Medical Internship Students' Attitude Toward Compatibility Of Medical Teaching With The Saudi Vision 2030 In Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background and Aims: As a roadmap for economic development and national growth, "Vision 2030" was adopted by Saudi Arabia (SA). With three main pillars, a lively culture, a flourishing economy, and an ambitious nation, SA will achieve its "Purpose 2030 vision." There is also a need to ensure the vision is consistent with both medical and health education. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess Medical internship students' attitude toward compatibility of medical teaching with the Saudi vision 2030 in SA. Methods: A cross sectional, descriptive research design was used. A sample of 1200 male and female medical internship students in SA was studied using convenience sampling. The data was collected using a questionnaire which consist of two parts. The first part deals with the demographic data of the respondents, while the second one includes the three health goals of vision 2030 and other general goals. Results: The majority of the studied intern students provided average score in relation to facilitating access to health services (88.7%), improving the quality and efficiency of health services (76.1%) and the general goal while only (58.8%) provided high score related to prevention of health risks. That means that the curricula of College of Medicine on all Saudi Arabia still need to modification to be compatible with vision 2030. Conclusions: We found that the curricula of Colleges of Medicine across Saudi Arabia still need modification to be compatible with vision 2030. The Colleges of Medicine are requested to increase the participant of the students in the mobile clinics and activate their role toward their community, update the palliative care as the separate curriculum. Moreover, the Colleges of Medicine must increase the interest with curriculum of medical administration.

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