More than 15 male and female students from the Faculty of Medicine of University of Tabuk are taking part in Summer Training Program in Ochsner hospitals and centers in the United States of America during July and August, 2012. The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Tawfiq Ghabra pointed out that the training program comes within the cooperation agreement signed between the two sides, noting that a group of the Faculty's students are participating in a course being held at the Faculty of Medicine of King Saud University in collaboration with U.S. Institute of Kaplan for preparing them to pass United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) for admission to U.S. post-graduate fellowship medical programs.