OBJECTIVE The English version of the postgraduate hospital educational environment measure (PHEEM) was evaluated to determine its psychometric properties, validity, and internal consistency. The instrument was used to measure the clinical learning environment in the hospital setting of a Saudi university medical school. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed in a Saudi medical schoo...

BACKGROUND In this era of evidence-based medicine, doctors are increasingly using information technology to acquire medical knowledge. This study evaluates how residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant (PDA) and the online resource UpToDate. METHODS This is a questionnaire survey of all residents and interns in a tertiary teaching hospital. RESULTS Out of 168...

BACKGROUND There is significant and growing national interest for introducing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) instruction into allopathic medical education. We measured CAM attitudes, use, and information-seeking behaviors as a baseline to evaluate future planned CAM instruction. METHODS Cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data on CAM attitudes, modality use, and common infor...

INTRODUCTION Objective structured clinical examination is the instrument with more validated evidence to assess the degree of clinical competence of medical students. OBJECTIVES To assess the degree of clinical competence of medical students at the end of their internship; to assess the reliability of the instruments with G theory. METHODS This was an observational, longitudinal, and compar...

BACKGROUND This study explores the most influential factors affecting Saudi medical students and interns' choice of specialty at the University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was distributed during the period from June 1 to June 14, 2013. Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to test the association between participants' choices and t...