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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 925-927
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Teaching of musculoskeletal diseases to undergraduates in the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University

A. N. Malaviya, K. Al-Jarallah, A. Al-Awadhi and D. Shehab

Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait

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SIR, We have followed with interest recent write-ups on teaching and training in rheumatology [1–11]. Here we share our experience in the undergraduate teaching of rheumatology at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University (FOM-KU). The first batch of medical students was taken in at this institution in 1976, making FOM-KU one of the oldest medical schools in the Gulf region (after Saudi Arabia) [12]. The course offers a 7-yr programme after high school (12 years of formal education) culminating in the BM, BCh degree. It begins with six semesters of essential sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics) and an English language course, followed by eight semesters of the actual medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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