Medical Education

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• “But what if you get made to go to war?” – My Experience of Life as a Junior Doctor and Army Reservist

  Chris B. Yates

  110-112

• “How Can I Help You?”: Perspectives from a Patient with a Hearing Loss

  Rachel Kolb

  94-96

• A Brave, Unconventional Teacher: A Medical Student's Experience

  Ibon Gantxegi Fernández

  76-77

• A Call for Action for Mental Health: Medical Students and Physicians' roles

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Huy Ming Lim

  121-122

• A Comparison of Australian and American Medical School Admission Experiences

  Jack B. Ding, Xin L. Xiao, Zachary I. Merhavy, David Fahim, Cheney E. Merhavy, Thomas C. Varkey

  212-214

• A Grain of Sand in the Ocean: Training New Generations of Editors, Reviewers, and Medical Scientists

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Annora A. Kumar, Georgiana Farrugia-Bonnici, Paul MacDaragh Ryan, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

  213-216

• A Literature Review of Possible Barriers and Knowledge Gaps of General Practitioners in Implementing Advance Care Planning in Ireland: Experience from Other Countries

  Karendeep Somal, Tony Foley

  145-156

• A Medical Student Experience: Adding Value and Emotional Support to Patient Interactions

  Dale S. DiSalvo

  63-64

• A New Reality: Experiences from Canadian Clerkship Medical Students during COVID-19

  Jeffrey Leong, Gurkaran S. Sarohia

  68-69

• A Nobel Day in Lisbon, Portugal – A Unique Experience for Someone who Loves Science

  Catarina Alves-Vale

  74-75

• A Pilot Study of Reducing Test Anxiety in a Cohort of Underrepresented in Medicine MCAT Students Using Near-Peer Coaching

  Benjamin Liu, Allen Hodge, Crystal Jushka, William J Hueston

  139-147

• A Positive Attitude to Negate a False Positive Test Result: An Intern’s Experience with COVID-19

  Vanessa N. Youmbi

  165-166

• A Reflection and Comparison of Physician Training in the United States of America and United Kingdom

  Rohit S. Aiyer

  48-50

• A Religious Patient and Her Sleep Problems: Reflections on an Experience in which Sleeping Pills were not Prescribed

  Thiago Henrique Roza

  57-58

• A Sad Bird Learning to Fly: A Dark Real-Life Tale about the Experience of a Patient Suffering Domestic Violence

  Thiago Henrique Roza, Sarah Aline Roza

  129-130

• A Student Perspective on How to Lengthen Your Time: A Practical Reasoning

  Kumarendran Balachandran

  21-23

• A Surgical Resident’s Perspective about COVID-19 Pandemic: Unique Experience and Lessons Learnt

  Madhuri Chaudary, Prakash Kumar Sasmal

  156-158

• A World Leader in Medicine

  Omar Mousa

  76-77

• Acquiring Medical Statistical Competencies in a Demanding Evidence-Based World: Thoughts and Experience from a Student Statistical Team in a Mexican Academic Center

  Carlos de la Cruz-de la Cruz, Humberto de León-Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Millán-Alanís, Andrea Judith Bautista-Gómez, Braulio Hernán Velasco-Sepúlveda, Adrián González-Martínez, Neri Alejandro Álvarez-Villalobos

  85-87

• Adapting to COVID-19: New Orleans Medical Students Respond

  Jacob F. Boudreaux

  197-199

• Addressing the Enduring Primary Care Physician Shortage in The United States: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender on the Medical Specialty Decision-Making Process

  Kelly Rhea MacArthur, Emily Royer, Daniel N. Hawkins

  91-97

• Advancing Research Through Early-Career Scientists’ Publications and Training the Next Generation of Medical Editors: The First 10-Years of the International Journal of Medical Students

  Sebastian Diebel, Diego Carrion-Alvarez, Wah Praise Senyuy, Marina Shatskikh, Juan C. Puyana, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  341-343

• An International Medical Graduate’s Experience of Postgraduate Training in the United States

  Juan J. Delgado-Hurtado

  165-166

• ASPIRE - A Journey from Intuition to Innovation

  Alhad Mulkalwar

  101-103

• Assessing Medical Students’ Self-Perceived Preparedness to Care for Gender Diverse Patients: A Survey Study

  Kyra L. Bonasia, Allie Morgan, Christina Grace Solomon, Ella A. Damiano

  63-68

• Assessment of Healthful Lifestyle Behaviors between Graduate Programs

  Erik Vincek, Dana Angelo White, Richard Feinn

  98-101

• Assessment of Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Research and Perceived Barriers

  Alaa Althubaiti, Bashayer Al Muqbil, Doaa Al Buraikan

  95-98

• Assessment of Personality Traits and Their Changes Over the Undergraduate Medical Course: A Pseudo-Longitudinal Analysis Among Indian Medical Students

  Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Arup J. Rout, Mabel Das, Debajyoti Das

  347-352

• Assessment of Undergraduate Research Experience in Term of Benefits, Barriers and Mentorship from Student's Perspectives: A Mixed Quantitative-Qualitative Method

  Hayat Abdoallah Ahmed

  S200

• Attitudes and Perceptions among Dublin International Foundation College Students towards Taking Conventional Medications and Herbal Medicines

  Abdullah T. Eissa

  123-126

• Attitudes to and Understanding of Placebo Use: A Cross- Sectional Exploratory Study in a Malaysian Hospital

  Amanda Villiers Tuthill, Tay Zhuo Han, Chang Xian Chai, Ai Wen Chai, Chun Yiing Wong, Karen Morgan

  108-111

• Authorship Diversity in General Surgery Related Cochrane Systematic Reviews

  Arkadeep Dhali, Vincent Kipkorir, Christopher D'Souza, Roger B Rathna, Jyotirmoy Biswas

  S188

• Balancing Our Identities as Medical Students and Global Citizens in the Wake of COVID-19

  Ramesha Ali

  167-168

• Being an American 2nd Year Medical Student in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Benjamin D. Liu

  77-78

• Being an Italian Medical Student During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  Nicolo G. Biavardi

  49-50

• From Bench to Bedside: Experiencing the Transition from Scientist to Medical Student

  Paul MacDaragh Ryan

  104-106

• Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Open-Book Examinations for Medical Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Shuja Yaqub, Hannah Suh, Hozafa Ali

  318-319

• Bibliometric Studies in CIMEL: A Latin-American Medical Student Journal and the Future of Bibliometric Publications

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Johanna C. Rojas-Mírquez, Alvaro Mondragón-Cardona, Juliana Bonilla-Velez

  115-119

• Black Students’ Perception of Belonging: A Focus Group Approach with Black Students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  Monnique Johnson, Witzard Seide, Althea Green-Dixon, Virginia Randall

  124-128

• Case series: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Conducted by Medical Students During their First Clinical Rotation Changes Patients’ Primary Diagnosis and Management

  Re'em Sadeh, Tomer Gat, Omer Kaplan, Tzvika Porges, Lior Zeller, Leonid Barski, Lior Fuchs

  15-20

• Challenges Faced by International Medical Students Due to Changes in Canadian Entrance Exam Policy

  Pishoy Gouda, Samuel Fanous, John Gouda

  70-71

• Cholecystocolonic Fistula: Demonstrating the Need for Further Imaging Assessment Following an Abnormal Ultrasound Exam

  Andrew J. Gauger, James Wilcox

  S184

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Where Do Your Views Lie? An Experience from a UK Medical Student

  Rebecca L. Lambson

  117-118

• Clinical Elective Choices and Motivations for Future Career Specialty Selection of Medical School Trainees and Junior Doctors of the University of the West Indies, Jamaica

  Jean Williams Johnson, Leohrandra Graham, Eric Williams, Colleen Campbell, Nidhi Thomas, Maxine Gossell-Williams

  49-55

• Clinical Skills Abilities Development During COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico City

  Lourdes Adriana Medina-Gaona

  175-176

• Common ECG Lead Placement Errors. Part I: Limb lead Reversals

  Allison V. Rosen, Sahil Koppikar, Catherine Shaw, Adrian Baranchuk

  92-98

• Common ECG Lead Placement Errors. Part II: Precordial Misplacements

  Allison V. Rosen, Sahil Koppikar, Catherine Shaw, Adrian Baranchuk

  99-103

• Comparison of Multinational Medical School Students Experiences in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis

  Alexandra C. Skoczek, Patrick W. Ruane, Cassidy Onley, Torhiana Haydel, Maria Valeria Ortega, H. Dean Sutphin, Alexis M. Stoner

  353-360

• Comparison of Quality of Life of Medical Students in Annual and Modular System in Public Sector Medical Colleges in Karachi, Pakistan

  Ayema Haque, Sobia Mansoor, Farheen Malik, Jawad Ahmed, Zeba Haque

  258-263

• Contamination of Clinical White Coats with Potential Pathogens and their Antibiotic Resistant Phenotypes Among a Group of Sri Lankan Medical Students

  Harshana Daraniyagala, Omesh Dahanayake, Amila Dasanayake, Pramod Dayarathna, Sevwandi Dayarathna, Kusal Dayasiri, Devmini De Silva, Sachie De Silva, Nipuni De Silva, Dinushi De Silva, Dinushika De Zoysa, Rasadani Dissanayake, Asela Ekanayake, Gihani Vidanapathirana, Veranja Liyanapathirana

  52-57

• COVID-19 amongst the Pandemic of Medical Student Mental Health

  Leah Komer

  56-57

• COVID-19 and Clinical Rotations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Olga Djoutsop Mbougo, Vanessa Youmbi Nono, Ulrick S. Kanmounye

  177-179

• COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical and Pharmacy Education in Nigeria

  Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Progress Agboola, Melody Okereke

  162-164

• COVID-19 Pandemic: Other Perspective. Saudi Arabia

  Osama A. Zitoun

  64-65

• COVID-19: Experience from Vietnam Medical Students

  Duc Nguyen Tran Minh, Tung Pham Huy, Dung Nguyen Hoang, Minh Quach Thieu

  62-63

• COVID-19: Turning a Pandemic into a Learning Opportunity for Senior Medical Students

  John C. Garman

  307-308

• COVID-19: Where Do We Go from Here? An Experience from Medical Students in India

  Tanisha Kalra, Nikhita Kalra

  66-67

• Creating and Completing Service-Learning within Medical School Curricula: From the Learner’s Perspective

  Frini Makadia, Priya P. Mehta, Clayton E. Wisely, Juan E Santiago-Torres, Katherine Hartmann, Mary J. Welker

  88-91

• Cross-Cultural Training: The Importance of Volunteering Abroad in Medical School

  Nidhi Ravishankar

  140-141

• Deprived of the Sea: Being a Kenyan Final-year Medical Student During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  Innocent Wafula, Eunice M. Ong’era

  80-81

• Detachment of the Amplatzer Device after Interventional Closure of a Mitral Prosthesis Paravalvular Leak

  Alexandra Pavel

  25-27

• Determinants of Residency Program Choice in Two Central African Countries: An Internet Survey of Senior Medical Students

  Ulrick S. Kanmounye, Mazou Temgoua, Francky T. Endomba

  20-25

• Developing A Clinical Evidence Retrieval Service in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Wei Z. Chew, Su M. Liew, Julia P. Engkasan, Noran N. Hairi, Ka T. Ng, Teng CL, Ranita H. Shunmugam, Choo W. Yuen, Chirk J. Ng

  154-157

• Developing a Protocol for Medical Student-Organized Community-Based Hypertension Screening Programs

  Vishal P. Varshney, Tyrone Harrison, Michal Szymczakowski, Matthew Grossi, Charlotte Jones

  8-11

• Do Thai Medical Students Understand What Does ‘AEC’ Mean? A Cross-sectional Survey.

  Jathurong Kittrakulrat, Ravipol Jurjai, Witthawin Jongjatuporn, Nicha Jarupanich, Annabel Bhamani, Krit Pongpirul

  21-24

• E-Da Hospital Summer Clerkship: My Path to Belize’s First M.D. Ph.D Neurosurgeon

  Paul Marcel Morgan

  107-109

• Elective Courses in Global Surgery for Undergraduate Medical Students: A Narrative Review and a Proposal for European Universities

  Giovanni Rossi, Gioele Fusato, Tindara Scirocco, Paolo Rodi, Simone Villa, Mario C. B. Raviglione

  395-404

• Elective Undergraduate Medical Research: A Medical Student Experience

  Zhi X. Chong

  115-116

• Enhancing the Student Surgical Learning Experience

  Pishoy Gouda, Marize Bakhet

  80-81

• Experience of a Medical Student: Volunteering in The Emergency Department during Massive Flood in Kelantan, Malaysia

  Zhi Xiong Chong

  163-164

• Experience: A Summer Elective in Germany

  Maria Grazia Grech

  78-79

• Experiences of a London Medical Student in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Alin-Ioan Suseanu

  183-185

• Exposure and Knowledge of Sharps Injuries among Medical Students in Seven States of Mexico

  Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Xiomara Díaz-Rodríguez, Mayra Martínez-Palomares, Raúl Hernández-García,, Susana Chávez-Moreno, Elvira Garza-González, Rafael Valdez-Vázquez, Irlanda Díaz-Pino

  24-28

• Eyes Wide Open - To Cornea, to Medical School, to Life

  Aviad Sapir

  309-310

• Fighting blindness with a Guerrilla: The Guerrilla Eye Service of Pittsburgh

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  117-120

• Fostering Europe’s Future Physician-Scientists: An Interview with European MD/PhD Association Chairman Dr. André dos Santos Rocha

  Paul M. Ryan, André dos Santos Rocha

  45-48

• From Physics Olympiads to Medical Research: Lessons Learned

  Andres Zorrilla-Vaca

  132-134

• From Student to Teacher: Medical Student Perceptions of Teaching Children and a Novel Application of the One Minute Preceptor

  Laura Cline, Muna Canales

  245-250

• From Symptoms to Diagnosis: A Medical Student’s Experience in Solving Her Own Mystery

  Madeline Franke

• Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Medicine: A Medical Student Experience

  Sofia Jezzini-Martinez, Daniela C. Gonzalez-Cruz

  310-311

• Gender Differences in Attitude and Barriers to Research by Medical Undergraduate Students in Nigeria

  Kenechukwu Franklin Okwunze, Efosa Peace Iyawe, Ifunanya Prosper Agughalam, Aisha Yahya, Priscilla Awoyomi, Emmanuel Metajuwa-kuda, Caroline Anulika Nwamadiegesi, Mayomikun Olawale, Stephen Igwe

  S173

• Health Care Expenditure of Rural Households in Pondicherry, India

  Poornima Varadarajan, Lopamudra Moharana, Murugan Venkatesan

  74-79

• Health Education among Medical Students: A Challenge Worth Accepting

  Nikolaos Plastaras, Angeliki Baimaki, Sotirios Karagiannidis, Aikaterini Giannaki, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Emmanouil Smyrnakis

  314-316

• How Medical Students Edited an OSCE Study Guide and Why Should You?

  Mathieu Allard, Alexandre Lafleur, M.D., M.Sc.(Ed.), Elizabeth Richard, Annick Lebouthillier, Cédric Vailles

  78-82

• How to Approach a Clinical Case from a Medical Student Perspective

  Jesus David Sendoya Vargas, Laura Lucia Fernandez Camacho

  15-17

• Hurricane Kids: Impact of Socioeconomic, Public Health, Medical Education, and Natural Disasters on a Doctor in Training

  Kate Young

  84-85

• IFMSA Research Exchange: A Life-Changing Experience

  Maria Konstantina Tzioti

  144-146

• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Students and Students’ Perspectives on COVID-19 Policies and Social Media in 2021 and 2022

  Ghazal Becker, Emily K. Ranta, Riddhi S. Shah, Victoria Reyes, H. Dean Sutphin; Alexis M. Stoner

  120-127

• Improving Medical School Education on the Care of Sexual Assault Patients: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Study

  Katherine Hoopes, Tessa Lewitt, Anum Naseem, Anne Messman, Sarkis Kouyoumjian

  129-139

• Incentive-based Strategy for Introducing Health Systems Perspective to Medical Students

  Krit Pongpirul, Seelwan Sathitratanacheewin

  118-119

• Integrating Global Health into the Medical Curriculum: Experience of Foreign Students in Ukraine

  Victor Ohwo

  84-86

• Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Depression and Academic Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Medical School in Pakistan

  Farrukh Ansar, Waqar Ali, Adil Zareef, Noman Masud, Sawar Zahab, Huma Iftekhar

  251-256

• Interviewing Dr Felipe Fregni: A Pathway to a Research Career

  Juliana Bonilla-Velez, Whitney Stefanny Cordoba-Grueso

  67-69

• Is It Worth Publishing in a Medical Students’ Journal? Insights From a 10-Year Journey

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Ciara Egan, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

  252-254

• Key aspects of an effective surgical curriculum for medical students

  Arthur C. O. Okonkwo, Okechukwu C. Okonkwo

  78-79

• Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Associated with COVID-19 Among School Students in Bharatpur, Chitwan District of Nepal

  Deepak Subedi, Suman Bhandari, Asmita Gaire, Milan Kandel, Sanju Subedi, Surendra Karki

  231-237

• Leadership and Health: The Scientific Journal’s Mission of Spreading Science in Times of Pandemic

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  9-10

• Leadership Training in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Systematic Review

  Mallory A. Evans, Eric J. James, Misa Mi

  58-66

• Learning Strategies and Innovations among Medical Students in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Trisha Denise D. Cedeño, Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Kimberly G. Ramos, Noreen Marielle C. Uy

  77-79

• Learning with the Community: An Enriching Experience

  Shambhavi Chowdhary

  81-83