Orthodontics-Awareness Amongst Medical Students

Depression and stress amongst undergraduate medical students

BACKGROUND The demands placed on medical trainees pose a challenge to personal wellbeing, leading to burnout and erosion of empathy. However, it is unclear at what point in medical education this decline begins. Although many schools have begun to design and implement wellness programs for their students, the medical education community's experience in evaluating their impact is limited. METH...

Deficiency in the awareness of hepatitis B amongst students of medical colleges- alarm!

Smoking habits amongst medical students of Sind Medical College.

A survey of the smoking habits amongst Medical students was conducted in January July, 1981. Of 2204 registered students, 1363 (62%) returned the self administered questionnaires. At the time of survey there were 191 smokers (M.188, F-3), 27 ex.smokers (M-26 F-1) and 1145 Non-smokers (M668, F477). The average age at start of smoking was 17 years amongst smokers and 18 year amongst exsmokers. Th...

Awareness about plagiarism amongst university students in Pakistan

Research is an original and systematic investigation undertaken to discover new facts and information about a phenomenon. However a variety of empirical and ethical issues are on the rise in academia, especially plagiarism is quickly becoming part of global educational and research culture. More and more students and researchers are turning to the Internet for cooked solutions and shortcuts for...

Breast Cancer Awareness among Pakistani Medical and Non-Medical Students

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women across the globe. Fortunately, one third of all cancers can be prevented and a further third can also be cured if diagnosed at an early stage. Thus developing countries need to prioritize their cancer awareness and disease control programs (Parkin, 1994). Breast cancer diagno...