Background: COVID-19 has had an impact on all sectors of society. However, the impacts on police personnel has not been discussed enough. This study aims to identify the effects that COVID-19 lockdown duties had on the police personnel of Eluru, India. Methods: Data was collected from the available personnel in the substations of Eluru (n=82). After taking informed consent, a questionnaire was administered with three parts: A (socio-demographic details, co-morbidities information and vitals), B (DASS-21 questionnaire), and C (sleep schedule and habits). Results: Among the total respondents, 30.4% of the total respondents have significant levels of stress and 17.07% have significant levels of anxiety. Psychological impact had a positive correlation with gender, marital status and age group. Females, married officers and officers in older age groups were found to have higher levels of anxiety. Majority of the respondents got 7 hours or more sleep. The police regularly use stimulants with tea being the most common (84.1%), drinking an avg. 2 cups per day. This study found no correlation between BMI, presence of comorbidity (Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus), and the sleeping habits with psychological impact; however, there was a notable increase in the blood pressure and blood sugar levels post-lockdown. Conclusion: Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the police personnel of Eluru have grown accustomed to the lockdown duties and appear to have developed coping mechanisms. Regardless, it is recommended to encourage further studies regarding the health of police officers and the COVID-19 impacts on the health of police personnel.
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Upon entering medical school, many students encounter a steep learning curve when handling the vast and intricate vocabulary that healthcare workers use daily. Since the basis of medical terminology has developed from the roots of classical languages, it would theoretically be helpful to provide medical students with a foundational knowledge of Latin and Greek. My experience with learning classical languages before entering medical school has allowed me to have a formulaic approach when tackling unfamiliar medical terminology. By breaking up medical terms like transsphenoidal hypophysectomy into their respective roots, I can create a quick definition for myself before being given any formal teaching on the matter. The primary advantage of this learning style is that it reduces the burden of memorization on the student. The lectures from medical school help refine the preliminary definitions, which makes memorization much easier since students already have a basic framework for each new term encountered. However, certain considerations need to be kept in mind when utilizing the classical approach to understanding medical terminology. For example, the Latin and Greek roots cannot define eponyms like Wilson’s disease, named after the person who discovered the disease, or provide information on medications as their names have non-classical origins. Overall from my experience, the benefits of the formulaic approach make it a valuable tool during the initial years of medical school when the content is taught in a classroom setting and it can provide the foundation for an easier transition into the clinical environment.
{"title":"Tackling the Learning Curve of Medical Terminology: Experience of a Medical Student with a Background in Classical Languages","authors":"Jigish Khamar","doi":"10.5195/ijms.2023.1935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1935","url":null,"abstract":"Upon entering medical school, many students encounter a steep learning curve when handling the vast and intricate vocabulary that healthcare workers use daily. Since the basis of medical terminology has developed from the roots of classical languages, it would theoretically be helpful to provide medical students with a foundational knowledge of Latin and Greek. My experience with learning classical languages before entering medical school has allowed me to have a formulaic approach when tackling unfamiliar medical terminology. By breaking up medical terms like transsphenoidal hypophysectomy into their respective roots, I can create a quick definition for myself before being given any formal teaching on the matter. The primary advantage of this learning style is that it reduces the burden of memorization on the student. The lectures from medical school help refine the preliminary definitions, which makes memorization much easier since students already have a basic framework for each new term encountered. However, certain considerations need to be kept in mind when utilizing the classical approach to understanding medical terminology. For example, the Latin and Greek roots cannot define eponyms like Wilson’s disease, named after the person who discovered the disease, or provide information on medications as their names have non-classical origins. Overall from my experience, the benefits of the formulaic approach make it a valuable tool during the initial years of medical school when the content is taught in a classroom setting and it can provide the foundation for an easier transition into the clinical environment.","PeriodicalId":73459,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medical students","volume":"148 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77989388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cover, Credits, & Content","authors":"None Executive Committee of IJMS","doi":"10.5195/ijms.2023.2122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.2122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73459,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medical students","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136016473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Being an exchange student exhibits significant benefits beyond the educational scope, with regard to interacting with a different cultural environment, learning to accept diversity, acquiring the local language, and developing self-confidence. In this light, each year the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) provides the opportunity to approximately 15,000 medical students to carry out a clinical or research exchange in a foreign institution. In this article, I attempt to describe the unique journey I experienced in September 2022 in Argentina as a sophomore from Greece, not only in terms of educational and scientific knowledge, but also as far as cross-cultural interaction and personal growth.
{"title":"IFMSA Research Exchange: A Life-Changing Experience","authors":"Maria Konstantina Tzioti","doi":"10.5195/ijms.2023.1863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1863","url":null,"abstract":"Being an exchange student exhibits significant benefits beyond the educational scope, with regard to interacting with a different cultural environment, learning to accept diversity, acquiring the local language, and developing self-confidence. In this light, each year the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) provides the opportunity to approximately 15,000 medical students to carry out a clinical or research exchange in a foreign institution. In this article, I attempt to describe the unique journey I experienced in September 2022 in Argentina as a sophomore from Greece, not only in terms of educational and scientific knowledge, but also as far as cross-cultural interaction and personal growth.","PeriodicalId":73459,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medical students","volume":"111 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74672022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Z. Chew, S. Liew, J. Engkasan, N. Hairi, Katrina Ng, Teng Cl, R. H. Shunmugam, Choo W. Yuen, C. Ng
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, policies, and treatment guidelines underwent rapid and frequent change. This threatened to disrupt the measured practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM), which relies on tried-and-tested interventions. The uncertainty was compounded by the overwhelming amount of misinformation disseminated via social media. Thus, arose a need for valid information to guide clinical practice. COVID-19 Evidence Retrieval Service (CERS), an evidence retrieval service piloted at a local and then rolled out at a national level, was conceived and developed to address this issue. This article describes the components and implementation of the (CERS), The service’s objective was to review the available medical literature for the best evidence to answer COVID-19-related questions posed by practicing clinicians. Team members providing the service comprised librarians, clinicians, public health specialists, and medical students. Multiple lessons were learned through the development and provision of CERS. Firstly, the rapid nature of the pandemic necessitated adaptations of the current practice of EBM. Secondly, all work processes were conducted online, which proved efficient and sustainable. Thirdly, Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) oriented services such as CERS were valid because they provided more relevant questions to resource-limited healthcare systems. Our experience has reinforced that an integrated, evidence-based retrieval service is feasible and valuable to support healthcare workers and policymakers in making informed decisions by performing a systematic appraisal. Crucially, medical students and young healthcare professionals can play a pivotal role in setting up these services.
{"title":"Developing A Clinical Evidence Retrieval Service in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"W. Z. Chew, S. Liew, J. Engkasan, N. Hairi, Katrina Ng, Teng Cl, R. H. Shunmugam, Choo W. Yuen, C. Ng","doi":"10.5195/ijms.2023.1905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1905","url":null,"abstract":"In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, policies, and treatment guidelines underwent rapid and frequent change. This threatened to disrupt the measured practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM), which relies on tried-and-tested interventions. The uncertainty was compounded by the overwhelming amount of misinformation disseminated via social media. Thus, arose a need for valid information to guide clinical practice. COVID-19 Evidence Retrieval Service (CERS), an evidence retrieval service piloted at a local and then rolled out at a national level, was conceived and developed to address this issue. This article describes the components and implementation of the (CERS),\u0000The service’s objective was to review the available medical literature for the best evidence to answer COVID-19-related questions posed by practicing clinicians. Team members providing the service comprised librarians, clinicians, public health specialists, and medical students.\u0000Multiple lessons were learned through the development and provision of CERS. Firstly, the rapid nature of the pandemic necessitated adaptations of the current practice of EBM. Secondly, all work processes were conducted online, which proved efficient and sustainable. Thirdly, Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) oriented services such as CERS were valid because they provided more relevant questions to resource-limited healthcare systems.\u0000Our experience has reinforced that an integrated, evidence-based retrieval service is feasible and valuable to support healthcare workers and policymakers in making informed decisions by performing a systematic appraisal. Crucially, medical students and young healthcare professionals can play a pivotal role in setting up these services.","PeriodicalId":73459,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medical students","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79002750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Nawaz, J. A. Thomas, Prakash Gupta, Duha Shellah, M. Găman, J. Puyana, F. Bonilla-Escobar
1 MD, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. 2 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Moshi, Tanzania. 3 MD, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines. 4 MD, Department of medicine, Medicine & Health sciences Faculty, NNU, Palestine. 5 MD, PhD(c), Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine andPharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor, IJMS 6 MD, FACS, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery,Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science, Director for Global Health-Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Editorial Board Member, IJMS. 7 MD, MSc, PhD(c), Department of Ophtalmology; Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad, Fundación SCISCO/Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation, Cali Colombia. Grupo de investigaciónen Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS.
1医学博士，巴基斯坦巴哈瓦尔布尔Quaid-e-Azam医学院，2医学博士，坦桑尼亚莫希乞力马扎罗山基督教医科大学医学院(KCMUCo)， 3医学博士，菲律宾邦加西南圣卡洛斯市维根米拉格萨大学基础医学院，4医学博士，巴勒斯坦NNU医学与健康科学系，5医学博士，医学博士(c)，“卡罗尔达维拉”医药和药学大学，050474罗马尼亚布加勒斯特和血液学系，Fundeni临床研究所血液学和骨髓移植中心，罗马尼亚布加勒斯特022328。科学编辑，美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市匹兹堡大学医学院外科学系IJMS 6医学博士，外科、重症监护医学和临床转化科学教授，全球卫生-外科主任。IJMS编委会成员。7医学博士，硕士，博士(c)，眼科;美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市匹兹堡大学临床研究教育研究所(ICRE)。Fundación Somos Ciencia al services de la communidad, Fundación sciisco /科学服务社区基金会，sciisco基金会，哥伦比亚卡利。哥伦比亚卡利德尔瓦莱大学，VISOC, investigaciónen Visión y Salud Ocular小组。IJMS总编辑。
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Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in the MD program, students attend surgical theatre sessions to learn medical concepts from hands-on experience in the theatre. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the role surgical theatre plays in the learning process and clinical experience of medical students. Google Scholar, PubMed and NCBI databases were searched for articles from 1990 to March 2022 using the search terms ‘Operating Room’ or ‘Operating Theatre’ or ‘Surgical Theatre’ and ‘Learning’, ‘Medical Students’ and ‘Surgeons’. Only articles on medical students’ perceptions on their learning experience in the surgical theatre were included. Thirty-four articles were eligible for inclusion. Unpreparedness, anxiety, lack of clear learning outcomes, fear and intimidation were the most common reported experiences by students. These demotivate medical students from attending theatre, along with poor surgical field visibility, resulting in a negative learning experience. Positive experiences during theatre time were more likely to attract students to choose a future surgical career. Limitations include the inclusion of surgical residents’ perspectives and the exclusion of other surgical team members’ perspectives. Studies included students across different clinical years, and results were primarily based on subjective perceptions. Evidently, the surgical theatre is a great learning opportunity for medical students. However, for this learning environment to be beneficial, students need to be included during surgical discussions and procedures. Additionally, clear learning outcomes need to be present whilst adequately training students prior to their first surgical attendance.
{"title":"Walking the Walk: A Review of Medical Students’ Perspective of a Surgical Theatre as the New Classroom","authors":"Tamara A. Mallia, Sarah Cuschieri","doi":"10.5195/ijms.2023.1942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1942","url":null,"abstract":"Medical school trains eligible students for a medical degree (MD). As part of the clinical years in the MD program, students attend surgical theatre sessions to learn medical concepts from hands-on experience in the theatre. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the role surgical theatre plays in the learning process and clinical experience of medical students. Google Scholar, PubMed and NCBI databases were searched for articles from 1990 to March 2022 using the search terms ‘Operating Room’ or ‘Operating Theatre’ or ‘Surgical Theatre’ and ‘Learning’, ‘Medical Students’ and ‘Surgeons’. Only articles on medical students’ perceptions on their learning experience in the surgical theatre were included. Thirty-four articles were eligible for inclusion. Unpreparedness, anxiety, lack of clear learning outcomes, fear and intimidation were the most common reported experiences by students. These demotivate medical students from attending theatre, along with poor surgical field visibility, resulting in a negative learning experience. Positive experiences during theatre time were more likely to attract students to choose a future surgical career. Limitations include the inclusion of surgical residents’ perspectives and the exclusion of other surgical team members’ perspectives. Studies included students across different clinical years, and results were primarily based on subjective perceptions. Evidently, the surgical theatre is a great learning opportunity for medical students. However, for this learning environment to be beneficial, students need to be included during surgical discussions and procedures. Additionally, clear learning outcomes need to be present whilst adequately training students prior to their first surgical attendance.","PeriodicalId":73459,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medical students","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135751120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hunter Soleymani, Brenda Jeng, Beshoy Abdelmessih, R. Cowan, R. Motl
Background: There has been a growing interest in “Lifestyle Physical Activity” (LPA) among wheelchair users. LPA can be quantified via “pushes” as an outcome metric. This study examined the accuracy and precision of research-grade devices for counting pushes across a series of wheelchair propulsion trials. Methods: Eleven non-disabled, young adults completed 19, 1-minute wheelchair propulsion trials at self-selected speeds with a wheelchair equipped with a SMARTwheel (SW) device while being video recorded. Participants also wore 2 ActiGraph accelerometers, one on the wrist and one on the upper arm. Video footage enabled manual counting of the number of pushes (gold standard). Total pushes were averaged across 16 workloads (3 trials of repeated workloads were excluded) for each device and compared to manually counted pushes. Results: Compared to manually counted pushes, SW demonstrated the greatest accuracy (mean difference [MD] compared to video of 2.3 pushes [4.5% error]) and precision (standard deviation of the mean difference [SDMD]) compared to video of 4 pushes, (Coefficient of Variation [CV] =.04), followed by the upper arm-worn accelerometer (MD of 4.4 pushes [10.4% error] and SDMD of 10, [CV= .06]) and the wrist-worn accelerometer (MD of 12.6 pushes [27.8% error] and SDMD of 13 [CV=.15]). Conclusions: SW demonstrated greater accuracy and precision than ActiGraph accelerometers placed on the upper arm and wrist. The accelerometer placed on the upper arm was more accurate and precise than the accelerometer placed on the wrist. Future investigations should be conducted to identify the source(s) of inaccuracy among wearable push counters.
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Executive Committee of the International Journal of Medical Students
The following items published in the International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS) Volume 10, Issue 4 of 2022 were corrected on February 20, 2023: "A Cross-Sectional Study of p66Shc Gene Expression in Liquid Biopsy of Diabetic Patients. Is it Possible to Predict the Onset of Renal Disease?" was corrected for capitalization errors in the title.1 "Elective Courses in Global Surgery for Undergraduate Medical Students: A Narrative Review and a Proposal for European Universities" contained an error in the DOI on the footer of page 395. The correct DOI is: 10.5195/ijms.2022.1598.2 "Why the Furor about Polio?" was corrected for a spacing error in the title in the PDF version.3 In the article entitled "Research Experience of Medical Students Collaborating in an International Peer Research Mentorship Program", there were errors in the fourth and fifth authors’ names. The correct names are: Aysha Zulfiqar and Tejaswini Ashok.4 "‘First, Do No Harm'… A Call to Re-evaluate the Wellbeing of Healthcare Staff" was corrected for a spacing error in the title.5
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