BACKGROUND Residents and interns are recognized as important clinical teachers and mentors. Resident-as-teacher training programs are known to improve resident attitudes and perceptions toward teaching, as well as their theoretical knowledge, skills, and teaching behavior. The effect of resident-as-teacher programs on learning outcomes of medical students, however, remains unknown. An intervent...

INTRODUCTION Identification of Educational Influentials (EIs) in clinical settings helps considerably to knowledge transfer among health and medical practice providers. The aim of this study was identifying EIs in diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) by medical students (clerks, interns and residents) and providing their relational pattern in this subject. METHODS Subjects were medical students at cler...

Blogging has been recommended as a suitable tool for learning during internship due to its associated usefulness in collaborative learning, reflection, communication, and social support. In this study, blogging was incorporated into the internship activities of two discipline-specific groups of interns: information management (n = 53) and nursing (n = 28). In examining the behavior, perceptions...

Objective: This study was designed to explore the potential association between severity of impact coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on perceptions and attitudes among medical interns. Material Methods: The carried out as qualitative key informant semi-structured interviews, were enrolled from September-October 2020 using a convenience sampling used recruit nine interns at King Faisa...

Objective:  To assess the attitudes, experiences, training levels, and interest in future education regarding use of hypnosis by dentists working Dental Clinic Monastir, Tunisia .  Material Methods:  A cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 Monastir November 2019. Students, internship, residents, professors were randomly selected. This a survey with structured questionnaire mailed to all...

OBJECTIVE To scrutinize the knowledge, attitude, and antimicrobial practices in Saudi Arabian Dentistry. METHODS In this cross-sectional survey of dentists, a self-administered questionnaire comprising of 61 questions was dispersed to the participants randomly, which included their professional profile, awareness of the current scope of antimicrobial resistance, prescribing practice, frequenc...

OBJECTIVES Although JCAHO requires a standardised approach to handoffs, and while many standardised protocols have been tested, sign-out practices continue to vary. We believe this is due to the variability in workflow during inpatient duty cycle. We investigate the impact of such workflows on intern sign-out practices. DESIGN We employed a prospective, grounded theory mixed-method design. ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the experience of interns in sensitive area examination during their undergraduate medical course and identify factors interfering with such examinations. METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out from May to June 2010. Interns (n=315) at King Saud University College of Medicine were invited via email to complete a web-based questionnaire developed using surveymonke...

conclusions although the general knowledge of our study groups on ai is relatively fair, they are not prepared for ai epidemics. background medical staff’s knowledge and preparedness has an important role in providing specialized care to the patients as well as controlling and preventing the epidemics. objectives the aim of the study is to examine and compare the knowledge and preparedness in t...