Published date: May 28 2017

Journal Title: Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences

Issue title: Sudan JMS: Volume 12 (2017), Issue No. 1

Pages: 46-51

DOI: 10.18502/sjms.v12i1.858

Mohamed D. Awadalla Gismallamohadaff22@gmail.com

There is deficiency and gaps among medical graduates in performing certain procedures and skills. Till recent years, some school used an apprenticeship model for teaching procedures. The way of teaching skills should be revised and reinforced. Medical schools showed adopt formal curricula based training for teaching procedure. In this letter, we would like to highlight the challenges and weakness in teaching procedure for undergraduates medical students.   

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