Afghan medical students' perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their professional intentions: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous challenges have crippled the Afghan healthcare system on individual, organizational, and societal levels. The Afghans have acknowledged that an evidence-based perspective is paramount to enhancing medical training capacities across the country, which may, in turn, best ensure appointing highly competent authorities to address health system problems on such multiple levels.

Objectives

This study assessed current Afghan senior medical students' perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their future professional intentions.

Methods

We conducted this cross-sectional study at seven public and private Afghan medical institutes from March to April 2022. We invited 665 senior medical students through an anonymous survey using the Google s

SUBMITTER: Stanikzai MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416376 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature