Prevalence and Outcome of Beta-Blocker Use for Final Exams Among Medical Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Osama Alhadramy ◽  
Bashaer Ahmad ◽  
Nehal Anam ◽  
Abdulaziz Alhossini
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Beta Blocker ◽  
Final Exams

scholarly journals Implementation of structured team-based review enhances knowledge consolidation and academic performance of undergraduate medical students studying neuroscience

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-238
Author(s):  
Khurshid Anwar ◽  
Junaid Kashir ◽  
Muhammad Raihan Sajid ◽  
Abdul Jabar Rasool ◽  
Abdul Ahad Shaikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Exam Preparation ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
And Performance

Team-based learning (TBL) provides a systematic approach to teaching and learning and promotes critical thinking and enhances medical educational activities and professional development. TBL-based didactic methodology has proven beneficial in enhancing learning and consolidating key educational concepts throughout educational curricula. Such areas of application include neuroscience, which is traditionally considered to be one of the most difficult disciplines to be taught in undergraduate medical courses to the point where the scientific literature reports “neurophobia” among undergraduate medical students. Herein, we report the design and application of a modified version of TBL, which we termed team-based review (TBR) throughout two cohorts of undergraduate medical students undertaking neuroscience. We show that our TBR methodology enhanced student understanding of neuroscience, increasing average marks and grades achieved in final exams, while also increasing the proportion of students obtaining higher grades. Application of TBR also improved marks obtained by students throughout continuous assessment (midterms, TBL, and problem-based learning grades). In surveys taken following final exams, students strongly felt that TBR enhanced their learning experience and aided knowledge acquisition, consolidation, and exam preparation. Collectively, we show that TBR-based methodology was effective in enhancing the student learning experience and performance in neuroscience and could potentially be successfully used to enhance performance and learning in other subjects in the undergraduate medical curriculum.

scholarly journals Students' Awareness as an Underlying Factor for Satisfaction and Compliance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Goda ◽  
Donia Mahdy ◽  
Mostafa Yosef ◽  
Hebat Allah Amin ◽  
Samar S Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Clinical Rotations ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Safety Guidelines

As soon as the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, many higher education facilities had to change their educational and teaching strategies to cope with the lockdown. Some medical schools decided to rely on online teaching while others depended on students self-learning abilities. Methods of assessment also changed as some medical schools implemented pass/ fail exams, online exams, and research projects while others postponed their final exams. In Egypt, medical schools started delivering their lectures online and changed the assessment criteria of the preclinical academic years to depend mainly on research and online exams while postponed the clinical rotations and final exams of the clinical years. This study assesses medical students awareness of the current situation regarding the safety guidelines and their satisfaction with the solutions provided by their schools for the plans to continue their learning and the new assessment methods and criteria. The method used for data collection is an online survey filled by medical students from around Egypt. After collecting the data and analyzing responses, we found that 66.2% of students who answered the survey do not think that the safety measures taken by their universities after the return back will be enough.

scholarly journals Acute Stress Induces Cerumen Secretion: Case series of Four Medical Students during Exams

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahma Sameh Mohamed ◽  
Mohamed Afify ◽  
Manar Ahmed Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Case Series ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Moderate Stress

Abstract Background and Objectives: Cerumen is a common physiological condition; it only becomes a problem if it causes a hearing impairment or other ear-related symptoms. There is increasing evidence for a relationship between stress and hearing problems. The study aims to understand the association between acute stress and increasing cerumen secretion among medical students during exams. Materials and Methods: The study is a retrospective, single-center, and consecutive case series conducted in Benha University Hospitals in Egypt We defined four cases of medical students who complained of earwax accumulation during their final exams from the 15th to the 13th of July 2021. Results: Four medical students participated in the study. Younger Females and males’ percentages were equal, and the mean age was 19.625 years old. Headache, ear discomfort, and ear pruritus are most common, followed by tinnitus, ear debris, and otitis media with effusion, while hearing loss, fever, and ear pain are slightly rare. The bilateral accumulation of earwax is typical than unilateral accumulation. Remowax was used in almost of cases and then ear wash. Males had high perceived stress, while females had moderate stress. Conclusions: This retrospective case series showed an association between acute stress and excessive cerumen secretion among small medical students during their final exams.

scholarly journals Acute Stress Induces Cerumen Secretion: Case series of Four Medical Students during Exams

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahma Mohamed Sameh ◽  
Mohamed Afify ◽  
Manar Ahmed Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Case Series ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Moderate Stress

Abstract Background and Objectives: Cerumen is a common physiological condition; it only becomes a problem if it causes a hearing impairment or other ear-related symptoms. There is increasing evidence for a relationship between stress and hearing problems. The study aims to understand the association between acute stress and increasing cerumen secretion among medical students during exams. Materials and Methods: The study is a retrospective, single-center, and consecutive case series conducted in Benha University Hospitals in Egypt We defined four cases of medical students who complained of earwax accumulation during their final exams from the 15th to the 13th of July 2021. Results: Four medical students participated in the study. Younger Females and males’ percentages were equal, and the mean age was 19.625 years old. Headache, ear discomfort, and ear pruritus are most common, followed by tinnitus, ear debris, and otitis media with effusion, while hearing loss, fever, and ear pain are slightly rare. The bilateral accumulation of earwax is typical than unilateral accumulation. Remowax was used in almost of cases and then ear wash. Males had high perceived stress, while females had moderate stress. Conclusions: This retrospective case series showed an association between acute stress and excessive cerumen secretion among small medical students during their final exams.

Assessing the development of communication skills in undergraduate medical students

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
G M Humphris ◽  
S Kaney
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students

What happens to medical students who complete an honours year in public health and epidemiology?

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam ◽  
Richard F A Logan ◽  
Sarah A E Logan ◽  
Jennifer S Mindell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students

Anxiety, depression and stressful life events among medical students: a prospective study in Antalya, Turkey

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Aktekin ◽  
Taha Karaman ◽  
Yesim Yigiter Senol ◽  
Sukru Erdem ◽  
Hakan Erengin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Anxiety Depression
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