title: Undergraduate curriculum reform in Saudi medical schools. Which direction to go?
abstract: Curriculum reform in undergraduate medical education is quite essential for the success of the educational process. Saudi medical schools have been involved in curriculum reform over the past 2 decades. Review of the existing literature identifies the following as problems with today's curriculum including: Overcrowding of the curriculum, over presentation of some subjects, presence of relatively non-relevant subjects, dissociation between basic and clinical sciences, repetition of lectures and exams, need for new subjects of clinical relevance, predominantly hospital based medical education with minimal community-based practice, as well as non-optimal use of resources. The authors put forth suggestions for reform of the current curriculum to meet today's problems and future demands.
authors.affiliation: King Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Al-Gindan
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Sulaiman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Faraidy
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012529:Saudi Arabia