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Students’ perception towards the problem based learning tutorial session in a system-based hybrid curriculum

Abdulmajeed A. Al-Drees, Mahmoud S. Khalil, Mohammad Irshad and Hamza M. Abdulghani
Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 341-348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10216
Abdulmajeed A. Al-Drees
From the Departments of Physiology (Al-Drees), and Medical Education (Al-Drees, Khalil, Irshad, Abdulghani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
DDS, PhD
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Mahmoud S. Khalil
From the Departments of Physiology (Al-Drees), and Medical Education (Al-Drees, Khalil, Irshad, Abdulghani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD, PhD
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Mohammad Irshad
From the Departments of Physiology (Al-Drees), and Medical Education (Al-Drees, Khalil, Irshad, Abdulghani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
BEd, PhD
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Hamza M. Abdulghani
From the Departments of Physiology (Al-Drees), and Medical Education (Al-Drees, Khalil, Irshad, Abdulghani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, FRCGP
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