Effectiveness of virtual teaching of diagnostic and interventional imaging fundamentals to Egyptian medical students: an analytical cross-sectional study

Abstract Background There is a worldwide deficit in teaching and training in the field of radiology for undergraduate medical students. This educational gap is prominent in many medical schools as most radiology curricula are a part of other specialty trainings, usually provided by non-radiologists. After COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increased trend in online education. However, questions have been raised about the efficacy and acceptance of online education. We developed a course on the principles of radiology and medical imaging basics to target Egyptian medical students. We then assessed the impact of these educational videos through several online surveys. Our "The Principles of Radiology Online Course" was delivered to students at various Egyptian medical schools; it was a prerecorded series composed of nine sessions, and each session followed the sequence of a pre-test, video, and post-test. There was a final survey to assess the overall feedback. Finally, we analyzed the results to give insight onto how teaching radiology through online lectures can help build better physicians. Results Among various medical schools around Egypt, 1396 Egyptian medical students joined this cohort. Cohort population percentage was 56% female and 44% male. Ninety-eight percent of the students agreed that this program increased their understanding of radiology. Eighty-four percent of the students found the platform friendly and easy to use. Seventy-nine percent found these webinars were more convenient compared to in-person education. Statistical significance (p-value < 0.05) was achieved in all sessions after comparing students’ pre and post-test scores, and in students’ confidence and knowledge level before and after the course. Conclusions Radiology is an underrepresented subject for a lot of medical students. Online radiology webinars have proven to be a promising method of teaching medical students key medical imaging concepts. An online course of radiology basics and principles can help improve a medical student’s knowledge and enhance overall future patient care.

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career Intention Among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Single-center Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province

10.21203/rs.3.rs-622888/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xue-lin Wang ◽

Ming-xiu Liu ◽

Shuai Peng ◽

Lei Yang ◽

Chen Lu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Health Worker ◽

Large Scale ◽

Career Planning ◽

Limited Information ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Career Intentions ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Career Intention ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background：Undergraduate medical (UM) students faced the realities of the difficulties inherent in medical careers due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Thus imperative containment measures could affect UM students’ career intentions. There is limited information regarding the factors potentially associated with these students’ career change intentions.Methods：we conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career intention and the associated factors in UM students in August 2020. Univariate analyses and logistic regression analysis were used to identify the factors that contributed to any change of career intention.Results: A total of 2,040 medical students were contained from Hubei University of Medicine. The change of career intention was related to grade, attitude towards being a health worker and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusions: Changes in career intentions were particularly influenced by grade, attitude towards being a health worker, and the degree of COVID-19’s impact on the participants’ lives. Treating large-scale public health emergencies in rational way, setting up correct views of occupation choice and building reasonable career planning may reduce the loss of medical talents.

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Impact of new MBBS curriculum on the 1st year students and burden on teaching faculty: Are we making the balance?

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ◽

10.25259/ijpp_272_2020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 64 ◽

pp. S59-S61

Author(s):

Naveen Kotur ◽

M. R. Anitha ◽

Nanda Sappandi ◽

Niranjan Murthy ◽

Shilpashree Madhava Kunjathur ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Medical Council ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Research Activities ◽

Teaching Faculty ◽

Time Utilization ◽

The Impact

Objectives: The Medical Council of India has introduced competency based medical education (CBME) for all the undergraduate medical students across the country. We conducted this study to assess the impact of new curriculum on students’ performance and the differential time utilization of the teaching faculty. Materials and Methods: It is a cross-sectional study conducted at ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Bengaluru during January to March 2020. The college has an intake of 100 under-graduate students for an academic year. The sources of data included internal marks of the students and a semi-structured questionnaire for teaching faculty. Results: The mean (range) marks obtained by the students of 2018-19 and 2019-20 batch were found to be (a) theory: 48.75 (7 to 83) and 50.71 (10 to 78) (b) practical’s: 64.88 (38 to 90) and 69.70 (30 to 93). The man hours per week-faculty for different teaching activities during 2018-19 and 2019-20 were as follows: (a) theory teaching: 6 (16%) (b) practical teaching: 12 (32%) (c) research activities: 6 (16%) (d) planning activities: 8 (21%) (e) administrative activities: 6 (16%). Conclusion: The newer MBBS curriculum is found to be promising for the medical students but it is taking a huge toll on the teaching faculty. Measures to promote research and faculty strength in the existing medical colleges should be prioritized by policy makers.

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IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS OF PAKISTAN.

Journal of University Medical & Dental College ◽

10.37723/jumdc.v11i4.448 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 7-15

Author(s):

Nauman Aziz ◽

Muhammad Waseem ◽

Anmol Fatima ◽

Aqsa Anwar ◽

Fahad Khalid ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Analytical Study ◽

Great Difficulty ◽

Classroom Environments ◽

Online Classes ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Validated Questionnaire ◽

Huge Impact ◽

The Impact

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has caused unrest among medical students all over the world including Pakistan. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on education of undergraduate medical students of Pakistan by assessing their responses to a survey. METHODOLOGY: A validated questionnaire of this cross-sectional analytical study was distributed among 900 undergraduate MBBS students of different medical colleges and universities across Pakistan. Results were assessed by using SPSS version-24. RESULTS: The response rate of our study was 85%. Majority of the participants were females (64.4%) while the fourth year MBBS students took part in the survey with the highest number of students, 434 (56.7%). Major part of the participants (90.8%) agreed to the fact that COVID-19 has affected their study duration. Ninety six percent of the students had online classes during this COVID-19 but more than half of the students (52.8%) were of the view that it’s hardly effective. Interestingly 91.5% of the students participating in the survey showed that they have lost interest in studies. A great difficulty was faced by the students in establishing boundaries between work and home (84.0%). Almost eighty five percent of the students missed their classroom environments. CONCLUSION: There is a huge impact of COVID-19 on medical education of the students in Pakistan. It affected them both physically and mentally and created great phobia in them related to future of their education.

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Effect of clinical rotation on attitude of medical students towards psychiatry and mental patients: a cross-sectional study from Western Rajasthan

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213919 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 2981

Author(s):

Aditi Agrawal ◽

Sanjay Gehlot ◽

Ashok Singhal ◽

Amandeep .

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Urban Setting ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Impact

Background: People with mental illnesses experience extreme stigmatization and discrimination despite their ubiquitous presentation. Studies have reported that these negative stereotypes are shared by health care professionals too. Attitude of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatry is vital as it reflects their willingness to deal with psychiatric and behavioral disorders in general practice.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a government medical college in Rajasthan to explore the impact of sociodemographic variables and undergraduate psychiatry training on the attitude of medical students towards mental illness and psychiatry. 105 first year MBBS students and 75 interns participated in the study. Attitude towards mental illness (AMI) scale and attitude towards psychiatry-30 (ATP-30) scale were used to document AMI and ATP respectively. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS statistical software and appropriate tests were used to compare mean scores of both groups.Results: There was no statistically significant difference on AMI and ATP scores between the undergraduate medical students and interns. Females, students belonging to urban setting and more educated families had a favorable attitude towards psychiatric patients. A notable shift in scores on ATP scale towards positive side was reflected between male MBBS students and interns and among students coming from rural background with exposure to medical curriculum.Conclusions: No attitude change was observed in majority of participants indicating need for greater emphasis on mental health and psychiatry.

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Medical Students' Perception Towards E-learning During COVID 19 Pandemic in a high Burden Developing Country

10.21203/rs.3.rs-46982/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

MOHAMED DAFFALLA AWADALLA ◽

MOHAMED Soud MOHAMED ◽

Omaima Ibrahim ◽

Moawia Elhassan ◽

MOHAMMED MOHAMMED

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Online Education ◽

Limited Resource ◽

Learning System ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Technical Problems ◽

Resource Setting ◽

Medical Undergraduate ◽

E Learning

Abstract Background: In High-income countries, many academic institutions are using e-learning during COVID 19 Pandemic. However, in limited resource countries, like Sudan, shifting towards E-learning require many adjustments to be made in order to make sure the e-learning is held in a proper manner, as best as possible. This study was undertaken to assess medical students’ perception towards implementing E-learning during COVID 19 Pandemic and to highlight difficulties of E-learning implementation in a limited-resource setting. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between 10 to 25 May 2020 among the undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of medicine, University of Gezira, Sudan. A predesigned online-based questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: The total numbers of 358 medical undergraduate students responded to the survey and completely fill the electronic questionnaire. The majority (87.7%) of student agreed that, the closure of university is an essential decision to control spread of the COVID-19 infection. Approximately two-third (64%) of student perceived that E-learning is the best solution during COVID 19 lockdown. Level of student in the university and residence has strong relation to students’ opinion regards start the online education. Internet bandwidth and connectivity limitation, Unfamiliarity with E-learning system, Technical support limitation and time flexibility in case of technical problems during online exams and Lack of face-to-face interaction were the factors considered by medical students to be against the E-learning implementation.Conclusion: Majority of medical students had a positive perception towards E-learning. However, there are many challenges considered as inhibitory factor for utilizing electronic technologies for medical education. We recommend that challenges of E-learning in our setting should be systematically evaluated and that effective strategies should be developed to overcome their inhibitory effects.

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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Academic Performance of Veterinary Medical Students

10.20944/preprints202006.0130.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed Mahdy

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Medical Students ◽

Online Education ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Medical Science ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Main Challenge ◽

The Impact ◽

Veterinary Medical Students

The current cross-sectional study was carried out to analyze the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the academic performance of veterinary medical students and researchers. An online google form questionnaire was used to invite veterinary students and researchers to answer the questionnaire. A total of 807 participants were from 86 different countries answered the questionnaire with an overall response rate of 94.1%. The participants were 50.1% males and 49.9% females. The age of participants ranged from 17 to 51 years, and the majority of them (85.0%) were undergraduate students while postgraduate students comprised 15.0%. The data showed that the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown affected the academic performance of most participants (96.5%) with varying degrees. The mean evaluation scores for the online education, in general, was 4.9 ± 2.4 while that for the practical parts was 3.7± 2.6. About 60.7% of participants evaluated the online learning in general with 1-5 of 10 points, while 77.9% of participants evaluated the online learning in practical lessons with 1-5 of 10 points. Although online education provides an opportunity for self-study. The main challenge online education faces in veterinary medical science is how to give practical lessons. Since most of the subjects are practical; therefore, it is not easy to learn it online. Students think that it is difficult to fulfill the veterinary competencies only with the online education system. Online education can be improved by making it more interactive, showing medical procedures in real situations, giving concise information, and providing 3D virtual tools to mimic the real situation.

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The IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON LEARNING OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM KARACHI

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal ◽

10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.4324 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 1902-07

Author(s):

Adina Anwar ◽

Erum Khan ◽

Munizha Nisar ◽

Rameesha Qutub ud Din ◽

Syed Rubaba Azim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Strong Association ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Online Classes ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Impact

Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on learning of undergraduate medical students ofKarachi. Study Design: A cross-sectional, observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted at conducted at the different public and private medicalcolleges, Karachi, from Mar to Apr 2020. Methodology: Google survey form based cross-sectional study conducted at the different public and privatemedical colleges, Karachi from March till April 2020. Non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used.This questionnaire consisted of 13 items which focused on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the learning ofundergraduate medical students from Karachi. Results: The study was conducted on 110 undergraduate students. Out of which, majority of the participantswere from third year 45 (41%) and second year of MBBS 25 (23%). It was found that almost 71% of the undergraduate students had less likely to remember and understand material taught in online class and 60% had less likely to get answers to their queries as compared to regular classes. The results also showed that 49% of the undergraduate students were disturbed by technical issues during online classes. Furthermore, it was also found that learning of 54 out of 110 undergraduate students was always affected due to loss of clinical rotations. Strong association were also found in between online satisfaction and stressful condition due to online classes. Conclusion: It was concluded that COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected the learning of the undergraduatemedical students and have negatively impacted their satisfaction level towards their studies.

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Knowledge, attitude, perceptions and assessment of effectiveness of educational intervention on Pharmacovigilance among undergraduate medical students at Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi, India

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology ◽

10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20175683 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Harish G. Bagewadi ◽

Priyadarshini M. Deodurg ◽

B. V. Patil ◽

Asha P. Dass

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Response Rates ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Post Test ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Power Point Presentation ◽

Power Point ◽

The Impact

Background: The Study was designed to assess the awareness of Pharmacovigilance and to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention.Methods: This was a questionnaire-based pre- and post-test educational interventional study. Students were given handouts containing information about pharmacovigilance one month before the educational intervention. A pre-validated 20-point questionnaire on (KAP) Knowledge, attitude, perception about Pharmacovigilance was distributed to second year medical students (n=115). An interactive educational intervention (Power point presentation) was designed. The chi-square test and unpaired paired t-test was used for statistical calculation.Results: The overall response rates were expressed as percentages, Mean±SD. The knowledge, attitude and perceptions of pharmacovigilance when compared before (pre-KAP) and after (post-KAP) the educational intervention, the correct response rates were found to be statistically significant (P<0.001). The feedback from the students was encouraging, handouts before the lecture classes helped them to easily grasp the pharmacovigilance concepts better during lectures.Conclusions: The study concluded that imparting the knowledge about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting promotes drug safety and rational use of medicines in future.

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How To Handle Disaster? – Evaluation of a Course for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance for Undergraduate Medical Students

10.21203/rs.3.rs-377341/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sabine Hermann ◽

Jessica Gerstner ◽

Florian Weiss ◽

Simon Aichele ◽

Eric Stricker ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

National Curriculum ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Educational Programme ◽

Disaster Medicine ◽

Humanitarian Assistance ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Post Test

Abstract Background: Disaster medicine is a component of the German medical education since 2003. However, studies have shown some inconsistencies within the implementation of the national curriculum, and limits with the number of students trained over the years. Facing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and other disasters, it became much more important to train medical students in disaster medicine on a coordinated basis.Methods: The University Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Tübingen, Germany, expanded the existing curriculum of undergraduate disaster medicine training with fundamentals of humanitarian medicine, integrating the experience with distance learning, interactive teaching and simulation sessions. Survey tools were used to assess participants’ previous experiences and interest in the field of disaster medicine, to compare the self-reported degree of knowledge before and after training, and the programme’s quality evaluation. A mandatory pre- and post-test of knowledge was also administered to evaluate learner outcomes. The prospective and cross-sectional study evaluates the pilot course Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance carried out for third-, fourth- and fifth- year medical students over five semesters during the period between 2018 and 2020.Results: Data was collected from 107 students over five training sessions. Out of a sample of 82 students, the subjective perception of knowledge increased after the course (t [81] = 24.426, p < .001), alongside with the interest in engaging in the field of disaster medicine (t[81 ] = 7.031, p < .001). 102 students entered the mandatory knowledge assessment, with the rate of correct answers passing from 73.27% in the pre-test to 95.23% in the post-test (t [101] = 18.939, p < .001). The 93.46% of the medical students (N = 100) graded the training received with an excellent overall score (1.01 out of 6).Discussion: The study indicates a significant increase in students’ understanding of disaster medicine through the use of both subjective and objective measures, as well as an increase interest in the field of disaster and humanitarian medicine. The educational programme appears to address the deficiencies documented in previous studies, and possible adaptation with virtual reality approaches could expand access to a larger audience.Conclusion: The programme offers an effective and comprehensive tool to address the urgent need of quality education for medical students, suggesting integrated strategies to implement disaster medicine training.

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Migraine prevalence, clinical characteristics, and health care-seeking practice in a sample of medical students in Egypt

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery ◽

10.1186/s41983-021-00282-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammed I. Oraby ◽

Rasha H. Soliman ◽

Mustafa A. Mahmoud ◽

Eman Elfar ◽

Noha A. Abd ElMonem

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Medical Students ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Health Care Seeking ◽

Care Seeking ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Migraine Prevalence ◽

The Impact

Abstract Introduction Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder with significant personal and socio-economic impacts. Medical students usually have multiple triggers for migraine, particularly stress and irregular sleep. Objective To assess the prevalence, characteristics, and degree of disability of migraine in a sample of Egyptian medical students and to study their health care-seeking practice when having migraine Patients and methods A descriptive cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study included 631 undergraduate medical students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine. Participants’ sociodemographic data, migraine prevalence, characteristic, migraine disability, and health care-seeking practice were evaluated. By using the MIDAS test in the questionnaire, we assessed the impact of migraine headache on the daily activities of the students. The severity of headache was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS) scores. Results Prevalence of migraine in medical students was found to be 17.9% causing moderate disability. Migraine was significantly more prevalent and caused more disability among female students compared to males (p value 0.001 and 0.001). Only 35.4% of the migraineurs had already seen doctors for their migraine, and self-prescription of medications for migraine was practiced by 58.4%. Statistically significant positive correlation was found between migraine frequency, migraine severity, and low academic performance (p value 0.001 and 0.003 respectively). Conclusion Migraine is highly prevalent among medical students with predominant female prevalence and has a negative impact on their academic performance and other activities.

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