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Volume 28 (2)
Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 2008
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2008; 28(2):103
FORUM
Medical education and the physician workforce of Iraq
Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi
A b s t r a c t
The lack of resources in a country experiencing decades of successive wars, blockade, administrative corruption, and poor governance led to deteriorated standards throughout medical education. Although professional certification programs exist, continuing medical education accreditation and credit systems are required to monitor and certify the continuing professional development of physicians.
Lessons For Practice
- The infrastructure of medical education has deteriorated in Iraq.
- Continuing medical education accreditation and credit systems are required to monitor and certify the continuing professional development of physicians.
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