1. MEDICAL EDUCATION IN
JORDAN
PROF. WALID MAANI
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2. JORDANIAN STUDENTS PREFERENCES
• MEDICAL SCHOOL
• DENTAL SCHOOL
• PHARMACY
• ENGINEERING
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
• LAW
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3. OTHER COUNTRIES PREFERENCES
• ARABS SIMILAR TO JORDAN
• JAPANESE STUDENTS PREFER BUSINESS
• USA STUDENTS PREFER BUSINESS
• OTHERS GO TO LAW AS FIRST CHOICE
• GENERALLY 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES
PREFER MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING
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4. JORDANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS
• BEFORE 1972
• ARAB COUNTRIES
• EGYPT
• SYRIA
• IRAQ
• FOREIGN COUNTRIES
• TURKEY
• SPAIN
• PAKISTAN
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5. JORDANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS
• AFTER 1972
• THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
• ARAB AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
• 110 COUNTRIES
• FROM PHILIPPINES TO NICARAGUA
• EASTERN BLOCK DOMINATION IN SEATS
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6. JORDANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS
• TODAY
• JORDANIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS (3800)
• THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
• JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
• MUTAH UNIVERSITY
• AL-HASHIMEYA
• ARAB AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
• 2000 STUDENTS IN EGYPT
• 1000 STUDENTS IN THE UKRAINE
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7. FIGURES AND FACTS
2007/2008
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS
• ALL SPECIALTIES : 192042 (F=97178)
• MEDICAL SPECIALITIES: 23549 (12%)
• MEDICINE: 3606 (1.9%)
• DENTISTRY: 1462 (0.7%)
• PHARMACY: 6569 (3.4%)
• ALLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES: 11912 (6.2%)
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8. CURRICULUM
• CLASSICAL 6 YEARS
• ATTEMPTS AT OTHER FORMS WERE TRIED
EITHER AS A CONCEPT OR DUE TO
PRESSURE
• PRODUCT CONSIDERED VERY GOOD AS
INDICATED BY EMPLOYMENT RATE AND
SUCCESS RATE IN INTERNATIONAL EXAMS
AND TESTS
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9. SELCTION OF STUDENTS
• ONLY ON MERIT AS INDICATED BY THEIR
SCORE IN THE GENERAL SECONDARY
CERTIFICATE EXAM (THE TAWJEEHI)
• NO INTERVIEWS
• HIGH COMPITITION, (95% MARK) IN AVERAGE IS
REQUIRED
• DROP RATE IN 1ST 2 YEARS 15%
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10. STAFF
• MOSTLY FULL TIME
• STAFF NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PRIVATE
PRACTICE OUSIDE THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
• STAFF COMPENSTAED THROUGH AN INCENTIVE
PLAN
• POSSIBLE FULL PROF. INCOME AROUND 8000 US
DOLLARS
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11. TEACHING HOSPITALS
• TWO UNIVERSITIES OWN HOSPITALS
• TWO DEPEND ON MoH AND RMS HOSPITALS
• SOME ROTATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT TO
MoH AMD RMS HOSPITALS
• ROTATION TO PRIVATE HOSPITALS
ATTEMPTED AND LATER ABANDONED
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12. FIGURES AND FACTS
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
& RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
• JODRANIAN UNIVERSITIES, JU AND JUST
• THE ROYAL MEDICAL SERVICES
• MINISTRY OF HEALTH HOSPITALS
• THE PRIVATE SECTOR HOSPITALS
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13. THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL
• EXEMPTS GRADUATES OF JORDANIAN MEDICAL
SCHOOLS FROM ITS INTERNSHIP EXAMINATION.
• EXAMINES ALL GRADUATES FROM ACADEMIC
POSTGRADUATE AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
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14. ASSESSMENT OF ACHIEVMENTS IN MEDICAL
EDUCATION IN JORDAN
• RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IS NEAR ZERO
• MANY GET ACCEPTED IN RESIDENCY
PROGRAMS IN THE WEST
• MANY HAD RETURNED AND ARE EXCELLING
IN THEIR FIELDS
• THE DEMAND FOR ADMISSION IS VERY HIGH
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15. SHORTCOMINGS
IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
• CERTAIN DEFICIENCES IN CLINICAL SKILLS
• INCREASED INTAKE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS
• SHORTAGES IN TEACHING STAFF
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16. DIFFICULTIES
• SHORTAGES OF STAFF
• SHORTAGES OF TRAINING HOSPITALS
• LACK OF ENOUGH SLOTS FOR RESIDENCY
PROGRAMS WITH INCREASED DEMAND
• STAFF ATTRITION DUE TO FINANCIAL
REASONS
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