scholarly journals Relationship between Metacognitive Awareness and Reflective Learning of Medical Students at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tahany Ahmed Mesbah ◽  
Rabab Abdel Raoof Abed ◽  
Amira Salem Al-Sagheer ◽  
Mona Sayed Ghaly
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
P Value ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
High Positive Correlation

Aim: To examine the relationship between reflective thinking and metacognitive awareness to help medical students to be independent learners who can control their learning and improve their professional performance. Study Design: It is a cross-sectional correlational study. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine-Suez Canal University in August 2018. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional correlational study; the study population included the undergraduate medical students in all study years at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. The sample was 264 randomly selected students by using a cluster sampling technique. The instruments that were used for data collection were the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) to measure students’ metacognitive awareness levels, Reflection-in-Learning Scale (RLS) to measure the students’ reflective learning levels. Results: The descriptive statistics of both MAI and RLS total scores of students in the six study years revealed that students have mean total MAI total scores = 178 ± 26 and have mean total RLS total scores = 60 ± 13. The Spearman's correlation between the metacognitive awareness and the reflective learning skills of medical students revealed that there was a statistically significant high positive correlation between the metacognitive awareness and the reflection in the learning of FOM-SCU students         (p= 0.699, p-value<0.0001). Multiple regression analysis revealed that the weighted combination of the predictor variables explained approximately 50% of the variance of reflection in learning. Conclusion: It is concluded from this study that the students at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University have fair to good metacognitive awareness and partial to ample reflective abilities. There is a significantly high positive relationship between metacognitive awareness and the reflective learning skills of medical students.

e-Learning: Practices Among Undergraduates of a Medical College of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Background Information ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
E Learning

Background: Information technology (IT) is a new way of teaching and learning. One of the promising media of information technology is e-Learning, which is used to enhance knowledge and skills among users. A student gains better and deep knowledge through a useful tool. This survey aimed to determine practices among medical students for e-Learning. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 184 students amongst the 500 students currently enrolled in medical college. Data was collected using questionnaires and were analyzed through SPSS version 22. Chi-square was used for qualitative values. Results: Majority 90.80% (n=167) students were aware of e-Learning and were statistically high in first year students (p-value: 0.018). The student did not show statistically significant results for content learned through e-Learning with a p-value of 0.063. Different resources were used for e-Learning in which videos had the highest percentage (87.60%) and audios were used as the least resource for e-Learning (29.20%). Daily, 56% of the students use e-Learning for 1 hour or less and only 3% of the students used it for more than 4 hours. Conclusion: Majority of undergraduate medical students were aware of the use of e-Learning and most of them preferred e-Learning for their course work and studies showing a significant increase in understanding and use, compared to studies conducted earlier. Participants found e-Learning useful and effective tool in increasing knowledge and understanding of their subject. Keywords: e-Learning; Practices; Students.

scholarly journals Perception of OSCE as An Assessment Tool in Undergraduate Students of Private Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2370-2374
Author(s):  
Saba Pario ◽  
Shaista Bashir Anwar ◽  
Zafar Haleem Baloch ◽  
Saira Ghafoor ◽  
Shazia Aftab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Tool Material ◽  
P Value ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception of undergraduate students of United Medical and dental college towards objective structured clinical examination as an assessment tool. MATERIAL & METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study included undergraduate medical students, RESULTS: 153 students who completely filled the proforma were included in study among them 31% were male and 69% were females. Mostly agreed that stations in OSCE were simple and easily interpretable and assessed practical skills thoroughly. Majority of students accepted that skills inquired were taught in clinics, stations were according to course and stations were appropriately timed. 66 % confirmed that adequate instructions were provided before exam. 84.31% believed that OSCE is preferable to viva. 57.51% of candidates stated that examiners during OSCE were attentive and gracious but 20.91 % objected it , while 21.57% remained neutral. Almost half of examinees labelled it as comprehensive clinical assessment .Overall, 67.97 % perceived OSCE as demanding and tough assessment. Finally views of students for statement that OSCE is unbiased, reliable and valid were positive in 50.32%.There was a significant difference in the opinion of male and female( p-value is less than 0.05) in statement that OSCE thoroughly assessed practical skills, stations were according to course of instruction, Adequate instructions were provided before exam, superior and preferable to viva, assists in improvement of clinical skills, demanding and tough and finally OSCE was unbiased, reliable and valid CONCLUSION: OSCE was perceived as fair, comprehensive, un-biased format of examination but believed it was more stressful than traditional examination methods . KEY WORDS: Assessment, Attitude, OSCE, Perception, Undergraduate Medical students.

scholarly journals Pattern and determinants of obesity among undergraduate medical students of Delhi

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Yachna Setu ◽  
Anika Sulania ◽  
Ravi Prakash Jha ◽  
Shelesh Kumar Goel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Height Measurement ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Obesity is one of the most serious public health challenge of 21st century. Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in their adolescent age group. For the last few years prevalence of obesity among adolescent has risen dramatically. According to few recent studies, prevalence of obesity is high among medical students. Aims and objectives of the research was to study the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate medical students and to assess the determinants of obesity.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 undergraduate medical students in a medical college of Delhi. A pre-designed, pretested and semi-structured interview schedule was used. And for anthropometric measurements, digital weighing scale for weight measurement, stadiometer for height measurement and non-stretchable inch tape for waist-circumference/hip-circumference (WC/HC) measurement.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 200 medical students were surveyed for a period of 6 months. It was observed that according to World Health Organization (WHO) Asian – pacific classification of body mass index (BMI), 21% (42/200) were overweight and 29% (58/200) were obese. Among the study participants, socio demographic variables which were found to be associated with increased BMI were mother’s education (p value=0.02), father’s education (p value=0.01) and type of the area (p value=0.03). Occupation of mothers and father was not found to be significantly associated with the BMI.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Medical students are our future doctors and role model for the community, so it is very important to modify the dietary and lifestyle factors in order to decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity among medical students.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals The relation between cerebral dominance and visual analytic skills in Iraqi medical students, a cross sectional analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nawfal Al-Hadithi ◽  
Ahmed Al-Imam ◽  
Manolia Irfan ◽  
Mohammed Khalaf ◽  
Sara Al-Khafaji
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Cerebral Dominance ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cerebral Lateralization ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Analytic Skills

Background: Cerebral dominance, also known as lateralization of brain functions, is the neurologic phenomenon in which one hemisphere is dominant over the other, and will thereby exercise greater influence over certain functions. The cerebral lateralization of many vertebrates, indicates an evolutionary advantage associated with the cerebral specialization. In humans, the majority of people are of left cerebral dominance. True bilateral cerebral dominance, manifested in ambidexterity, is exceedingly rare.Aims and Objective: To derive a statistical inference between determined parameters of cerebral dominance and the 3-dimensional visual analytic skills. The parameters are: handedness, , gender, and language skills.Materials and Methods: This survey targeted an audience of undergraduate medical students, 103 of them replied and fully completed an electronic-distributed survey. All participants were blinded to the outcome and aims of the study (single-blinded experimental design). The survey was created via Google Forms, and made available online for three days, on the University intranet system. Compiled data resulted in 523 pages. Statistical analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Shodor-Interactivate software, and Microsoft Excel 2016. References of this paper, were retrieved via a detailed systematic review of literature databases, while carrying out critical evaluation of evidence. The databases included: PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Scopus, OpenGrey, and Google Scholar.Results: Males and females participated in the survey (34 and 69 participants respectively), 91 of participants (88.4%) were right-handed. Mapped participants’ demographics included: age, gender, handedness, siblings’ and parents’ handedness, number of siblings and birth order, and number of spoken languages. The 3D-visual analytic skills, were evaluated via a cross sectional survey and objectively-evaluated via a professional visual IQ testing. Statistics proven that there was no significant correlation between the 3D-visual skills and any of the tested parameters. Significance was considered at a p-value of 0.05 or less.Conclusion: In this sample of 103 tested subjects, all of which were not professional Anatomists. Our tested hypothesis of the presence of potential correlation between handedness (and other parameters of cerebral dominance) with the three-dimensional visual analytic skills, were proven statistically to be non-existent. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(5) 2016 47-52

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION OF PARENTING STYLE WITH UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Puspa Maharani ◽  
Hikmah Muktamiroh ◽  
Lasma Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test

Background: Academic integrity is one of the main principle in academic culture. Academic integrity, defined as obedience to the principle in academic sphere. However, violation to the academic principle is a common phenomenon occurred in the high education. Integrated academic is closely related to morality, while morality is highly influenced by the parenting method. This study aimed to find relationship between parenting method and academic integrity behavior of student in academic stage of Medical Faculty.Method: This study conducted using proportional stratified random sampling with total sample of 225 medical students, the data from this study was collected from the questionnaire. The design was cross sectional method. Data was analyzed using Chi-Square test. Results: From Chi-Square test, the result for P Value was P=0.011, which means it was below P < 0,05. Conclusion: We can conclude that there is meaningful correlation between parenting method with academic integrity behavior of student in academic stage of Medical Faculty.

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude Regarding First Aid Management of Road Traffic Accidents among Undergraduate Medical Students

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
Rabia Qadeer ◽  
Surriyya Sarwat ◽  
Syeda GhadeerZehra Naqvi ◽  
Usman Shabbir ◽  
Aliza Babar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
First Aid ◽  
P Value ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are significant public health and developmental crisis. RTAs are chief cause ofmorbidity and mortality globally.First aid management enhances the rate of survival among victims of RTAs.Objectives: To determine the knowledge and attitude regarding first aid management of road traffic accidents (RTAs) amongmedical students.Material and methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted in Jinnah Sindh Medical University andAffiliated Medical college of JSMU(Karachi) during the period of August to November 2018. A total of 162 MBBS students wereincludedinthis study. Questionnaire was designedto assess knowledge and attitude of first aid management of RTAs and effectiveways that are beneficial in creating mass awareness regarding first aid management of RTAs. Questionnaire was consisted ofdemographic data, open and close ended questions.Results: 110(67.89%) students had knowledge of first aid management in RTAs. Nearly 112(69.13%) students were aware ofbasic components of first aid management in RTAs. Only 56(34.56%) students considered it significant to attend RTA during clinicalpostings.Conclusion: Knowledge of medical students was deficient in few fundamental areas of first aid management in RTAs. Majority ofmedical students were well aware ofthe significance of first aidmanagement in RTAs.Attitude of medical students in cases of RTAswas inadequate (p-value=0.008).Keywords: First aid management, road traffic accidents, knowledge, attitude, medical students, curriculum.

scholarly journals Does test anxiety and gender have an impact on OSCE Performance among medical students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Rizwan Arain
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Study Results

Objective: to determine the association of test anxiety on OSCE performance of medical students in Taif Medical College. Study Design: The survey research design was used to conduct the research. Place and Duration of study: This was a comparative cross sectional study conducted on the 3rd, 4thand 5th year medical students in Taif Medical College of Taif University KSA. Materials & Methods: A ten item questionnaire developed by Nist and Diehl (1990) for determining mild or severe levels of TA experienced by students was used in the study. Results: A total of 518 students participated in the survey. The majority of the sample population was male 319 (61%) and 199 (39%) were females. Our results showed that a greater proportion (21%) of the male students, as compared to their counterparts, were in the group having high level of anxiety during test. It was observed that the 3rd year students performed poorly on TA and scored high on the scale. The difference observed in proportions was also statistically significant (Chi square 65.97, p value 0.000001). There was a significant negative correlation between the test anxiety and students performance in oral structured examination (OSCE). Pearson correlation coefficient of -0.45 and a p value < 0.0001 was observed. Conclusion: We conclude that test anxiety is experienced by a large number of undergraduate medical students of Taif Medical University. Anxiety has a negative effect on overall academic performance; female students were also more affected compared to their male counterparts. Key Words: Test anxiety, gender, medical students, academic performance

scholarly journals Antibiotics self-medication among medical students in a new medical college at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Abdu Misau ◽  
Alkali Mohammed ◽  
Yusuf Bara Jibrin ◽  
Sabiu Abdu Gwalabe ◽  
Sunusi Usman Usman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
P Value ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
North East

Life as a medical student is often full of stress which could be physical, social, emotional and economical, especially in developing countries. Of recent, there has been an increased effort to combat self-medication which has remained a global public health burden since antiquity. Trainee health workers are particularly vulnerable to engage in self-medication practice which has remain a great panacea mitigating the efforts to combat resistance to common antibiotics in communities. This study aims to assess antibiotics self-medication among undergraduate medical students in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Nigeria. An exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted at college of medical sciences Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi between June and July 2018. First and second year registered undergraduate medical students were specifically enrolled in the study. A sample size of 61 participants was determined by using a single population proportion formula and a close ended 25 items self-administered study tool was developed and piloted following a review of the relevant literature. All responses were analyzed using SPSS Version 21 and STATA Version 13 software for statistical analysis. A total of Eighty-one (81) medical Students were enrolled in the study. There were 39 (48.1%) males and 42 (51.9%) females. The median age among all respondents was 20 years. 41% of all the students reported having selfmedication. (22) 27.2% of the respondent’s reasons for self-medication was “Doctors gives same drug”, for (20) 24.7% “the disease was mild”, while (16) 19.7% “knew the drug to take”, while (9) 11.1% “saves time” in self-medication and (2) 2.5% said it “saved cost”. On logistic regression, gender remains the statistically significant explanatory variable, Wald Chi-square test 6.050 odds ratio 2.019 (P-value: 0.0014). The prevalence of SM among medical students is high in among Medical Students in ATBU Bauchi Nigeria. Targeted campaign programs to decrease SM among medical students in North East Nigeria as a whole, are required. Enforcement of laws and policies on un-prescribed drugs and continuous monitoring of dispensaries/drugstores and other outlets to issue drugs only on prescription are necessary to reduce self-medication.

Knowledge scores in annual and modular curriculum among medical students from Karachi, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Saher Naseeb Uneeb ◽  
Saima Zainab ◽  
Aneeta Khoso ◽  
Abdul Basit ◽  
Admin
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Knowledge Retention ◽  
Community Medicine ◽  
Modular System ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Objective: To compare the knowledge scores of basic medical subjects among undergraduate medical students of annual versus modular system. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 4th year undergraduate medical students of annual and modular system of Liaquat National Medical College, Pakistan. Study was conducted from 30th November 2017 to 1st June 2018 for a total of 6 months. Sample size was calculated to be 82 students. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire. The student’s t-test was applied to compare the mean difference of knowledge scores between the two groups. Results: Students in modular system retained better knowledge of anatomy as compared to annual students. While the annual system students retained higher knowledge in the subjects of community medicine and pharmacology. Mean knowledge score for annual was 12.98 (SD±2.92) and semester system students was 13.10 (SD±3.03). There was no significant difference observed in overall mean knowledge scores between the two groups (p-value = 0.85).  Conclusion: Students in the annual system scored higher in pharmacology and community medicine. This highlights the need to address the issues of time allocation and implementation strategies for the subjects in the new system.  There was no difference between overall knowledge scores in each group, hence it cannot be concluded that one system is superior to the other. Keywords: Knowledge retention, annual system, modular system, basic science, knowledge scores. Continuous...

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