Medical Education in Afghanistan: Challenges and Policy Implications
Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai,1 Samiullah Shanawa,1 Ahmad Taha Karimkhil,1 Omid Dadras2 1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan; 2Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence: Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Depa...
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| description | Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai,1 Samiullah Shanawa,1 Ahmad Taha Karimkhil,1 Omid Dadras2 1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan; 2Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence: Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, District # 10, Kandahar, 3801, Afghanistan, Tel +93704775578, Email haroonstanikzai1@gmail.comAbstract: 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.Keywords: medical education, problems, challenges, roadblocks, solutions, Afghanistan |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68a98dafa932458b9d7e8fd018d592062025-08-20T02:10:31ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582025-03-01Volume 16477482101541Medical Education in Afghanistan: Challenges and Policy ImplicationsStanikzai MHShanawa SKarimkhil ATDadras OMuhammad Haroon Stanikzai,1 Samiullah Shanawa,1 Ahmad Taha Karimkhil,1 Omid Dadras2 1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan; 2Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence: Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, District # 10, Kandahar, 3801, Afghanistan, Tel +93704775578, Email haroonstanikzai1@gmail.comAbstract: 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.Keywords: medical education, problems, challenges, roadblocks, solutions, Afghanistanhttps://www.dovepress.com/medical-education-in-afghanistan-challenges-and-policy-implications-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEPmedical educationproblemschallengesroadblockssolutionsafghanistan |
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