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ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2025

Medical Education in Afghanistan: Challenges and Policy Implications.

Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Samiullah Shanawa, Ahmad Taha Karimkhil, Omid Dadras

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Article in Advances in medical education and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Muhammad Haroon StanikzaiDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2757-1965
Samiullah ShanawaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Ahmad Taha KarimkhilDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Omid DadrasResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9385-2170

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical education is considered the backbone of future health systems. However, Afghanistan's medical education system is ill-equipped to deliver quality education in the medical training institutions. This article provides insights into existing challenges in the Afghan medical education system. These challenges include infrastructural constraints, substandard recruitment practices, poor learning environment, limited access to updated learning educational resources, shortage of skilled and qualified lecturers, inaccessibility to modern technology, and financial difficulties. This calls for strengthening the Afghan medical education system, highlighting the importance of creating a national policy framework to enhance education quality and ensure academic institutions' sustainability.

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PMID40170889
PMCPMC11960813

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