31612970
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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