PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Gindan, Yousef M.
AU  - Al-Sulaiman, Abdulsalam A.
AU  - Al-Faraidy, Abdulatif
TI  - Undergraduate curriculum reform in Saudi Medical Schools. Which direction to go?
DP  - 2000 Apr 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 324--326
VI  - 21
IP  - 4
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/4/324.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/4/324.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2000 Apr 01; 21
AB  - Curriculum reform in undergraduate medical education is quite essential for the success of the educational process. Saudi medical schools have been involved in curriculum reform over the past 2 decades. Review of the existing literature identifies the following as problems with today's curriculum including: Overcrowding of the curriculum, over presentation of some subjects, presence of relatively non-relevant subjects, dissociation between basic and clinical sciences, repetition of lectures and exams, need for new subjects of clinical relevance, predominantly hospital based medical education with minimal community-based practice, as well as non-optimal use of resources. The authors put forth suggestions for reform of the current curriculum to meet today's problems and future demands.