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Comparing dental students’ perceptions of their educational environment in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

Mohammad S. Ahmad, Ahmed Bhayat, Hani T. Fadel and Mohammad S. Mahrous
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (4) 477-483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.4.10754
Mohammad S. Ahmad
From the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (Ahmad, Fadel), and the Department of Medical Education (Mahrous), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Community Dentistry (Bhayat), School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Ahmed Bhayat
From the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (Ahmad, Fadel), and the Department of Medical Education (Mahrous), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Community Dentistry (Bhayat), School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Hani T. Fadel
From the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (Ahmad, Fadel), and the Department of Medical Education (Mahrous), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Community Dentistry (Bhayat), School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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From the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (Ahmad, Fadel), and the Department of Medical Education (Mahrous), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Community Dentistry (Bhayat), School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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vol. 36 no. 4 477-483
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.4.10754
PubMed 
25828286

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 13, 2014
  • Accepted February 28, 2015
  • Published online April 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Mohammad S. Ahmad, PhD⇑,
  2. Ahmed Bhayat, BDS, MDent,
  3. Hani T. Fadel, PhD and
  4. Mohammad S. Mahrous, PhD
  1. From the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (Ahmad, Fadel), and the Department of Medical Education (Mahrous), College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Community Dentistry (Bhayat), School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mohammad S. Ahmad, Associate Professor in Dental Public Health, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: msamiahmad{at}yahoo.com
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