background and purpose: after lung cancer, breast cancer, among the prevalent cancers of the world is of the most widespread disease among women. it is the most common cause of mortality among women. this study aimed to analyze the results using breast cancer screening methods among women over 20 years old. materials and methods: the present study is a cross-sectional-descriptive research. the ...

We describe the unique process whereby simulation-based, objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE) has been incorporated into the Israeli board examination in anesthesiology. Development of the examination included three steps: a) definition of clinical conditions that residents are required to handle competently, b) definition of tasks pertaining to each of the conditions, and c) incorpo...

Background: The final clinical examination in obstetrics and gynaecology is usually done by the traditional long obstetric case in the majority of medical schools worldwide. In the past few decades a move towards the (OSCE) has taken place. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of the (MBBS) medical students in the (OSCE) final obstetrics and gynaecology clinical examination...

The Mini-Mental State Examination is one of the most widely used screening tests for the adult population in daily neurologic practice. The aim of this study was to describe and to analyze the results of the Mini-Mental State Examination administered to Spanish children and to assess the relationship between Mini-Mental State Examination scores and the child's mental age/intelligence quotient. ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between American College of Radiology (ACR) in-training examination scores and performance on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) radiology licensing examination. METHODS Percentile ACR examination scores for 67 residents were obtained from 1995 to 2011 for four years of training and compared with ...

Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between American College of Radiology (ACR) in-training examination scores and performance on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) radiology licensing examination. Methods: Percentile ACR examination scores for 67 residents were obtained from 1995 to 2011 for four years of training and compared with ...

a 21-year-old man was brought to the emergency department due to multiple trauma (mt) caused by a motor car accident (mca). on arrival, the patient was intubated by prehospital emergency medical services (ems) and had a glasgow coma scale (gcs) score of 6 on 10 (due to intubation, verbal score was omitted). physical examination revealed blood pressure of 150/70 mmhg, oxygen saturation (o2sat) o...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among cancer patients in Saudi Arabia. It is known that nurses play a key role in promoting breast cancer awareness among women in any society. Nurses in primary health care centres (PHCC) have more direct contact with general population. This study aimed to investigate nurse knowledge of breast cancer and practice of early screenin...