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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Dyslipidemia and Hyperglycemia in Psoriatic Inpatients

  Bojan Popchanovski, Margareta Balabanova-Stefanova

  62-65
• 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
• 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
• 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

  13-17
• 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
• 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 Iftikhar

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

  Luis Alfredo Hernandez Villarroel, Henry Fernandez, Luisa Cesin

  6-13
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, Tonmoy Biswas

  9-13
• 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
• 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 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
• Training Future Scientists – Enhancing Research Capabilities in Developing Nations

  Emmanuel Coronel, Lorenzo Anez-Bustillos, Felipe Fregni

  64-65