Pathology Education (original) (raw)

Pathology, 2014

Abstract

The postgraduate education programs in the Arab countries have intra- and intercountry differences in the availability of human resources and adequate training centers. The Arab Board of Pathology was established in 2010 to improve the health services in these countries, to set comprehensive and uniform standards for postgraduate training centers, and to establish uniform assessment of the training programs and the proficiency of the trainees. This presentation covers the foundations and the experience of the Arab Board of Pathology since its inception. It describes the structure of the exams and the performance of the trainees. Despite the noted improvement in the training programs over the past few years, many challenges remain and these relate to the growing populations of the countries of the region and the increasing demand for qualified pathologists, shortage of adequate training facilities and resources, disruptive political instability, differences in the adopted structure of the training programs based on external educational influences by European programs, and lack of national strategies to address these problems.The presentation also includes a brief comparison of the leading certification programs of postgraduate education in pathology in different regions of the world and questions the readiness for a global certification program.

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