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Commitment towards a better future for medical education in Saudi Arabia: the efforts of the college of medicine at Qassim University to become socially accountable

Saleh A Alrebisha Medical Education Department, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohamed H. Tahab College of Medicine and Medical Education Center, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates;a Medical Education Department, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0808-5590View further author information
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Mohamed H Ahmedc Department of Medicine and HIV Metabolic Clinic, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8045-6996View further author information
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Mohamed Elhassan Abdallab College of Medicine and Medical Education Center, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-1370View further author information
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Article: 1710328 | Received 16 Oct 2019, Accepted 24 Nov 2019, Published online: 04 Jan 2020

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