Student’s attitudes towards medical education in Arabic (Morocco 2020)
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Abstract
Several studies suggest that teaching medicine in the national language is essential for quality training and for communication with patients. To
measure the students’ level of understanding of their French language training and skills acquisition, as well as the difficulties they encounter in
communicating with patients and their families, and the extent to which they accept medical studies in Arabic, we conducted a descriptive crosssectional study on a random sample of 450 students from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca.
Thus, 16% of the students had trouble assimilating their lessons in French, 48.9% of them had trouble communicating with the patient, and 22%
were ready to study medicine in Arabic. Regarding the effect of teaching medicine in Arabic on different fields, 42.2% of the students mentioned a
positive effect on the training, 85.2% on the communication with the patient during their training on field and 64.8% on the quality of care. Our study
revealed the existence of multiple difficulties among students, particularly in the field of communication with the patient, which is a fundamental
pillar for the quality of health care, hence the need to provide effective and rapid solutions to the problem of language in medical education.
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