scholarly journals Barriers to Practicing Continuous Medical Education among Primary Health Care Physicians in Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah AL-Hejji ◽  
Mohammed Alramadan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Continuous Medical Education ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Physicians

scholarly journals Barriers Facing Primary Health Care Physicians When Dealing with Emergency Cases in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majed A. Aloufi ◽  
Marwan A. Bakarman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Centers ◽  
Primary Health Care Physicians ◽  
Health Care Centers

<p><strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> To estimate the prevalence of emergency cases reporting to Primary Health Care centers (PHC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to explore the barriers facing PHC physicians when dealing with such emergency cases.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> A cross-sectional analytic study, where all physicians working in the PHC of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Jeddah; were invited to participate (n=247). The study period was from July 2013 till December 2013. Data were collected through two sources. 1- A self-administered questionnaire used to determine the physicians’ perceived competence when dealing with emergency cases. 2- A structured observation sheet used to evaluate availability of equipment, drugs, ambulances and other supporting facilities required to deal with emergency cases.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> The response rate was 83.4%. The physicians’ age ranged between 25 and 60 years with a mean ±SD of 34.4±7.5 years. Majority of them (83.5%) did not attend ATLS courses at all whereas 60.7% never attended ACLS courses. The majority (97.1%) had however attended BLS courses. Physicians in the age group 36-45 years, non-Saudi, those who had SBFM, those who reported experience in working in emergency departments and physicians who reported more working years in PHCCs (&gt;5 years) had a significant higher score of perceived level of competence in performing emergency skill scale than others (P&lt;0.05). The prevalence of emergency cases attending PHC in Jeddah (2013) was 5.2%.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Emergency services at PHC in Jeddah are functioning reasonably well, but require fine tuning of services and an upgrade in their quality.</p>

scholarly journals Establishment of an Accelerated Doctor of Family Medicine Program at Unaizah College of Medicine, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 238212051881884
Author(s):  
Ahmad Al-Shafei ◽  
Saleh Al-Damegh ◽  
Fahad Al-Matham ◽  
Abdulrahman Al-Mohaimeed ◽  
Abdullah Al-Nafeesah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Primary Health Care System ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health

Primary health care is well known to be the cornerstone for the health of the society. Furthermore, efficient health care at the secondary and tertiary levels is entirely dependent on effective primary health care. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is currently building up a rigorous primary health care system with a large number of well-equipped primary health care centers. However, there is an acute shortage of Saudi family physicians throughout the country; both in urban and rural areas. There is no evidence in the literature supporting the relatively long 7 years’ traditional duration of medical programs in the KSA. Rather, several US and Canadian medical schools have established accelerated programs in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine with graduates comparable with those of the traditional curricula in terms of standardized tests, initial resident characteristics, and performance outcomes. In response to the challenges the KSA is facing in primary health care, Unaizah College of Medicine at Qassim University is proposing to establish an accelerated Doctor of Family Medicine Program that would run for total duration of 6 years. Herein, we describe a concise outline of this program.

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