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Determination of quality gap for educational services in undergraduate medical education

A cross-sectional study in Saudi Specialized Health Sciences University

Ahmed Aldarmahi, Hussein Algahtani, Mohammed Alrabia, Nada Abuarab and Bader Shirah
Saudi Medical Journal June 2019, 40 (6) 595-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.6.24189
Ahmed Aldarmahi
From the Basic Sciences Department (Aldarmahi, Algahtani, Abuarab, Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and from the College of Medicine (Alrabia), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hussein Algahtani
From the Basic Sciences Department (Aldarmahi, Algahtani, Abuarab, Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and from the College of Medicine (Alrabia), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Alrabia
From the Basic Sciences Department (Aldarmahi, Algahtani, Abuarab, Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and from the College of Medicine (Alrabia), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nada Abuarab
From the Basic Sciences Department (Aldarmahi, Algahtani, Abuarab, Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and from the College of Medicine (Alrabia), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bader Shirah
From the Basic Sciences Department (Aldarmahi, Algahtani, Abuarab, Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, and from the College of Medicine (Alrabia), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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