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U.S. Saudi Business Opportunities Forum
Higher Education: Creating the Workforce for the Future
Dr. Samar AlsaggafDirector
Department of Medical and Health Science Programs
The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission,Washington, D.C.
U.S. Saudi Business Opportunities Forum
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Investing in Medical Education in SA
The annual budget for 2013 is considered the highest, 19% higher than the budget for 2012.
The 2013 allocation for education has risen by 21%.
The budget for healthcare has increased to 15.45% since 2012.
Source: Bloomberg
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How does this reflect positive change?
• Well developed human resources.• A higher budget for education.• Improved infrastructure.• Well-established health and social services.• More scholars abroad.• Higher income. • Economic stability.
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Why Medical Education?
• 50% of the Saudi population is below 25 years of age.
• Increased number of medical facilities
• The need for well trained physicians/paramedical employees.
• The need for more universities/medical colleges in the fields of allied health sciences.
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The need for more professionals
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The need for more professionals
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Education% 25 of annual income spent on education and
vocational training.
In 77 years: 31, 798 schools128 colleges 68 Technical Education Institutions24 universities5,106,000 students Raised the literacy rate from 10 % to over 82
%
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Goals of King Abdullah Program
Knowledge
Understanding
Development Culture
Experience
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We have
You have
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STATISTICS
U.S. Saudi Business Opportunities Forum
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603
621
621721
453
867 USMLE
Dental & ESL
Medical
Pharmacy &ESL
Nursing & ESL
Health Allied & ESL
Students’ Distribution The Medical Department 2013
Total of 3884
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ECFMG Certificates issued in 2011
Country Country of Medical School Country of Citizenship
Saudi Arabia* 149 153Egypt 217 206Iraq 145 147Lebanon 155 147Syria 138 145
*compared to its population, Saudi Arabia leads in the golf area by the number of certified students and one of the top compared to the Arab Countries.
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Total Number of Accepted MD Students2008-2013
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The TranistionNumber of Affiliations
0 50 100 150 200 250
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013
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2011 to 2013 AcceptanceBy Degree Level
2011 2012 2013
Residency 90 70 95
Research 40 60 71
Fellowship 23 43 45
Total 153 173 211
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RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, RESEARCHERS2007-2013
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Top 10 Specialties - Residency acceptance 2013
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Top 10 schools – Residency acceptance 2013
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How much do we invest on our students?
• A lot of hard work, advising and support.
• Annual cost for medical students is $80M a year.
• Average cost of medical student is $700,000.
• Annual cost for dental students is $50M a year.
*not to include pharmacy, nursing and health allied.
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Where We Presently Are
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What it took
• Negotiation
• Collaboration
• Building bridges
• Mutual understanding
• Mutual goals
• More than 100 trips across the United States.
• More than 200 conference calls.
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Our Work: Feedback
We asked a group of program directors about our affiliations and students. The responses were as
follows:
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EDUCATION TRAINED PHYSICANS CULTURAL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS
STUDENTS EXCHANGE COLLABORATION SUCCESS EXPERIENCE PATIENT REFERAL AFFILIATIONS
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Coming soon…
U.S. Saudi Medical Forum (in 2014).
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Opening Doors(Thanks to our partners)