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• A Pilot Study of the Effect of a Change in the Scheduling of Canadian Medical Licensing Examinations on Two Cohorts of Students Studying in Ireland

  Kate Niethammer, Pishoy Gouda, Edina Moylett

  40-44

• Acute Liver Failure in Patients with Classic Heat Stroke

  Jeremy J. Hernández-Ríos, Fátima María Martínez-González, Luz A. Gutiérrez-Bañales, J. Andrés Beltrán-López, Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez

  111-113

• 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

• Amoxicillin Morbilliform Drug Eruption in Pediatric Male with Poor Feeding Treated with Cyproheptadine: A Case Report

  Daniel Nguyen, Christina Vo

  71-74

• Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern of Microorganisms Isolated from Vaginal Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Bangalore, India

  Nagalakshmi Narayana-Swamy, Padmasri Ramalingappa, Urvashi Bhatara

  34-39

• 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

• Association between Muscle Mass and Body Mass Index in Elderly Diabetic Patients Attending Tertiary Care Center in Bangalore, India

  Sowbarnika Palanisami, Vasudha Kulkarni

  96-99

• Attitude towards New Packaging to Reduce Condom-carrying Embarrassment among Thai Youth, A Cross-sectional Study

  Apinut Wongkietkachorn, Kunathip Nissaipan, Narin Hiransuthikul

  44-48

• 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

• Awareness among Parents of Beta Thalassemia Major and Intermedia Patients in Three Centers in Baghdad and Al-Nasiriyah, Iraq in 2017

  Mohammed Tareq Mutar, Mustafa Majid, Ammar Jaleel, Ali Saad, Ali Abdulmortafea, Hashim Talib

  6-10

• Awareness and Practices of Non-Pharmacological Approaches for Management of Hypertension in a Geriatric Population

  Debalina Sahoo, Harshida Gosai, Ujjwal Sahoo, J.M. Harsoda

  53-55

• 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

• Brugada ECG Sign & Chest Pain Mimicking ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

  Omar Mousa, Haroonur Rashid

  86-90

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diabetes in Medical Students: Observational Study, Experience in Colombia

  Diego Mauricio Bados Enriquez, Karoll Vanessa Ladino Oyola, Juan Esteban Yucuma Ruiz

  61-65

• 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

• Characterization of Patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in the General Hospital of Mexicali

  Fátima María Martínez-González, Jeremy Hernández-Ríos, Arely Gutiérrez, Andrés Beltrán, René González, Hiram Jaramillo-Ramírez

  58-61

• Childhood Adversity Linked to Neurological Circuitry Changes and Mental Health Disorders. Narrative Review

  Alexander L. Shand

  43-51

• Clinical Audit: Paediatric Medical Team Attendance at Deliveries in an Outer Metropolitan Hospital in Western Australia

  Gelaye Tadesse Nadew

  104-107

• Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia Resistant to Splenectomy

  Aleksandar Kara-Jovanović, Nada Suvajdžić-Vuković

  11-14

• 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

• Correlation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histopathology Diagnosis in the Evaluation of Breast Lumps

  Adnan Khan, Raza Jamali, Muneeb Jan, Maria Tasneem

  40-43

• 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

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

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

  8-11

• Direction of Umbilical Cord Twist and its Characteristics – a Pilot Study

  Althea V. Pinto, Alex X. Chakiath, Prudhvi Dasari, Vilekith Reddy, Shirley George, Nachiket Shankar

  120-122

• 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

• Double Inlet Left Ventricle with Eisenmenger Syndrome in an Adult – A Case Report

  Rahul Regi Abraham

  53-56

• Dyslipidemia and Hyperglycemia in Psoriatic Inpatients

  Bojan Popchanovski, Margareta Balabanova-Stefanova

  62-65

• Effect of an Educational Booklet on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Major Depressive Disorder in Medical Students in Delhi

  Medha Goyal, Charu Kohli, Jugal Kishore, Ram C. Jiloha

  16-23

• Effect of Schoolbag Weight on Musculoskeletal Pain among Primary School Children in Yaounde, Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study

  Wiliam Richard Guessogo, Peguy Brice Assomo-Ndemba , Edmond Ebal-Minye, Jerson Mekoulou-Ndongo, Claude Bryan Bika-Lélé, William Mbang-Bian, Eva Linda Djuine-Soh , Jean Bertrand Ondoa, Samuel Honoré Mandengue, Abdou Temfemo

  96-101

• Essential Heavy Metals in Renal Tumor Tissue and Its Possible Relation to Carcinogenesis: Applying the Scanning Electron Microscopy Coupled with X-Ray Microanalysis Technique

  Tânia Nogueira, Mariana Semedo, Elisabete Cunha

  10-14

• 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

• Feeding Practices among Infants in a Rural Community in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Rajat Das Gupta

  115-118

• Folk Medicine in the Philippines: A Phenomenological Study of Health-Seeking Individuals

  Nadine Angela O. Rondilla, Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Shannon Jean R. Roque, Ricardo Martin S. Lu, Nica Lois B. Apolinar, Alyssa A. Solaiman-Balt, Theorell Joshua J. Abion, Pauline Bianca P. Banatin, Carina Viktoria M. Javier

  25-32

• Frequency and Correlation of Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio with Fasting Glycemia and Blood Pressure in High School Students from Mexico

  Lourdes Adriana Medina-Gaona, Nallely Enríquez-Sánchez, Carla Elizabeth Mejía- Ramírez, Nathalia de Jesús Orueta-Mondragón, Heriberto Medina-Franco, Yareri Sandoval-Morales, Tanya Plett-Torres

  38-46

• Frequency of Congenital Anomalies in Newborns and Its Relation to Maternal Health in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan

  Adnan Khan, Muhammad Zuhaid, Maria Fayaz, Faryal Ali, Arsalan Khan, Raza Ullah, Javariya Zafar, Hakeem Ullah, Saiqa Baloch, Sanam Gandapur

  19-23

• 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

• Gender Differences in Response to Experimental Pain among Medical Students from a Western State of India

  Pratik Akhani, Samir Mendpara, Bhupendra Palan, Jaman Harsoda

  13-17

• Glucometers for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Are they helpful?

  Andrew Thomas, Mohan T. Shenoy, K.T. Shenoy, Nirmal George

  140-144

• Health Care Expenditure of Rural Households in Pondicherry, India

  Poornima Varadarajan, Lopamudra Moharana, Murugan Venkatesan

  74-79

• Health Literacy Levels among Outpatients at a Tertiary Hospital in Delhi, India

  Monika Sahoo, Charu Kohli, Jugal Kishore

  29-33

• HLA-G in Preeclampsia: a Pilot Study to Propose a Tolerogenic Treatment

  César Lucio García, Cynthia Ayerim Lucio García, Arely Sarai Alonso Barreto, María del Socorro Camarillo Romero, Cristian Fabian Layton Tovar, Deisy Julieth Abril Riaño, Hugo Mendieta Zerón

  56-60

• Hormone Replacement Therapy and Dry Eye in Post Menopausal Women: Study in a Tertiary Centre in Malaysia

  Norshamsiah M Din, Siti H. B. Sa’aid, Lam C. Shen, Yap S. Shu, Marina B. A. Rahman, Aini B. M. Azmi, Chang S. Thing, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Ropilah A. Rahman

  12-15

• Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Mexico: An Opportunistic Medical Student-led Blood Pressure Screening Campaign – A Cross-Sectional Study

  José Adrián Yamamoto-Moreno, Suzzette Anaís Navarro-Rodríguez, Samuel Ruiz-Pérez, Juan Carlos Godínez-Reyes, Marvin Mendoza-Rojo

  263-272

• Impact of Family History on Acute Appendicitis – An Iraqi Study at Baghdad Teaching Hospital

  Tabarek Yaseen, Zahraa Qais, Zahraa Abass

  47-51

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Medication Use among Health Care Students in King Saud University

  Abdullah T. Eissa

  66-69

• Lifesaving Sonography Protocols: A Pilot Course Involving Undergraduate Medical Students

  Jakub Wisniewski, Hanna Garnier

  15-18

• Medical Student POCUS Peer-to-Peer Teaching: Ready for Mainstream

  Mazen El-Baba, Kathryn Corbett, Kate Dillon, Claire Heslop

  11-14

• Medical Students’ Perception Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico: Distance Learning, Assisting Hospitals, and Vaccination

  Edgar Botello-Hernández, Patricio Garcia-Espinosa, Juan P. Ruiz-Padilla , Gabriela Torres-Hernández, Luis E. Fernandez-Garza

  33-36

• Meloxicam Decreases the Formation of Peritoneal Adhesions in an Experimental Surgical Model in Rats

  Luis Alfredo Hernandez Villarroel, Henry Fernandez, Luisa Cesin

  6-13

• Men’s Experiences with the Hockey Fans in Training Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle Program

  Stephanie Brianne Muise, Dawn P. Gill, Ashleigh De Cruz, Brendan Riggin, Roseanne Pulford, Shannon L. Sibbald, Robert J. Petrella

  91-95

• Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Obtained from Hemodialyzed Patients at the Hospital de Clínicas of Paraguay: A pilot study

  Rubén Arturo Silvero Isidre,, Fátima Rodríguez Acosta, César Rodrigo Cristaldo Vargas, Genaro Américo Velázquez Romero, José Félix Plans Perrota, Rosa María Guillén Fretes

  14-19

• Near-peer Teaching in Histology Laboratory

  María de los Ángeles Cambrón-Carmona, Carmen Natalia Tallón de Lara, Ignacio Ruz Caracuel, Fernando Leiva Cepas, Rubén Giovanetti González, Soledad Zurita Lozano, Juan Cámara Pérez, Julia Casado Ruiz, José Peña

  14-18

• Pap Smear Readability on Google: An Analysis of Online Articles Regarding One of the Most Routine Medical Screening Tests

  Mark J. Parry, Travis S. Dowdle, Jesse N. Steadman, Tiffany R. Guerra, Kim L. Cox

  257-262

• Participatory Learning of Medical Students through Development of Innovative Training Modules for Community Health Workers

  Rahul Ramesh Bogam, Vivek Saoji, Ranjana Sahasrabudhe, Apoorva Saoji

  100-103

• Patient Perception of Physician Attire Before and After Disclosure of the Risks of Microbial Contamination

  Enoch C. T. So, Faraday H. F. Fung, Joshua K. H. Yeung, Lilian H. Y. Chow, Julio S. H. Kwok, Ruby L. Y. Lam, Tommy C. Y. So, Faye S. M. Yu, Dana Vackova, Gilberto K. K. Leung

  109-114

• Penile Cancer in Cali, Colombia: 10 Years of Casuistry in a Tertiary Referral Center of a Middle-Income Country

  Lina M. Rengifo, Maria del M. Herrera, Angie L. Rincon-Jimenez, Alberto J. Bermudez-Pupo, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  109-114

• Perception of Medical Students on the Effect of Covid-19 on Medical Education in Nigeria

  Adeleke Victor Fasiku, Ibrahim Abdulsamad, James Kolade Adegoke, Adedeji Samson Afolabi, Samson Olaniyi Adedayo, Ayomide Olanipekun, Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo

  197-201

• Pocket-sized Ultrasound versus Cardiac Auscultation in Diagnosing Cardiac Valve Pathologies: A Prospective Cohort Study

  Lior Zeller, Lior Fuchs, Tomer Maman, Tali Shafat Fainguelernt, Ianiv Fainguelernt, Leonid Barski, Noah Liel-Cohen, Sergio L. Kobal

• Predictors of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Mortality: A Single-center, Five-year Retrospective Study

  Patricio Garcia-Espinosa, Edgar Botello-Hernández, Gabriela Torres-Hernández, Clarissa Guerrero-Cavazos, Estefania Villareal-Garza, Andrea Flores-Rodriguez

  213-218

• Prevalence and Progression of Ametropias in Medical Students

  Gustavo Costa Santos, Rafael Cunha de Almeida, Willany Veloso Reinaldo, Fernando Rocha Oliveira, Shaun Schofield, Roberto Conde Santos, Glaucia Luciano da Veiga, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, Vagner Loduca Lima, Renato Galão Cerquinho Leça

  112-116

• Prevalence and Side Effects of Energy Drink Consumption among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

  Naif A. Bawazeer, Najmah A. AlSobahi

  104-108

• Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon among Medical Students in a Malaysian Private Medical School

  Muhammad Yassin Ikbaal, Nurhazirah 'Aqilah Salim Musa

  66-70

• Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

  Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez, Jeremy J. Hernández-Ríos, Fátima M. Martínez-González, Luz A. Gutiérrez-Bañales, Eliot R. García-Valenzuela, J. Andrés Beltrán-López, Jorge L. Peterson, Flor M. Yocupicio, Rodolfo Ruíz-Luján

  107-110

• Red Eye: Next Steps for Conducting Research in Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Ophthalmology

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Hugo H. Ocampo-Dominguez

  24-27

• Risk to Develop Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus according to FINDRISC tool in Guatemalan Physicians aged 40-60 years

  Estuardo Daniel Castro, Gamaliél Alejandro Velásquez,, Edgar Lineker Santos, Gustavo Adolfo Oliva, Clara Elizabeth Chang, Harry Francisco Soto

  20-25

• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in Tijuana, Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study

  José Adrián Yamamoto-Moreno, Cecilia Pineda-Aguilar, Samuel Ruiz-Pérez, Gloria Liliana Gortarez-Quintana, Marco Antonio Ruiz-Dorado

  220-230

• Scatterplot Variations Seen in Malaria Using Automated Hematological Analyzers: A Series of Ten Cases

  Ronit Juthani, Tavish Gupta, Debdatta Basu

  21-24

• Self-medication among Undergraduate Medical Students of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine: Where do We Stand?

  Marwa Ramadan, Asmaa Eltaweel, Tamwe El Nakhal, Hanan Hemead, Abdelrahman Maraqa, Doha Abish, Rana Essam, Azza Baraka

  52-55

• Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among First-Time Blood Donors in Faridpur, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study

  Tonmoy Biswas, Sunil Kumar Biswas

  9-13

• Should Research Thesis be a Prerequisite for Doctor of Medicine Degree? A Cross-sectional Study at Jordan University of Science and Technology

  Aisha Gharaibeh, Yazan S. Mousa

  8-12

• Sixth Class Students' Performance and Confidence Levels Before and After Training in Clinical Skills Laboratories

  Ali Mustafa Abualhayja'a, Handan Ankarali, Ramez Alyacoub,, Ala' Abudayeh, Sara Alsaoud,, Omar Majed Alsaeidi, Moaath Alsmady, Islam Massad, Orhan Alimoglu

  26-31

• Smoking habits among medical students: a survey at the University of Prishtina Faculty of Medicine

  Albina Fejza, Fatjeta Maraj, Hajrullah Fejza

  18-20

• Student Heart Failure Intervention Pilot (SHIP): A Study of Risk Factor Analytics and Population Outreach

  William Byron Reichert, Gerard Hoatam, Emily Schmidt, Michael Leher, Arathi Gorur, Anna Jones, Anantharam Kalya, Priya Radhakrishnan

  68-73

• Sub-tenon Anaesthesia versus Intracameral Anaesthesia in Patients Undergoing Cataract Extraction: A Comparative Study of the Level of Pain, Visual Perception and Anxiety

  Mushawiahti Mustapha, Muhammad Hazzril Hamzah, Soon Ken Chow, Nur Syuhada Zulkifli, Zalikha Abdul Latiff, Diana Melissa Dualim, Su Gaik Cheah, Mae Lynn Catherine Bastion

  49-52

• Survey Among Medical Students During COVID-19 Lockdown: The Online Class Dilemma

  Andrew Thomas, Mohan T. Shenoy, Kotacherry T. Shenoy, Sruthi Suresh Kumar, Aboobakker Sidheeque, C. Khovidh, Jayakumar Parameshwaran Pillai, Pramod Murukan Pillai, Shana Sherin CH, Anna Mathew, Twinkle Zakkir, Sreelakshmi Dileep, Victory Mekha, Sony Raju, Mohammed Junaid K., Sivendu P.

  102-106

• Survival and Prognostic Factors in Adults Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Analysis of 119 Cases

  Alina M Gridjac, Cristian Daniel Pirlog, Anca Simona Bojan

  70-73

• Teaching Cultural Competency through Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medicine

  Katharine-Grace Norris, Caitlin Noonan, Roger Ying, Claire T. Kenney, Jennifer Huang, Brienne Lubor, Rohini Kopparam, Elena Beideck, Priyanka Patel, Madelon L. Finkel

  15-19

• The Allele Distribution for the rs7250346 SNP in SLC5A5 among Saudis

  Abdullah T. Eissa

  127-130

• The Negative Correlation of Spice Intake and Colorectal Cancer: A Statistical Analysis of Global Health Databases

  Shinjit Mani, Nathan Pramanik, Deeksha Rao, Stuti Sharma, Timur R. Akhmetov

  238-244

• The Pandemic Leadership Model: A Study of Medical Student Values During COVID-19

  Alec Bernard, Sarah C. Ortiz, Elizabeth Jones, Michael Heung, Timothy C. Guetterman, Nell Kirst

• The Utility of Recycled Eyeglasses: A Pilot Study at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

  Valerie P. Huang, Mary E. Kim, Sukriti Mohan, Lauren P. Daskivich, Jesse L. Berry

  37-42

• The Weight of Schoolbags and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children of Selected Schools in Thimphu, Bhutan: A Cross-sectional Study

  Thinley Dorji, Saran Tenzin Tamang, Sonam Yoezer, Kuenzang Wangdi

  29-32

• Tobacco Usage among Males in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study

  Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Dhanasekaran

  18-21

• Training Future Scientists – Enhancing Research Capabilities in Developing Nations

  Emmanuel Coronel, Lorenzo Anez-Bustillos, Felipe Fregni

  64-65

• Trends and Challenges in Rural Homeless Veterans in the United States

  Celena Derderian, Anthony Easterday, David Driscoll, Sriram Ramaswamy

  117-123

• Trends and Factors Impacting Healthcare Charges and Length of Stay for Cholecystectomies: A New York State Population-based Analysis

  Aria Darbandi, Christina Chopra

  202-206