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Knowledge, attitude and practice of tobacco smoking among health colleges' students at Najran University, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional descriptive study 沙特阿拉伯纳吉兰大学卫生学院学生吸烟的知识、态度和行为:一项横断面描述性研究

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.198801

J. M. Al-Qahtani

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引用次数: 20

Rhabdoid meningioma with lung metastasis in a paediatric patient: A case report and literature review 小儿横纹肌样脑膜瘤合并肺转移1例报告及文献复习

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191915

Hussein Kheshaifati, H. Alhindi, M. Homoud

引用次数: 1

Haematopoietic bone marrow: An uncommon mesodermal derivative in mature teratoma 造血骨髓:成熟畸胎瘤中一种罕见的中胚层衍生物

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191914

Tarak Banik, K. Mondal, Rupali Mandal

引用次数: 0

Flawed multiple-choice questions put on the scale: What is their impact on students′ achievement in a final undergraduate surgical examination? 有缺陷的多项选择题:它们对学生在本科外科期末考试中的成绩有何影响?

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191908

A. Omer, M. Abdulrahim, I. Albalawi

{"title":"Flawed multiple-choice questions put on the scale: What is their impact on students′ achievement in a final undergraduate surgical examination?","authors":"A. Omer, M. Abdulrahim, I. Albalawi","doi":"10.4103/2468-6360.191908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/2468-6360.191908","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Violation of item-writing guidelines is still frequently encountered in assessments in medical colleges. Flawed multiple-choice (MC) items affect students′ performance and distort examinations′ results. Aims: The aim was to assess the frequency and impact of flawed MC items on students′ achievement in our setting. Settings and Design: This is a quantitative descriptive study conducted at the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Methods: We evaluated a 100 single-correct answer MC questions summative surgical examination administered to 44 6 th year final medical students in November 2014. MC items, which contain one or more violation of item-writing guidelines, were classified as flawed, those with no violation, were classified as standard. The passing rates and median scores of high- and low-achieving students were calculated on both standard and flawed test scales. Item performance parameters (difficulty index, discrimination power and internal consistency reliability (Kuder-Richardson formula 20) were calculated for standard and flawed items. Descriptive and comparative statistics with the relevant tests of significance were performed using the SPSS (IBM SPSS Inc. Chicago, Illinois) computer software version 16. Results: Thirty-nine flawed items were identified (39%) which contain 49 violations of the item-writing guidelines. The passing rate was 93.2% and 91.8% on the total and standard scales, respectively. Flawed items benefited low-achieving students and disadvantaged the high-achieving students. Overall, flawed items were less difficult, less discriminating and less reliable than standard items. Conclusions: The frequency of flawed items in our examination was high and reflects the need for more training and faculty development programmes.","PeriodicalId":31033,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Specialties","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81170285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Tuberculosis diagnosis: Challenges and solutions 结核病诊断:挑战和解决方案

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191903

S. Huddart, M. Nash, M. Pai

引用次数: 12

Reasons for choosing Dermatology as a career choice 选择皮肤科作为职业选择的原因

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191912

R. Aldahash, Ghadah Alqahtani, A. Alkahtani, Hala Alnuaim, OmarAbdulrahman Alhathlol, Naif Alshahrani

{"title":"Reasons for choosing Dermatology as a career choice","authors":"R. Aldahash, Ghadah Alqahtani, A. Alkahtani, Hala Alnuaim, OmarAbdulrahman Alhathlol, Naif Alshahrani","doi":"10.4103/2468-6360.191912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/2468-6360.191912","url":null,"abstract":"Context: Determining factors that influence medical students′ choice in selecting their future careers are the key to achieving a balanced distribution of future doctors among all specialties. Aims: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with choosing Dermatology as a future career stream among medical students. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study using consecutive sampling was carried out among Saudi medical students who were enrolled in King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) during the study. Subjects and Methods: A validated newly developed English questionnaire was sent via e-mail to 268 eligible students, of which 200 (75.3%) participated. Statistical Analysis Used: Categorical data were compared using Chi-square test and Fisher′s exact test. All tests were two-sided, and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of six (3%) students were considering Dermatology as their first choice, while it was the second choice for seven students (4.7%). Of the participants, 118 (60.8%) found ′the difficulty of getting into a Dermatology residency programme′ to be the least attractive factor. Factors that significantly attracted medical students to consider Dermatology as a career choice were the appeal of being a dermatologist, how dermatologists lead a satisfying family life, reliance on clinical diagnostic skills and research opportunities in Dermatology (P = 0.004, 0.024, 0.039 and 0.010, respectively). Conclusions: A variety of factors influenced the medical students of KSAU-HS when choosing a future specialty. Identification of these factors can help medical student mentors and residency training programme directors to motivate students choose specialties that are limited in our nation.","PeriodicalId":31033,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Specialties","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86653302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

A pandemic in disguise: Zika virus vaccine development and counteractive measures analysis 伪装的大流行:寨卡病毒疫苗开发和应对措施分析

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191905

O. Fazal, Imran Siddiqui

引用次数: 1

Entering a new profession: Patient educator interns′ struggles for recognition 进入一个新的职业:病人教育实习生争取认可的斗争

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191907

Fatmah Almoayad, A. Ledger

引用次数: 3

Clinical nursing and midwifery research in Middle Eastern and North African Countries: A Scoping Review 中东和北非国家的临床护理和助产研究:范围综述

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191904

M. Al-Husaini, Carolyn Sun, E. Larson

{"title":"Clinical nursing and midwifery research in Middle Eastern and North African Countries: A Scoping Review","authors":"M. Al-Husaini, Carolyn Sun, E. Larson","doi":"10.4103/2468-6360.191904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/2468-6360.191904","url":null,"abstract":"The professions of nursing and midwifery currently face many challenges, such as an increasing number of patients with communicable and non-communicable diseases, which strains resources and requires nurses and midwives to develop their knowledge and skills to a higher level. This is also true in the Middle East, including the Mediterranean East and North African regions, which means it is vitally important that nurses and midwives have access to and use current research to inform their practice, with research targeting the most relevant issues, including complex humanitarian emergency situations that increase health issues and challenge health infrastructure. For this to be achieved, a scoping review of the indexed clinical nursing and midwifery literature in the Middle East was performed to identify gaps in clinical nursing and midwifery research and areas requiring focus. A search of PubMed, CINAHL/EBSCO, EMBASE, the Jordanian Database for Nursing Research resulted in 210/1398 articles which met the inclusion criteria: (1) original research, (2) conducted in Middle Eastern countries as defined by the World Health Organization, (3) had at least one nurse or midwife author (but not limited to nurses in Middle Eastern countries), (4) published in an indexed, peer-reviewed journal between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2015, (5) included patient outcomes in the results, (6) written in English or Arabic and (7) included an abstract. Studies were found from 10 of the 22 countries; the majority (n = 199; 94.76%) was conducted in three countries: Jordan, Iran and Lebanon. Most studies (n = 158, 75.24%) used quantitative designs, primarily cross-sectional, descriptive studies (n = 106) and the most frequently researched topics were related to maternal child health and women′s health (n = 95, 48.5%). Strategies are needed to encourage collaboration between nursing and midwifery faculty members including clinicians to assure that clinical research is disseminated and used to improve patient care.","PeriodicalId":31033,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Specialties","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79074685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 11

Palliative management of intractable hiccups in a patient with an advanced brain tumour 晚期脑肿瘤患者顽固性打嗝的姑息治疗

Journal of Health Specialties Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.4103/2468-6360.191913

S. Alshammary, B. Duraisamy, Lobna Saleem, Luma Abdelsalam Shraydeh Al Fraihat, Abdullah Altamimi, Stuart Brown

引用次数: 2