The need for national medical licensing examination in Saudi Arabia

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of my senior co-authors and teachers “Rania Zaini, Wesam Abuznadah, Mohammad Al-Rukban, Syed Moyn Aly, Abdulaziz Boker, Abdulmohsen Al-Zalabani, Mohammad Al-Omran, Amro Al-Habib, Mona Al-Sheikh, Mohammad Al-Sultan, Nadia Fida, Khalid Alzahrani, Bashir Hamad, Mohammad Al Shehri, Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, Saleh Al-Damegh, Mansour M. Al-Nozha, and Tyrone Donnon”,

I would like to invite you to read our recent publication titled “The need for national medical licensing examination in Saudi Arabia”, which summarizes the current situation of medical education in Saudi Arabia and debates the need for a national licensing exam by discussing the strengths and weaknesses.

The article was just published in BMC Medical Education as a provisional PDF. The final formatted version will follow in a week or two.

The article can be accessed free at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/53/

We are looking for your feedback and comments to be published on the website to trigger some serious discussions. You can post a comment by clicking this link http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/53/comments

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Regards,

Sohail