Publications by authors named "Muteb Mousa Alharbi"
Background: Most of the medical schools in Saudi Arabia are currently evolving their curricula in accordance with the most recognized medical education trends worldwide. Undergraduate medical school's curriculum should be compatible with community health needs. Therefore, the study aims to explore the current contents of Saudi undergraduate medical curricula and to check if the core topics that were internationally recognized were implemented in their curriculum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The College of Medicine at Imam University has incorporated reciprocal peer-teaching into the curriculum in the form of peer-led seminars. The aim was to evaluate this program and ascertain student perceptions.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of medical students attached to the Internal Medicine I and II courses was conducted in 2018.
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge of and attitudes toward the lumbar puncture procedure among adults in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia, 2018.
Methods: This study used a quantitative cross-sectional evaluation of the responses of adults aged ⩾18 years from the Saudi Telecom Company database in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia to an online survey between October and December 2018. The questionnaire included questions on knowledge, attitudes, and demography.
The SaudiMEDs framework was founded and adopted by the Saudi Deans' Committee in 2011 to ensure that Saudi medical graduates learned core competencies. Meanwhile, CanMEDs was established by the Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1996 and aimed to establish the abilities and skills of all aspects of medical practice, as well as to ensure the acquisition of basic knowledge related to medical education. The main purpose of this study was to explore the similarities and differences between both frameworks.
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- Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally, with about 795,000 strokes occurring annually in the US, and its prevalence varies by race/ethnicity.
- The study aimed to analyze the relationship between race/ethnicity and stroke prevalence among US adults in 2015, using a large sample of over 432,000 people.
- Results showed that Hispanics (4.2%) and non-Hispanic Blacks (4.1%) had a higher stroke prevalence compared to non-Hispanic Whites (3.2%), with Hispanics being 57% more likely and Blacks 30% more likely to experience a stroke after controlling for confounding factors.