Pub Date : 2016-12-02DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000199
Yossef S. Alnasser, Habeeb Alsaeed, Nourah Z. Al-Beeshi, Hadeel Al-Sarraj, Haya Alotaibi, Rawabi Algahmdi, Kholoud Alamari, Ayshah Jaber
Background: Physicians’ attire can play a critical factor in patient-doctor relationship. Such relationship is necessary to improve healthcare outcomes and eventually lead to healthier children. Objective: This study aims to assess perceptions of Saudi children and parents toward physicians’ attire within inpatient general pediatrics settings. To our knowledge, no such assessment has been presented until now. Methods: A questionnaire was adopted and evaluated by pilot study. Then, data were collected from parents along with certain demographic data within inpatients general pediatrics settings. Results: Perceptions of attire differ according to physician’s gender. Wearing scrubs was found more professional, approachable, and trust-worthy for male physicians by parents while wearing conservative long black skirts with lab coat perceived similarly for female physicians. However, wearing summer dress and Saudi traditional attire thought to jeopardies infection controls. Furthermore, children found these attires more intimidating. Although majority of parents thought wearing lab coat is necessary, most of children disagreed. Also, discordance in perception of decorated stethoscopes was observed. Surprisingly, tennis shoes were the preferred shoes for both male and female physicians. Conclusion: Physicians’ attire can be interpreted as indicator of professionalism which could impact patient-doctor relationship. Moreover, children can perceive physician attire differently from their parents.
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Pub Date : 2016-11-30DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000201
I. Abi, J. O. Ibu
Textbooks are vital tools in the training of medical students. In Africa, there is a huge deficit in terms of literary medical works compared to the western world. Ultimately, this leaves the aspiring African clinician at the mercy of the western authors when it comes to acquiring knowledge about local health issues. The textbooks we use in teaching preclinical medical students in Africa are by foreign authors which fail to adequately capture the local content. Poor funding of biomedical research by governments of African countries has left the output of local authors dismally low. Reliance on foreign authors in writing our pre-clinical textbooks has left some disconnect between the pre-clinical and clinical stage of the medical training in African medical schools. Paying close attention towards bridging this gap by stimulating African biomedical researchers towards developing pre-clinical medical textbooks that reflect the African peculiarities; is of topmost importance The current pre-clinical textbooks used for training medical students will need to be re-written (to fully reflect local content) if the quest for high quality clinicians in the continent will be realized.
{"title":"Re-writing Pre-Clinical Medical Textbooks to Reflect Local Content - A Prerequisite for Building Better Clinicians in Africa","authors":"I. Abi, J. O. Ibu","doi":"10.4172/2380-5439.1000201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2380-5439.1000201","url":null,"abstract":"Textbooks are vital tools in the training of medical students. In Africa, there is a huge deficit in terms of literary medical works compared to the western world. Ultimately, this leaves the aspiring African clinician at the mercy of the western authors when it comes to acquiring knowledge about local health issues. The textbooks we use in teaching preclinical medical students in Africa are by foreign authors which fail to adequately capture the local content. Poor funding of biomedical research by governments of African countries has left the output of local authors dismally low. Reliance on foreign authors in writing our pre-clinical textbooks has left some disconnect between the pre-clinical and clinical stage of the medical training in African medical schools. Paying close attention towards bridging this gap by stimulating African biomedical researchers towards developing pre-clinical medical textbooks that reflect the African peculiarities; is of topmost importance The current pre-clinical textbooks used for training medical students will need to be re-written (to fully reflect local content) if the quest for high quality clinicians in the continent will be realized.","PeriodicalId":91744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health education research & development","volume":"2016 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70313418","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}
Pub Date : 2016-11-27DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000203
E. Gagliano, G. Sturniolo, A. Querci, A. Milone, D. Paparo, Fabiano, D. Ricciardello, F. Vermiglio
Background: Concurrent thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is rare, though increasingly reported. Hyperthyroidism due to thyroid cancer is very rare and challenging. Case presentation: We present a 35-year-old woman who had been on irregular regimen of propanolol and digoxin as treatment for worsening palpitations for 12 months. She came to our Policlinic University for her propanolol medication evaluation. We identified features of hyperthyroidism and found a left uninodular goiter with no cervical lymphadenopathy. She was referred for thyroid assessment which suggested primary hyperthyroidism and an enlarged heterogeneous left lobe with a well-defined homogenous solid mass. We restarted her on propanolol and referred her for a new course with methimazole. At the Policlinic University, she also underwent a left thyroid lobectomy. The resected lobe was sent for cytology evaluation which revealed a neoplastic nodule with features suggestive of a papillary thyroid cancer causing hyperthyroidism. The postoperative clinical progress of the patient was good and a regression of hyperthyroidism was also evidenced. Conclusions: The historical, clinical, and laboratory findings were suggestive of hyperthyroidism due to papillary thyroid cancer. A high index of suspicion, prompt referral, and counter-referral lead to a positive outcome of such a rare case. We advocate for systematic and careful evaluation of all thyroid nodules.
{"title":"Concurrent Hyperthyroidism and Papillary Thyroid Cancer","authors":"E. Gagliano, G. Sturniolo, A. Querci, A. Milone, D. Paparo, Fabiano, D. Ricciardello, F. Vermiglio","doi":"10.4172/2380-5439.1000203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2380-5439.1000203","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Concurrent thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is rare, though increasingly reported. Hyperthyroidism \u0000 due to thyroid cancer is very rare and challenging. \u0000Case presentation: We present a 35-year-old woman who had been on irregular regimen of propanolol and \u0000 digoxin as treatment for worsening palpitations for 12 months. She came to our Policlinic University for her propanolol \u0000 medication evaluation. We identified features of hyperthyroidism and found a left uninodular goiter with no cervical lymphadenopathy. She was referred for thyroid assessment which suggested primary hyperthyroidism and an enlarged \u0000 heterogeneous left lobe with a well-defined homogenous solid mass. We restarted her on propanolol and referred \u0000 her for a new course with methimazole. At the Policlinic University, she also underwent a left thyroid lobectomy. The \u0000 resected lobe was sent for cytology evaluation which revealed a neoplastic nodule with features suggestive of a papillary \u0000 thyroid cancer causing hyperthyroidism. The postoperative clinical progress of the patient was good and a regression \u0000 of hyperthyroidism was also evidenced. \u0000Conclusions: The historical, clinical, and laboratory findings were suggestive of hyperthyroidism due to papillary \u0000 thyroid cancer. A high index of suspicion, prompt referral, and counter-referral lead to a positive outcome of such a rare \u0000 case. We advocate for systematic and careful evaluation of all thyroid nodules.","PeriodicalId":91744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health education research & development","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70313898","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}
Pub Date : 2016-11-24DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000202
Somaya Aljohani, I. Saib, Muatasim Noorelahi
Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in Saudi Arabia. Despite the availability of early detection methods to diagnose breast cancer, a huge number of women are still unaware about these methods. This study was conducted to identify the attitude of women in Medina toward breast cancer screening methods, including breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography. Materials and methods: A cross sectional survey has been conducted on 124 women aged from 39 and older, who attended Taibah Medical Center for cancer screening either by doctor’s recommendation, family or friends advice, or by herself. Face to face questionnaire was used to collect data. All data were analyzed by statistical analysis system software. Results: The results showed only 35.5%, 27.4% and 37.8% of participants reported that they practiced BSE, CBE and annual mammography, respectively. Only 27.3% of women practiced BSE once per month, and 8.8% visited doctor annually for CBE. Both educational level and family history were significantly related to BSE. 57.7% of the participants who had positive family history practiced BSE, and 56.0% of the participants who practiced BSE were highly educated. Lacking awareness about BSE is the most important barrier in not practicing BSE, while not having a breast lump was the reason for not undergoing either clinical breast examination (38.7%) or periodic mammography (54.9%). Conclusion: This study emphasized the need for massive health education program to increase awareness, and improve the attitude of women toward breast cancer screening methods.
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Pub Date : 2016-11-17DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000195
Oroma Nwanodi
Surgical skills simulation (SSS) tests the application of factual knowledge and shows how knowledge is applied, representing the second and third levels of Miller’s Pyramid of Learning. SSS permits high-stakes scenario testing in safe environments. Therefore, SSS incorporation into initial specialty certification began in 2002 in Australia and New Zealand. The United States began SSS incorporation into specialty certification in 2008. This paper will determine where the United States stands in the process of SSS incorporation into specialty certification. Google scholar Internet and PubMed searches phrased “medical board certification surgical skills simulation”, performed on September 1, 2016 yielded 16 relevant articles. Hand search on September 1, 2016 yielded 7 additional articles. In 2008, cardiac catheterization simulation was required for interventional cardiology maintenance of certification (MOC). In 2010 the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) required SSS as part of the MOC program. In 2014, the summative assessment, Colorectal Objective Assessment of Technical Skills became part of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery certification. In 2017, SSS will be added to the ABA initial certification examination. The United States has been slow to incorporate SSS into initial certification and MOC. Assessment validation, capital and recurring costs, personnel, physical facility and time requirements are barriers limiting SSS expansion into specialty certification processes. As SSS allows rapid technical skill assessment, without posing a threat to patients, expansion of SSS into initial certification and MOC programs represents non-maleficence and beneficence, and should be encouraged.
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Pub Date : 2016-11-11DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000198
B. V. Wyk, L. Masamba, Vinay Sharma, Thulani M. Nyathi
The objective of this paper was to share the experience of virtual simulation commissioning and its use in radiation therapy of head and neck cancers at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital. The first sixty three (63) head and neck cases planned on the virtual simulation station was analyzed as well as the impression of staff members after using the system. A semi structured survey revealed that staff was overall satisfied with the system. A follow-up study with more cases planned, however, is advised.
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Pub Date : 2016-11-11DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000196
Muneerah Khalid Aljadidi, Ohoud Oadah Almutrafi, Rawan Othman Bamousa, Sara Alshehri, Anwar Alrashidi, Huda Abdullah AlNijadi, Arwa Abdulrhman AMousa, Alanoud Saleh AlNami, Norah Mohammad AlSubaie, N. AlMulhim, Lamees A Alabdulgader
Menstrual changes affect the quality of femalesâ lives, it indicates some underlying problems. The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of examsâ stress on menstrual dysfunctions. The objectives are to measure the common menstrual dysfunctions among girls during exams, find the most affected characteristics among the measured ones, hence figuring out any relation between the exams (as a source of stress) and the menstrual dysfunctions of 204 Saudi female college students between the age groups of 18 to 25 who matched the required criteria when completed the exam stress social networks questionnaire study on menstrual disorders. It was found that 80.9% of the sample had menstrual changes during exams. Regarding the characteristics; 59.3% had a change in the level of pain, 50% had a change in blood flow, and 54.9% had it in the menstruation timing. The dysmenorrhea was marked as the most common dysfunction within 57.4% of the students during exams. A more detailed research is highly required to explore the risk factors, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying stress in female students during exams in contemplation to establish a modifying or abortive treatment modalities.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-31DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000193
H. Chiu, B. Wang
This research aimed to extract medical diagnostic knowledge about sleep apnea by applying theories from process control management, library science, and knowledge management. We interviewed the President of the International Sleep Science Technology Association (ISSTA), a medical doctor, on the subject of sleep apnea, and validated the research findings with four other sleep apnea experts to achieve the following: A formal knowledge extraction procedure was established for sleep apnea. All medical knowledge pertaining to sleep apnea was mapped out.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-24DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000e125
S. Mukherjee
Sherlock Holmes said “it has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important”, but never imagined that such a little thing, the DNA molecule, could become perhaps the most powerful single tool in the multifaceted fight against crime. 30 years after the development of DNA fingerprinting, forensic DNA analysis is to the conviction or exoneration of suspects and identification of victims of crime, accidents and mass disaster. As necessity is the mother of all invention, it drives us in the development of modern methods in molecular genetics, statistics, and the use of massive intelligence database.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-17DOI: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000194
Iram Abdullah, H. Tak, F. Ahmad, Nazima Gul, Shafaquat Nabi, T. A. Sofi
Intestinal parasitic infections are among the major diseases of concern to public health throughout the world [1]. About 25% of world’s population suffers from one or more kinds of intestinal parasitic infections (helminthes/protozoa). Children because of their complex nutritional requirements and less developed immune systems are observed to be the principal sufferers of these parasitic infections [2]. Moreover, they have an extremely delicate physiology which can result in severe upsetting of their biochemical and physiological processes associated with these infections. Intestinal protozoan parasites can affect children in a variety of ways; they cause mal-absorption, reduced growth, increased risk for protein energy malnutrition, reduced psychomotor development and anemia. This report addresses Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Entamoeba as the main parasitic protozoa of concern among children worldwide.
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