Theme
Accreditation/International dimensions of medical education
Category
Accreditation/Quality assurance
INSTITUTION
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
The quality of the medical education environment has frequently been identified as crucial to effective learning. The main aims were to make sure medical schools meet the outcomes in Tomorrow's Doctors, to identify concerns and help to resolve them, and to promote equality and diversity in medical education.
It is a descriptive study and it is a part of medical education project funded number 193/429 by the Taibah University Deanship of Scientific Researches. A self administered, anonymous, reliable questionnaire of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) to all staff members of the academic and clinical departments involved in the academic year 2008/2009 in College of Medicine, Taibah University, AL-Madinah AL-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the Medical Degree and is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association.
The questionnaire was completed by 19 departments, 14 of them were in the male section. The mean total score percentage was 62.06% indicating relative satisfaction with the environment, but with more negative and poor impression in the presence of plenty of problems in different areas of the evaluation items. There were no individual areas of excellence.
Females section Departments |
Score |
Percentage |
383 |
58.03 |
|
PEDIATRICS |
460 |
69.69 |
PHYSIOLOGY |
411 |
62.27 |
GYN & OBST |
382 |
57.88 |
COMMUNITY |
405 |
61.36 |
Percentage of the total score |
2041 |
61.85 |
Table 1 shows different departments in the females’ section total score and percentage (in all items of evaluations)
Males section Departments |
Score |
Percentage % |
MEDICAL EDUCATION |
495.00 |
75.00 |
COMMUNITY |
476.00 |
72.12 |
FORENSIC |
449.00 |
68.03 |
PARASITOLOGY |
337.00 |
51.06 |
SURGERY |
433.00 |
65.61 |
COMMUNITY |
420.00 |
63.64 |
PARASITOLOGY |
492.00 |
74.55 |
BIOCHEMISTRY |
380.00 |
57.58 |
PHYSIOLOGY |
384.00 |
58.18 |
PATHOLOGY |
383.00 |
58.03 |
PEDIATRICS |
379.00 |
57.42 |
MICROBIOLOGY |
382.00 |
57.88 |
ANATOMY |
349.00 |
52.88 |
GYN & OBST |
375.00 |
56.82 |
Percentage of the total score |
5734 |
62.06 |
Table 2 shows different departments in the males’ section total score and percentage (in all items of evaluations)
The local circumstances is indicating that we are in need for more development of the educational program.
This research was supported by the grant No. 193-429 from the Deanship of Scientific Research, Taibah University, AL-Madinah AL-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We would like to thank all of our colleagues who helped carry out this research, as well as their participation.
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