1 MD. Otorhinolaryngologist. Graduate Student Otorhinolaryngology Program Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 2 MD. Otorhinolaryngologist. Graduate Student Otorhinolaryngology Program Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 3 MD. 3rd-year resident in Otorhinolaryngology Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 4 MD. Neurosurgeon. Assistant Physician Neurosurgery Departme...

background : studies have shown a gradual decline in empathy of medical trainees with increasing years of education. methods to augment empathy show some promise, but the most effective methods are both expensive and time consuming.to assess effectiveness of communication skills training program as a distant learning method in improving empathy.   method s: fourteen first year residents of psyc...

prevention of coronary heart disease, mainly by reducing the levels of known risk factors in the population, remains a priority in public health. this cross-sectional study on randomly selected medical students during their internship was conducted from july 2001 to april 2002 in order to determine the prevalence of major coronary artery disease (cad) risk factors. this survey was done by filli...

introduction: research on medical students shows that adopting self-regulation of effort, time, and study strategies can positively influence academic achievement. the purpose of the current study was to assess learning and study strategies in medical students. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014-2015 at isfahan university of medical sciences. the sample size was determi...

SAKURAI, Hidehiro Associate Professor HIGASHIBAYASHI, Shuhei Assistant Professor PANDA, Gautam Visiting Scientist; JSPS Invited Fellow MURUGADOSS, Arumugam Visiting Scientist; JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow TAN, Qi-Tao Visiting Scientist; JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow MORITA, Yuki Post-Doctoral Fellow SUGIISHI, Tsuyuka Post-Doctoral Fellow REZA, A. F. G. Masud Visiting Scientist (JASSO Follow-up Researc...

BACKGROUND In order to meet the changing needs of health care, the University of Turku has introduced a graduate entry programme aimed at students with previous education and experience in health care professions. AIMS In this study, we look at the study performance of students with different educational backgrounds with special emphasis on graduate entry students. METHODS We surveyed the s...