Publications by authors named "Ali Ibrahim Alhaqwi"

Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) is being increasingly used in many undergraduate medical schools worldwide due to its recognized advantages.

Objectives: To explore views of medical students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) about the appropriateness of the PBL concepts and process. Differences in students' views were examined as well.

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Background: There are numerous national efforts to determine and develop research priorities of medical education in Saudi Arabia. These priorities were first proposed in 2010 by "Dr Al-Khuli's Chair for Developing Medical Education in Saudi Arabia". The proposed priority domains were: curriculum, students, faculty, and quality assurance and accreditation.

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Background: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of academic programs can enhance the development, effectiveness, and dissemination of comparative quality reports as well as quality improvement efforts.

Objectives: To evaluate the five research methodology workshops through assessing participants' satisfaction, knowledge and skills gain and impact on practices by the Kirkpatrick's evaluation model.

Methods: The four level Kirkpatrick's model was applied for the evaluation.

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Background: It is important to understand the factors that influence the undergraduate medical students' specialties choice for the post-graduation.

Objectives: To identify the number of undergraduate medical students who decided their post-graduate specialty career, factors that may influence their decision to select a particular specialty, and their career specialties preference.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to achieve the objectives.

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