Employing students' evaluations and tutors' perceptions to evaluate a faculty development program on problem-based learning at the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University.

Background: Faculty development programs are crucial for promoting continuous learning, enhancing teaching effectiveness, and encouraging professional growth among medical educators. Problem-based learning was introduced as a teaching strategy in our Faculty of Medicine in 2007. Thereafter, several rounds of a faculty development program were conducted to help teachers recognize their role as facilitators and assess areas for improvement.

The Use of Telemedicine in Medical Education and Patient Care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and expanded the adoption of telemedicine globally. This allowed telemedicine to engage medical students in patient care and ensured continuity of care for vulnerable patients. In this review, the history of telemedicine and some of its applications in medical education were reviewed.

Does Gender, Academic Status, Years of Teaching Experience, and Discipline Affiliation Affect Strategies Used to Promote Creativity in Medical Education at King Abdulaziz University?

Background This study aimed to explore the effect of gender, academic status, years of teaching experience, and discipline affiliation on strategies used to promote creativity in medical education. Methodology This study was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Faculty teaching in both the basic sciences and clinical disciplines was included.

Assessing the Knowledge and Perceptions of Medical Students After Using Kahoot! in Pharmacology Practical Sessions at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.

Objective  Game-based e-learning (GbEl) has been shown to motivate students significantly, encourage learning, and improve academic performance. Kahoot! is one such electronic tool, but its implementation and effectiveness in the medical education sector in Saudi Arabia have never been evaluated. In light of this, this study aimed to assess the implementation and efficacy of Kahoot! platform as a learning tool for pharmacology in Saudi Arabian medical education.

Team-based learning versus traditional didactic lectures in teaching clinical biochemistry at King Abdulaziz University; learning outcomes and student satisfaction.

Team-based learning (TBL), which encourages students to become active rather than passive learners, has gained world-wide popularity in medical education due to its proven positive effect on more than one aspect of the educational process. At King Abdulaziz University (KAU), clinical biochemistry is still taught in the form of didactic lectures, and while there is a need for introducing active learning, student learning response from TBL has not been explored. In this quasi-experimental non-equivalent comparison group design, we compared learning outcomes and student satisfaction in a clinical biochemistry course taught either via TBL to second year clinical nutrition students (n = 33) or via traditional lectures to same year nursing students (n = 70).

Evaluating the long-term impact of faculty development programs on MCQ item analysis.

Purpose: Evaluating the long-term impact of faculty development programs (FDPs) can help monitor the effectiveness of the program and identify areas for development. This study examined long-term differences in confidence, knowledge, behaviors, and policies of faculty members who attended FDPs on multiple choice question (MCQ) item analysis and faculty members who did not attend the FDPs.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used, by administering a 24-item survey to a representative sample (simple random selection) of 61 faculty members at King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine.

Factors potentially influencing academic performance among medical students.

Background: Studies are needed to examine predictors of success in medical school. The aim of this work is to explore factors that potentially influence excellence of medical students.

Methods: The study was conducted in the Medical Faculty of King Abdulaziz University during October 2012.

The establishment and roles of the Medical Education Department in the faculty of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

Medical Education departments oversee the process of medical education in medical schools and provide many educational services to support, evaluate and thus enhance the educational role of the medical school. Its roles revolve around research, teaching and providing educational support in areas of curriculum development and assessment. This paper provides a brief summary on the emergence of different medical education centers/units/departments around the world from a historical perspective.

Evaluation of second and fourth year undergraduate medical students' perception and acceptance of the problem-based learning process.

Objective: To investigate medical students' perception of problem based learning (PBL), to compare the acceptance level of new students who were introduced to PBL theoretically with those who had 2 years experience, and to study the effect of PBL on the academic performance.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students at King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between November 2008 and May 2009. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 2 groups of undergraduate medical students who volunteered to participate.