PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of examinees who took the first clinical skill examination in Korea. METHODS The data were collected by written survey, telephone, and face-to-face interviews with 46 examinees who took a clinical skills examination test at Jeju National University School of Medicine. Thirty-two questionnaires were valid for analysis. RESUL...

AIM In an earlier study we have shown that transcervical chorionic villus sampling in excess of 90 mg increases the risk for hemangiomas of infancy three- to four-fold compared to amniocentesis. In the present study we investigated whether transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (TA-CVS), in which the samples are smaller, carries the same risk. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospectively, data were...

OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of sexual behaviour data collected from African adolescents using five methods. METHODS 9280 Tanzanian adolescents participated in a biological marker and face to face questionnaire survey and 6079 in an assisted self-completion questionnaire survey; 74 participated in in-depth interviews and 56 person weeks of participant observation were conducted. RESULTS...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impacts of using SMS on improving laboratory test levels and Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) and Self Efficacy (SE) of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized controlled trial study, a total of 81 type 2 diabetes patients were randomly assigned into two groups exp. group (n = 43) and cont. group (n = 38). Only...

background: communication is the most important parts of the educational process, which aims to transfer or exchange of ideas.it would be provided appropriately if the academic members had the communication skills .considering the important role of academic members in educational process, in this study the knowledge, attitude and performance of isfahan health school academic members towards eff...

OBJECTIVE Chronic tinnitus can severely impair a person's quality of life. The degree of impairment, however, is not closely related to tinnitus loudness. Applying the common sense model (CSM) of self-regulation of health and illness, this study investigated to what extent psychological factors, i.e. illness representations and positive/negative self-instructions, are associated with the degree...

Building on Social Exchange Theory and Congruity Theory, this study aims to examine the relationships between channel integration quality (i.e., channel-service configuration integrated interaction) congruity self-brand image value congruity) towards customer engagement; as well impacts of engagement behavioural loyalty repurchase intention positive WoM). Adopting convenience snow-ball sampling...