Language barriers in medical education and attitudes towards Arabization of medicine: student and staff perspectives
(East. Mediterr. health j).
in English
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ABSTRACT
Students and staff perspectives on language barriers in medical education in Egypt and their attitude towards Arabization of the medical curriculum were explored in a questionnaire survey of 400 medical students and 150 staff members. Many students [56.3%] did not consider learning medicine in English an obstacle, and 44.5% of staff considered it an obstacle only in the 1st year of medical school. Many other barriers to learning other than language were mentioned. However, 44.8% of students translated English terms to Arabic to facilitate studying and 70.6% of students in their clinical study years would prefer to learn patient history-taking in Arabic. While Arabization in general was strongly declined, teaching in Arabic language was suggested as appropriate in some specialties
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Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Attitude
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Arabs
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Curriculum
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Education, Medical
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Faculty
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Language
Language:
English
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2010