POSTGRADUATE PEDIATRIC EDUCATION - PERSPECTIVE AND ISSUES

This communication raises some issues and intends to provoke thought r elated to postgraduate education in paediatrics with special reference to Saudi Arabia and its Eastern Province. Questions relating to selec tion, quality of training and evaluation have been raised previously b ut apart from suggestions, no attempt has been made to answer them. At tention is drawn to the need for a national dialogue for future develo pment necessitated by the rapidly changing needs of health care of chi ldren in the Kingdom.