Al Shawwa Lana A
Medical Education Department, Faculty of medicine, King Abdul Aziz University.
Oman Med J. 2012 Jan;27(1):4-9. doi: 10.5001/omj.2012.02.
Medical Education departments oversee the process of medical education in medical schools and provide many educational services to support, evaluate and thus enhance the educational role of the medical school. Its roles revolve around research, teaching and providing educational support in areas of curriculum development and assessment. This paper provides a brief summary on the emergence of different medical education centers/units/departments around the world from a historical perspective. Special attention will be given to the process followed in establishing the Medical Education Department (MED) in King Abdul Aziz University (KAU). This paper also explores the roles that are currently played within the department with a reflection on documented roles of the medical education departments worldwide. Special emphasis will be given to explore the current challenges faced by KAU MED and proposed suggestions to improve these challenges will also be addressed.
医学教育部门负责监督医学院校的医学教育过程,并提供许多教育服务,以支持、评估并进而提升医学院校的教育作用。其职责围绕研究、教学以及在课程开发和评估领域提供教育支持展开。本文从历史角度简要概述了世界各地不同医学教育中心/单位/部门的出现情况。将特别关注阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学(KAU)设立医学教育系(MED)所遵循的过程。本文还探讨了该系目前所发挥的作用,并对照全球医学教育部门已记录的职责进行反思。将特别着重探讨KAU MED目前面临的挑战,并提出改善这些挑战的建议。