scholarly journals Special Pathology in the course content of Third Year MBBS: Views of students and teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaz Shahbaz Janjua ◽  
Jamilah Riaz ◽  
Wafa Omer
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Maximum Benefit

Objective: The students and teachers are major stakeholders whenever there is a change in the curriculum. Objective of the study was to assess the views of Third Year MBBS students and college teachers involved in teaching Third Year MBBS class regarding the inclusion of special pathology to the already cumbersome course content. Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out over a period of eight months from April, 2019 to December, 2019.An online questionnaire was used to collect the data from 110 third year MBBS students and 35 medical college teachers involved in teaching the third year MBBS class at HBS Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan. The questionnaire contained open ended questions along with a short questionnaire based on 3-point Likert scale for a semi-quantitative analysis. The open ended responses in the interviews were assessed using Mayring’s qualitative context analysis. The similar comments were bundled up as the comments were sequentially processed and the replicates were grouped. The responses were then ranked by the number of times they were selected using Microsoft Excel 2013 and SPSS 21. Results: A total of 105 medical students and 32 medical teachers participated in the study. n=94 (89.5%) of the students agreed that the content taught was incoherent and n= 92 (88%)agreed that the time allocation for the various modules was inappropriate. The important reservation of the students was that the assessment strategies of the past continued to prevail and they were not aligned with the change in the curriculum. They suggested to spread Pathology over four years of MBBS so that true integration can be done. The top ranked reason amongst the students who were in favor of this system was that they could easily leave microbiology on choice and study selectively to pass the exam as the extensive course inhibited the examiners to assess every aspect of Pathology comprehensively especially Microbiology and general Pathology being compromised upon. As far as the teachers are concerned n=28 (88%) agreed that the course content is inappropriate and the students are being bombarded with selective knowledge in a shorter period of time. Important reservation of the faculty members was that they were not trained to deliver the content according to this sudden change which has seriously affected the student’s results. Conclusions: Although curriculum change is a dynamic process and leads to refinement of the existing content but it should be implemented after proper planning, training and validation so that the students and the teachers can cope with and derive maximum benefit. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.2397 How to cite this:Janjua RS, Riaz J, Omer W. Special Pathology in the course content of Third Year MBBS: Views of students and teachers. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(5):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.5.2397 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

OSCE: An Effective Tool of Assessment for Medical Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2235-2239
Author(s):  
Farrukh Sarfraz ◽  
Fahad Sarfraz ◽  
Imran Jawad ◽  
Mohammad Zia-Ul-Miraj ◽  
Rizwan Zafar Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Competencies ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

Background: To assess the competency of a student different tools are used. Since its introduction in 1975 by Dr. Harden and his team, OSCE has gained tremendous strides to assess the clinical competencies. Since 1975 onward OSCE has been very successfully used to assess the clinical competencies of medical student globally. OSCE is an assessment tool in which student is observed for performance of different tasks at specified stations. In the current study perception of medical students about OSCE examination was done which shall give room for positive criticism and further improvement of the system where ever required. Objective: To expedite view of final year MBBS students of Azra Naheed College about OSCE Material and Method Study design: Quantitative, cross sectional study. Settings: Azra Naheed College, Lahore. Duration: Six months i.e. 1st July2020 to 31st December 2020 Data Collection procedure: After an informed consent and appropriate briefing, the questionnaire was distributed among the final year medical students of Azra Naheed Medical College. Questionnaire developed by Russell et al was used. Results: Out of 148 students who participated in the study, 66(45%) students were females and 82(55%) were male. Majority of the students were satisfied with the quality of the exam. Consensus about the quality of exam was that, 29.7% were aware about the nature of the exam, 52.7% were satisfied that the syllabus taught was asked in the exam, 58.1% were satisfied about the time allocation for each station. Majority i.e. 60% considered OSCE an exam of practical nature which is not biased by gender or ethnicity. More than 50% of the students were satisfied with the standard of the exam. At the same time more than 50% students considered essay exam the easiest format of assessment. However, OSCE was considered to be fairest form of assessment 73%. 68.9% perceived that learning is enhanced by MCQs rather than other formats of assessment. Conclusion: To conclude this study, it is very much clear that the perception of students about OSCE as an assessment tool was very encouraging, as it not only provided them the opportunity to highlight their weaknesses but also helped them to perform well in the exam, manage time during exam and to overcome them stress which influenced their results. Key words: OSCE, Objective, Examinations, Clinical skills, qualitative analysis

scholarly journals The shape of the human adult trachea among Bangladeshi males

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
BM Ali Yousuf ◽  
K Begum ◽  
KM Shamim
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Human Adult ◽  
Key Words Trachea ◽  
Sectional Shape

Key words: trachea; cross-sectional shape; endotracheal; CT scandoi: 10.3329/jcmcta.v18i2.3832Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers' Association 2007: 18(2):26-27

scholarly journals Prevalence of Smartphone Addiction and its Effects on Sub-Health and Insomnia: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Medical Students

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Liu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Zhiqing Zhou ◽  
Long Huang ◽  
Ergang Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Chinese Medical Students

Abstract Objective This study aimed to assess the Chinese medical students’ smartphone addiction and its effects on sub-health and insomnia. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 14 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, by administering an online questionnaire to the students of Wannan Medical College. Results Of 2741 students who completed the survey, 1,447 (52.8%) had smartphone addiction. Don’t like the major(p=0.004),alcohol consumption (p=0.001),bring smartphone to bed(p= 0.000),depression(p=0.000) and anxiety(p=0.000) strong associations of smartphone addiction.The impacts of smartphone addiction on sub-health(p=0.000) and insomnia(p=0.000) are significantly. Conclusion This survey shows that the smartphone addiction detection rate of medical students was 52.8%. Don’t like the major, alcohol consumption,bring smartphone to bed,depression and anxiety students had a higher smartphone addiction detection rate. The sub-health and insomnia of medical students are associated with smartphone addiction.

scholarly journals Perceptions of students regarding E-learning during Covid-19 at a private medical college

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (COVID19-S4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Abbasi ◽  
Tahera Ayoob ◽  
Abdul Malik ◽  
Shabnam Iqbal Memon
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of students towards e-learning during the lock down. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry. MBBS and BDS students of all levels participated in the study with a sample size calculated as 377. A self-administered questionnaire was developed. After validation from the Medical Education Experts, pilot test was run on 30 participants before the administration of the questionnaire. The questionnaire was emailed to the participants for data collection. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined. Independent T-test was applied for determining the perceptions of students towards e-learning. Frequencies and percentages were also computed for demographics. Results: Total 382 responses were received.137 males and 245 females participated in the study. 0.851 was calculated as Cronbach’s alpha of the questionnaire. Overall, 77% students have negative perceptions towards e-learning. 76% of the students use mobile device for their e-learning. Conclusion: Students did not prefer e-teaching over face-to-face teaching during the lock down situation. Administration and faculty members should take necessary measures for improving e-teaching for better learning during lock down. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2766 How to cite this:Abbasi S, Ayoob T, Malik A, Memon SI. Perceptions of students regarding E-learning during Covid-19 at a private medical college. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(COVID19-S4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2766 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Quality of life of students of a private medical college

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasir Aziz ◽  
Ahmad Yar Khan ◽  
Iqra Shahid ◽  
Muhammad Athar Majeed Khan ◽  
Aisha Aisha
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Health Organization

Objective: To determine the quality of life of students of a private medical college in Karachi in Pakistan. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 217 medical students of Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi from June 2017 to March 2018. Students were selected by a stratified sampling method and the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF Instruments (WHO QOL-BREF) was used for the above-mentioned study. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 21 and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Independent t-test was used as p <0.05 significant. Results: A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed among 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year and final year students and the response rate was 86.8%. Among them 48.5% (n=105) students were male and 51.5% (n=112) students were female, while 9.2% (n=20) students were currently ill and the other 90.8% (n=197) were healthy. Conclusion: Medical education influences the quality of life (QOL) of students adversely. Social relationships and environmental domain were satisfactory in private medical institutes whereas physical and psychological progress was low due to academic load which requires improvement either by physical activities such as fitness classes or other extra-curricular activities. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.2.668 How to cite this:Aziz Y, Khan AY, Shahid I, Khan MA, Aisha. Quality of life of students of a private medical college. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(2):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.2.668 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Perception of Online Lectures among Students of a Medical College in Kathmandu: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (235) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagabat Bhattarai ◽  
Sujaya Gupta ◽  
Sirjana Dahal ◽  
Aarzu Thapa ◽  
Pooja Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Lectures

Introduction: The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected all aspects of human life, with education no exception. Online lectures have been practiced in different academic institutions around the world. The objective was to know the perception towards online lectures by the undergraduate students of a medical college. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate students of dentistry, medicine, and nursing at Kathmandu Medical College via self-administered online questionnaire. Data were collected from November to December 2020 after ethical clearance from institutional review committee (Ref. no. 0311202002). Students who had not attended even one hour of online learning per week were excluded. Responses were collected using Google Forms which were analysed in Microsoft Excel. Results: Out of 318 valid questionnaires, 143 (44.97%) students agreed that online lectures were effective but 138 (43.4%) disagreed that online lectures were more useful than traditional lectures. One hundred and forty five (45.60%) found online classes difficult to concentrate and 175 (55.03%) agreed that they preferred a combination of traditional teaching and online tutorials. Only two (0.63%) students strongly agreed on excellent internet during classes and 104 (32.70%) agreed it caused economic burden. Mean age of participants was 20.75±1.538 years; 202 (63.52%) were females; online learning per week was 18.75±9.157 hours; and duration of online learning was 20.28±9.997 weeks. Conclusions: Most of the students had a positive attitude towards e-learning when compared tosimilar studies. Further multicentric studies with larger sample size would better demonstratewhether online education partly or fully can be effective adjunct to traditional face to face interaction.

scholarly journals Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha Jha ◽  
Neeti Singh ◽  
Omi Bajracharya ◽  
Tejendra Manandhar ◽  
Tejendra Manandhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Background. Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has become a major global problem. There is an urgent need to measure the knowledge of the disease among health science students who can play an active role in pandemic control. The research was conducted to examine COVID-19 knowledge among medical and dental students in a Nepalese medical college, compare the knowledge to other studies in the literature and identify educational needs of students who may be involved in treating COVID-19 patients.  Methods. The cross-sectional study was performed during the third week of June among first to final year medical and dental students. As the country was in lockdown, a structured online questionnaire was used. The responses obtained were entered into IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows and the normality of the data checked using one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test. The demographic parameters were tabulated, and total score compared among different subgroups of participants. The frequency of different measures mentioned by respondents were also noted. Results. More than half of the participants were males (59.6%). Nearly half 282 (49.8%) belonged to age group 21-23 years. The majority 415 (73.5%) were undergraduate medical and 150 (26.5%) were undergraduate dental students. The largest number of respondents, 140 (24.9%), were from the second year of study and 344 (60.9%) were from urban areas. The median total score was 20 and the interquartile range 4. The maximum possible score was 29. The scores among students belonging to different years of study were significantly different (p=0.006). Total scores were not significantly different among other subgroups. Conclusions. The knowledge of the participants was good. Deficiencies in knowledge were noted in certain areas and these should be addressed through an educational intervention. One of the challenges is the rapid evolution of our knowledge about this condition, which may require regular refresher sessions. Similar studies can be undertaken in other medical colleges in the country and in nursing and pharmacy colleges.

scholarly journals Acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among medical students: a cross-sectional analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 831
Author(s):  
Leela G. R. ◽  
Pandurangaiah R. ◽  
Rajamma C. K.
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
Care Worker

Background: After the announcement of vaccine in India for health care worker, medical students is one among them, they are exposed to the COVID-19 patients. Vaccination plays crucial role in controlling the pandemic, study to know the acceptability of vaccine.Methods: Total of 1030 medical students are enrolled in the prospective cross-section study done in Kerala. Online Questionnaire was filled between 1st January 2020 to 28th February 2021 and data collected and analysed.Results: Out of 1030 students we found that high rate of acceptability, 710 (67%) of students willingness to take vaccine if eligible. Females (73%) are more willing to accept vaccine then male (65%), students as good knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19.Conclusions: As these students are come in health care worker we need to cover 100% vaccination in them this will be the direct impact on the general population. Increase awareness of medical college students about current available vaccine to reduce hesitancy.

scholarly journals Pattern of internet use and prevalence of internet addiction among interns of a medical college in Kerala

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1928
Author(s):  
Paul Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Exponential Increase ◽  
Use Of Internet

Background: Exponential increase in use of smartphones and availability of internet services makes the students and young doctors prone to internet addiction. The interns are particularly at risk because of their unique communication and academic needs. The study was conducted to evaluate the pattern of use of internet and prevalence of internet addiction among interns.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire related to internet use and Young’s internet addiction test.Results: All interns were using smartphones and 96.3% of them used internet daily. About 80% of them started using internet before the age of 19 years. Duration of use of internet exceeded three hours a day among 40% of them during weekdays. During the weekends 60% of interns used internet for more than three hours per day. All of them were using internet for communication specially for instant messaging. Another common use was social networking by 90% of them. Educational purpose, file sharing, web browsing and listening to music or news were also done using internet. Prevalence of internet addiction among interns was 47.9% (Mild – 36.3%, moderate – 11.3% and severe – 1.3%).Conclusions: Prevalence of internet addiction is high among the interns. Efforts should be taken to enhance awareness and prevent internet addiction among them.

scholarly journals Teachers and students opinion regarding updated MBBS curriculum 2012 in a teaching hospital.

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
NM Badhon ◽  
N Nahar ◽  
I Jahan ◽  
F Zaman ◽  
MI Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teachers And Students

The modern concept of a curriculum originally derived from the Latin word for a race course. Undergraduate medical education is part of a continuum of education and training.The new curriculum is structured to provide a balance among learning opportunities through integrated teaching system.  This study was carried out to explore the views of teachers and students regarding the current undergraduate medical curriculum.  This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between October 2019 to October 2020 among the teachers and students of a private medical college and hospital (MH Samorita medical collegesandhospital) in Dhaka Bangladesh. The sample size were 100 in total.  Most of the participants suggested for changes in overall existing MBBS curriculum. Highest satisfaction was seen in content related to learning objectives that were 90% and highest dissatisfaction was seen in Phase distribution of subjects that were 89%.However, they were satisfied with present pattern of course content, objectives, evaluation system and carry on system. Teachers and students evaluation may prove useful if analyzed further to overcome the shortcomings of existing MBBS curriculum. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.13(1) January 2022: 27-32

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