Factors Associated with Acceptance of Repeat MCAT Test Takers into a West Virginian Allopathic Medical School

Aims and method This study aimed to explore factors that positively influence UK medical students’ interest in psychiatry. Delegates and committee members of the National Student Psychiatry Conference 2018 were invited to participate in individual semi-structured interviews. Nine interviews were conducted. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Four core themes emerged: psychiatry education and exposure, role of a psychiatrist, fitting in, and factors external to medical school. All students had some degree of interest in mental health before medical school, but placement and extra-curricular factors were strongly influential. Implications Interest in psychiatry may be promoted by facilitating student exposure to enthusiastic psychiatrists and psychiatry subspecialties, encouraging extra-curricular activities and identifying early those with pre-existing interest in mental health on admission to medical school. Aspects of psychiatry that should be promoted include the potential to make a positive difference to patients’ lives and the teamworking elements of the specialty.

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Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Cyanotic Spells in Tetralogy of Fallot Patients

Paediatrica Indonesiana ◽

10.14238/pi35.9-10.1995.227-30 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (9-10) ◽

pp. 227-30

Author(s):

Teddy Ontoseno

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Child Health ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Medical School ◽

Tetralogy Of Fallot ◽

Conventional Treatment ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Brain Abscesses

A study was carried out on 114 tetralogy of Fallot patients attending the Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Airlangga/Dr. Soetomo Hospital between 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1992. Only 81 patients fulfilled our study criteria where 52 (64.2'%) were cases with complications such as cyanotic spells, 4 (4 .93%) among them had brain abscesses. Twenty-nine individuals without complications acted as controls. Age, sex, nutritional status, hematocrit, MCHC and onset of symptoms between the two groups were analyzed using the multiple regression logistic. It has been shown that relative anemia, polycythemia and the age of 2-5 years contributed to the onset of cyanotic spells, respectively, R = 0.3171 and p = 0 .0004; R = 0.2220 and p = 0 .0073; R = 0.1363 and p = 0.00465. Therefore, in conventional treatment of tetralogy of Fallot patients it is essential to observe these risk factors in order to avoid complications and to improve the quality of life in these patients who are on the waiting list for surgery.

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Nonintellectual Factors Associated with Performance in Medical School

The Journal of Genetic Psychology ◽

10.1080/00221325.1963.10532512 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 103 (1) ◽

pp. 185-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert L. McDonald ◽

Malcolm D. Gynther

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Factors Associated

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Medical School Accreditation Factors Associated With Certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/acm.0000000000004047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽

Author(s):

Sean Tackett ◽

John R. Boulet ◽

Marta van Zanten

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Medical Graduates ◽

Foreign Medical Graduates ◽

School Accreditation

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Rehospitalization rates of patients with schizophrenia discharged on haloperidol, risperidone or clozapine

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1590/s1516-44462007000300004 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 207-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Ana Paula Werneck de Castro ◽

Helio Elkis

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Medical School ◽

Age Of Onset ◽

The Other ◽

Naturalistic Study ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Kaplan Meier ◽

Confounding Variables ◽

Product Limit ◽

Haloperidol Group

OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rehospitalization rates of patients discharged from the Institute of Psychiatry of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Universidade de São Paulo Medical School while being treated with haloperidol, risperidone or clozapine. METHOD: This is a naturalistic study designed to monitor rehospitalization rates for patients discharged on haloperidol (n = 43), risperidone (n = 22) or clozapine (n = 31). Time to readmission over the course of three years was measured by the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method. Risk factors associated with rehospitalizations were examined. RESULTS: At 36 months, remained in the community 74% of the haloperidol-treated patients, 59% of the risperidone-treated patients and 84% of the clozapine-treated patients. The haloperidol group showed a higher proportion of women, a late age of onset and shorter length of illness than the other groups, whereas the opposite was observed in the clozapine group. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the rehospitalization rates of patients taking clozapine are lower than the rate for patients treated with haloperidol and risperidone. However confounding variables such as gender distribution and age of onset represent limitations that should be taken into account for the interpretation of the results.

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