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Medical education research in GCC countries

Sultan Ayoub Meo^1*, Asim Hassan², Mansoor Aql³ and Adnan Mahmood Usmani²

¹Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia. ²University Diabetes Centre, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ³Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

* Correspondence: sultanmeo@hotmail.com ¹Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors' contributions: MSA participated in the design of the study, acquisition of data, analyzed the data, and drafted the manuscript. AH participated in the design of the study and revised the manuscript. AMU participated in acquisition and interpretation of data. MA helped MSA in the acquisition of data. All authors have read and approved the manuscript. Acknowledgement The authors are thankful to the Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for supporting the work through the research group project (RGP-VPP 181).

Abstract

Background: Medical education is an essential domain to produce physicians with high standards of medical knowledge, skills and professionalism in medical practice. This study aimed to investigate the research progress and prospects of GCC countries in medical education during the period 1996–2013.

Methods: In this study, the research papers published in various global scientific journals during the period 1996–2013 were accessed. We recorded the total number of research documents having an affiliation with GCC Countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman. The main source for information was Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science, Thomson Reuters.

Results: In ISI-Web of Science, Saudi Arabia contributed 40797 research papers, Kuwait 1666, United Arab Emirates 3045, Qatar 4265, Bahrain 1666 and Oman 4848 research papers. However, in Medical Education only Saudi Arabia contributed 323 (0.79%) research papers, Kuwait 52 (0.03%), United Arab Emirates 41(0.01%), Qatar 37(0.008%), Bahrain 28 (0.06%) and Oman 22 (0.45%) research papers in in ISI indexed journals. In medical education the Hirsch index (h-index) of Saudi Arabia is 14, United Arab Emirates 14, Kuwait 11, Qatar 8, Bahrain 8 and Oman 5.

Conclusion: GCC countries produced very little research in medical education during the period 1996–2013. They must improve their research outcomes in medical education to produce better physicians to enhance the standards in medical practice in the region.

Keywords: GCC, Medical Education, Research papers, Indexed Journal

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