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Khalid Umran Al-Umran

Professor of Pediatric Medicine
Verified email at uod.edu.sa
Cited by 756

Corneal diameter in premature infants.

KU Al-Umran, MF Pandolfi - British journal of ophthalmology, 1992 - bjo.bmj.com
The size of the cornea is important in the diagnosis of primary infantile glaucoma. Reference
values regarding eyes of premature infants are scarce. Such data are of special importance …

Medical students' perception of professionalism: a qualitative study from Saudi Arabia

BV Adkoli, KU Al-Umran, M Al-Sheikh, KK Deepak… - Medical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
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[PDF][PDF] The influence of gender on undergraduate performance in multiple choice testing in clinical disciplines at University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia

KK Deepak, KU Al-Umran… - Al Ameen J …, 2011 - ajms.alameenmedical.org
We assessed the influence of gender on the performance in surgical and medical disciplines
in undergraduate final theory examinations at College of Medicine, University of Dammam, …

Cerebral palsy in Saudi children

…, SF Al-Shammary, MS Abumadini, KU Al-Umran… - Neurosciences …, 2003 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical profile, and identify its risk factors, of cerebral palsy (CP)
as seen in a cohort of consecutive Saudi children aged between one and 3 years of age …

Impact of a medical education unit on assessment practices

KU AlUmran, MH Al‐Sheikh, BV Adkoli - Medical Education, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
of 125 possible responses to the questionnaire and e-mail inquiry. This enabled us to identify
a group of eight of the 39 faculty members who appeared to already be using innovative …

[HTML][HTML] Experience of a workshop on communication skills in health professional education

KU Al-Umran, BV Adkoli - Journal of Family and Community …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: The teaching of communication skills is gaining increasing attention. However,
the opportunities for faculty development are limited. This study highlights an attempt by the …

[HTML][HTML] Predictive factors and incidence of complications in apparently healthy full term infants of diabetic mothers

…, AA Adel, AA Bahnassy, KU Al-Umran… - Journal of Family and …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Aim: To determine the incidence of different complications of the apparently healthy full-term
infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) and whether these complications could be predicted early…

[PDF][PDF] Career choices among Saudi medical students

M Al-Mahdi Balla Al-Nour, AU Khalid, I Badwi… - Acad. Med, 1997 - researchgate.net
… The response rate was high in all the medical colleges except King Abdul Aziz University,
where it was low (59%). The researcher at this university became sick at the time of the study; …

[HTML][HTML] An audit of assessment tools in a medical school in eastern Saudi Arabia

AM Al-Rubaish, KU Al-Umran… - Journal of Family and …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: Assessment has a powerful influence on curriculum delivery. Medical
instructors must use tools which conform to educational principles, and audit them as part of …

Psychometrics of Multiple Choice Questions with Non-Functioning Distracters: Implications to Medical Education.

KK Deepak, KU Al-Umran, MH AI-Sheikh… - Indian journal of …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Objectives The functionality of distracters in a multiple choice question plays a very important
role. We examined the frequency and impact of functioning and non-functioning distracters …