PURPOSE Computer-assisted learning (CAL) tools are often used in medical education as it can complement conventional teaching formats and as an alternative to animal experiments in undergraduate medical students. To identify if there is any benefit of integrating CAL tools with conventional teaching format in pharmacology for a specific topic. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two groups of fourth semest...

1 Department of Biochemistry, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5363 Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. 2 Functional foods and Nutraceuticals Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, PMB 704 Akure, Nigeria. 3 Nutrition and Toxicology Division, Food Technology Department, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, PMB 21023, Lagos 10001, Nigeria. 4 Department of Biomedical Technol...

BACKGROUND New and inexperienced emergency medical service (EMS) professionals lack important experience. To prevent medical errors and improve retention there is an urgent need to identify ways to support new professionals during their first year in the EMS. METHODS A purposeful sample and snowball technique was used and generated a panel of 32 registered nurses with 12-48 months of EMS expe...

Interview data were collected from 1749 men and 1976 women of mean age 36.0-39.7 years in Ado-Ekiti, Ondo State; Ibadan, Oyo State; Badagry, Lagos State; Ekiti West and Ekiti Southeast, Ondo State; and Egbeda Local Government Area, Oyo State. It is generally believed that men have a greater need for sex than do women, and that men should have unlimited sexual freedom while women are expected t...

In the twenty-first century, wide use of emojis in communication platforms has emerged. As a result, have started to be used scales. However, there are limited number studies literature that focuses on effect using instead Likert-type response categories Therefore, focus this study is examine differences may arise from emoji and For purpose, 3, 5, 7-point 7 Psychological Well-Being Scale was ap...

BACKGROUND The Pediatrics Milestone Project uses behavioral anchors, narrative descriptions of observable behaviors, to describe learner progression through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies. Starting June 2014, pediatrics programs were required to submit milestone reports for their trainees semiannually. Likert-type scale assessment tools were not designed t...