Medical school is a challenging academic experience by definition and it is one of the most stressful times of a student’s life. In our experience we usually spend about 10-12 hours a day studying; not even counting the number of hours spent in lecture or other academic activities. A typical day in the life of a first year medical student begins at 6:30 am – when the alarm clock rings and we gr...

We describe our comprehensive examination of 5 year old school entrants. The examination includes a parental interview, measurements of growth and visual acuity, and an audiometric sweep test all carried out by the school nurse and a paediatric examination and neurodevelopmental assessment carried out by the school doctor. The continuing need for such an examination, at least in urban areas, is...

I.N.S.E.R.M. and C.N.R.S. in France. If this description of British universites attracts, as I hope it will, French doctors to the United Kingdom, and they do not know how to make scientific contacts I would suggest that they attend the meetings of British scientific societies-whose quality reflects that of the universities. These societies are well organized, and among the most brilliant meeti...

The vernacular students will now obtain a practical training in pharmacy, hospital details, and clinical medicine and surgery, which they have never had the opportunity hitherto of receiving. We augur the-best results from the change which has now been accomplished, and believe that the " Vernacular Licentiates" who will now issue from the new vernacular medical school will be more thoroughly a...

the health effects of fish oil capsules and vitamin b1 tablets on duration and severity of dysmenorrhea     agakhani n [1] ,sadagyani m [2] , jasemi m [3] , feizi a [4] , eghtedar s [5] ,mesgarzadeh m [6] ,ebrahimi m [7]     received: 5 jan, 2012 accepted: 19 jun, 2012     abstract   background & aims : dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint of young girls and one of the main reasons behind ...

erratum an investigation on the association between students’ knowledge and their tendency to take care of hiv patients among the students in nursing and midwifery school  in the article that appeared on page 404 of july-august 2014 issue[1], authors affi liation was incorrectly displayed. authors affi liation should have appeared as given below: 1-associate professor, infection nosocomial rese...

FAMERP Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil: MD, Department of Radiology, Doctoral candidate Health Sciences Program FAMERP Medical School; MD, Department of Radiology, Fellow in Neuroradiology and Master’s candidate Health Sciences Program of the FAMERP Medical School; MD, Department of Radiology, Fellow in Neuroradiology of the FAMERP Medical School; MD, Department of Pediatrics,...