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• Bridging Healthcare Disparities for LGBTQ+ Community: A Zonal Study on Medical Students' Attitudes and Knowledge in India

  Anjali Mediboina, Paras R. Waghmare , Harshita, Akanksha Mahajan, Ujwala Ukey

  S95

• Effects of Near-Peer Motivational Interviewing Teaching on Greek Medical Students

  George Zhou, Ilina Sohal, Josna Jose, Athanasia Sandali, Evangelia Savvidou, Emmanouil Smyrnakis

  S73

• Frequency of Cysts by Immunofluorescence Assay in Human Brain Tissue of Suicide, Traffic Accident and Homicide Decedents

  Karol J. Isaza, Santiago Guerrero V, Laura M. García G, Jennifer Nessim, Miguel Baquero, Jorge E. Gomez M

  S65

• Medical Student Syndrome in Medical University students in Jordan: A Cross-sectional Study

  Jehad Feras AlSamhori, Abdel Rahman Feras AlSamhori, Ahmad Feras AlSamhori, Jude Rihani, Leen Shaban, Rana Omeish

  S61

• A Cross Sectional Study on Various Menstrual Hygiene Products Used Among College Going Students of Central Gujarat, India

  Bhoomi Bavadiya, Dhruvi Thakur

  S99
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  Awareness, Coverage, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination among Undergraduate Students in Nigeria

  Fortune B. Effiong, Ibrahim A Hassan, Dimeji A Olawuyi , Chiemela P Ogbonna , Jeremiah B Araoye, Esther E Bassey, Kenneth E Enwerem , Yusuff A Adebisi

  262-270
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  My Experience Building a Water System in a Small Rural Community in the Dominican Republic

  Rosemary Wright

  340-342
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  Global Surgery Research: An Overview and the Role of Medical Students and Surgical Trainees in Advancing Global Surgery Research in LMICs

  Yvan Zolo

  243-245
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  Early Point of Care Ultrasound Training in Medical Education, Making the Case with a Case Report

  James Wilcox, Bret Lawson, Andrew Gauger

  229-32

• Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Health of Police Personnel in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh

  Anjali Mediboina; Meghana Bhupathi

  107-113

• 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

• The Association of Blood Banks per City with Mortality Due to Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock in Colombia: A Population-Based Analysis

  Alejandro Munoz-Valencia, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Juan C. Puyana

  22-28

• Accuracy and Precision of Actigraphy and SMARTwheels for Measuring Push Counts Across a Series of Wheelchair Propulsion Trials in Non-disabled Young Adults

  Hunter Soleymani, Brenda Jeng, Beshoy Abdelmessih, Rachel Cowan, Robert W. Motl

  29-37

• Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbation Following COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report

  Thoybah Yousif Ibrahim Gabralla, Hayat Abdoallah Ahmed Bashir, Omaima Abdalla Hajahmed Mohamed

  67-70

• Beck’s Depression Inventory II Suicidal Ideation in Medical Students – Prevalence and Associated Factors

  Lea Keuch, Lilith Pukas, Nadja Rabkow, Emilia Ehring, Tordis Kindt, Carolin Rehnisch, Angelina Pelzer, Patricia Lamlé, Stefan Watzke

  38-44

• Windswept Deformity from Pseudogout: A Diagnostic Challenge of an Extreme Presentation, A Case Report

  Yuki Julius Ng, Kauseliya Velanthren

  71-75

• Navigating Research Enthusiasm in Medical Students Towards Clinically Impactful Articles

  Muhammad Abdul-Qadeer, Danish Ramesh, Samar Mahmood

  91-92

• Prevalence of Intestinal Coccidia: First Description of Cyclosporidiosis Associated with Diarrhea in Children in Colombia

  Maria Camila Cortes Montoya, Humberto Alejandro Nati Castillo, Jessica Triviño, Ana Sofia Orozco Cano, Simon Gonzalez Naranjo, Juan Felipe Caicedo Olaya, Juan Francisco Amaya Amezquita, Karen Sofía Ayala Girón, Laura Losada, Davidshon Steven Montes, Yimmi Pinto Valencia, Marcela Fama Pereira, Nancy Yhomara Cabeza, Fabiana Lora Suarez, Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín

  S215

• Knowledge of Cholera Among Syrians: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Mohammad Badr Almoshantaf, Sarya Swed , Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohmad Nour Nasif, Wael Hafez, Ahmad Aldaas

  S233

• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Around HIV/AIDS and other STIs Among Syrians: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Hidar Alibrahim, Sarya Swed, Haidara Bohsas, Khaled Albakri, Bisher Sawaf, Mohamed Elsayed

  S209

• Knowledge and Awareness about Aggravating Factors of the Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Abdulrhman Khaity, Khaled Albakri, Ruaa E. Taha, Ahmed Mohammed Ali Yousif Abd Alla

  S228

• Syrians' Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Warning Signs: A Cross Sectional Study

  Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohammed Amir Rais, Sheikh Shoib, Anas Alali, Mohamed Abdelnasser, Hadeel Fuad Alwan Alsharjabi, Bisher Sawaf

  S205

• Reddit Users' Questions and Concerns about Anesthesia

  Khalid El-Jack, Korey Henderson, Anietie U. Andy, Lauren Southwick

  S236

• Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception of Tobacco Harm Reduction Strategies Among Medical Students in Southwest, Nigeria

  Innocent Chijioke Dike, Uzochukwu Eustace Imo, Jeremiah Adepoju Moyondafoluwa

  S204

• Assessment Syrian Population Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study from Syria

  Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Sarya Swed , Haidara Bohsas, Hidar Alibrahim, Nagham Jawish , Bisher Sawaf, Wael Hafez

  S235

• Evaluation of Water Quality, Urinary Mercury & Arsenic Investigation and Survey of Diseases Associated with Drinking Water Sources

  Sayan Sarkar, Govind Mawari, Naresh Kumar, Mradul Kumar Daga, Mongjam Meghachandra Singh

  S222

• Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills Regarding Telemedicine Among Syrian Healthcare Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Hidar Alibrahim, Sarya Swed, Haidara Bohsas, Sheikh Shoib, Shahm Alsakka, Nagham Jawish, Zain Alabdeen Othman, Bisher Sawaf

  S207

• The Effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on University Students' Mental Health and Life Quality: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  Khaled Albakri, Yasmeen Alabdallat, Abdulrhman Khaity, Jehad Feras Samhouri

  S226

• Effects of Social Distancing and Lockdown Protocols on Fatality Rates of COVID-19 in the U.S. During the First Year of the Pandemic

  Valerie Hardoon, Bryant A. Pierce, Solomon C. Mbanefo, Harin N. Shah, Kanav Markan, Marika L. Forsythe

  S238

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Syrian Mothers' Towards Diarrhea Management and Prevention Among Under-Five Children: A Cross Sectional Study from Syria

  Haidara Bohsas, Sarya Swed, Bisher Sawaf, Hidar Alibrahim, Mohamed Elsayed

  S212

• Medical & Dental Students' Perceptions of Health and Well-Being

  Hassan Mumtaz, Manahil Rahat, Mehwish Javed, Nadia Zohair, Shazia Qayyum

  S199

• The Impact of COVID-19 on People’s Access to Healthcare and Health Behavior in a Sample of Indian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Shailendra Dandge , Manisha Kanumuri, Akhil Kumar Eppalapally

  S192

• The Effect of Early Movements of Swollen Lymph Nodes Caused by COVID-19/ Vaccine of COVID-19 on Recovery

  Usama A. Aljameey, Stephen R. Bergman

  S202

• Reddit Users' Questions and Concerns about Anesthesia

  Khalid El-Jack, Korey Henderson, Anietie U. Andy, Lauren Southwick

  370-374

• A Preliminary Study of Menstrual Changes Among Jordanian Women Following COVID-19 Vaccination

  Rana Qawaqzeh , Hussam Al-Din Shehadeh , Balqees Al-Hanaqtah, Khaled Albakri

  S195

• Effects of Social Distancing and Lockdown Protocols on Fatality Rates of COVID-19 in the U.S. during the First Year of the Pandemic

  Valerie Hardoon, Bryant A. Pierce, Solomon C. Mbanefo, Harin N. Shah, Kanav Markan, Marika L. Forsythe

  361-369

• 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

• Prevalence and Associated Factors of Psychological Distress of Patients with Stroke Attending the Clinics of the National Institute of Neurology of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo

  W.M.N.N.P. Weerasinghe, C.N Warshawithana, W.M.P.C. Weerasekara, Irshad Mashood

  S156

• Assessment Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Tuberculosis Among Syrian People: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

  Yazan Khair Eldien Jabban, Sarya Swed , Haidara Bohsas, Hidar Alibrahim, Bisher Sawaf, Wael Hafez

  S161

• Addressing Adversities in Caring for Mental Health in Rural Settings: A Conversation with Rural Mental Healthcare Practice Co-founder Dr. Taryn S. Van Gilder-Pierce

  Ahmed Nahian, Jewel Shepherd, Taryn S. Van Gilder-Pierce

  421-424

• Assessment Awareness of Breast Cancer Signs, Risk Factors, and Barriers: An Online Cross‑Sectional Study in Syria

  Haidara Bohsas, Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Bisher Sawaf, Mohamed Elsayed

  S178

• The Awareness of Clinical Doctors and Medical Students Toward Monkeypox in Jordan: A National Cross-Sectional Study

  Ahmed Aljabali, Mohammed Alawajneh, Yazan Alzamer, Mohammed Altal, Sarya Swed, Nedal Alnawaiseh, Mohamed Elsayed, Bisher Sawaf, Amine Rakab

  S163

• Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Related Mortality in Oyo State, Nigeria

  Uzochukwu Eustace Imo, Chimaobi Ikenna Nwagu, Innocent Chijioke Dike, Ayodeji Jeremiah Abimbola, Oluwaseun Ebenezer Fatunla

  S158

• Immigrant and Refugee COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes in South Philadelphia

  Lauren Posego, Anshel Kenkare, Makala Wang, Omar El Fadel, Morgan Hutchinson

  S176

• A Cross-Sectional of Syrians' Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension Management

  Sarya Swed, Hidar Alibrahim, Haidara Bohsas, Mohammed Amir Rais, Sheikh Shoib, Bisher Sawaf, Basel Abdelazeem

  S160

• Bearing the Burden of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe, 2012-2020: Rising Cases, Future Predictions and Climate Change

  Aswathy Varma, Marta Szlaszynska, Assaf Ben-Haim, Neofytos Ilia, Silvia Tarricone, Justyna Lewandowska-Bejm, Francesco Visentin, Annalisa Gadler

  252-257

• Assess, Adapt, & Innovate: An Effort to Ensure Sustainability of Medical Student-led Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Situation in Indonesia

  Angelina Patricia Chandra; Stella Kristi Triastari, Shafira Aurelia, Muhammad Mikhail Athif Zhafir Asyura

  328-332

• Knowledge, Prevention, and Practice of Heat Strokes Among the Public in United Arab Emirates (UAE)

  Mohamad Baraa Alebaji, Tasnim Hossam Elzini, Haneen Basim Ali Shahin, Abdelwahab Bashir Mohamed Suleiman​​, Harshitha Richard, Raed Imad Aldin Dali

  175-179

• The Diet Quality of Medical Students in the United States During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

  Mira Yousef, Birgit Khandalavala

  158-164

• Prevalence and Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorder Among an Advanced Level Student Population from Colombo, Sri Lanka

  Minura Manjitha Manchanayake, Thalpe Guruge Madara Malsirini, Ashan Manelka Vithanage, Dushyanthi Jayawardene

  165-174

• War on Ukraine: Impact on Ukrainian Medical Students

  Bahadar Singh Srichawla, Mohammad Amin Khazeei Tabari, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, Alejandro Muñoz-Valencia, Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

  15-17

• Rationalizing the Pediatric Emergency Department Workload: An Epidemiological Profile of Presentations Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Hannah Farley, Helen Bennett, Sahana Rao

  69-73

• Medical Interns as Volunteers in the COVID-19 Vaccination Drives in the Philippines

  Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Kimberly G. Ramos, Alyssa A. Solaiman-Balt, Trisha Denise D. Cedeño

  89-91

• Social Determinants of Health Amplify the Association Between Ethnicity and COVID19: A Retrospective-Cohort study

  Nicholas Verdini, Jessica LeClair, Elizabeth Quinn, Amer El-Haddad

  282-287

• Pandemic-Related Experiences and Psychosocial Risk Associations Among U.S. Medical Students

  Nathaniel A. Jenkins, Damion J. Grasso

  288-293

• COP26 and Health: Some Progress, But Too Slow and Not Enough The Health Community Must Step Up Its Efforts to Hold Countries Accountable for Reducing Greenhouse Emissions and Promoting Adaptation

  Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Richard Smith

  255-256

• Prevalence of Psychological Distress Among Quarantined People in Trivandrum District During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

  Sneha S Prakash, Sneha Sabu, Jayaprakash Raghavan, Chintha Sujatha

  269-273

• Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health Wealthy Nations Must Do Much More, Much Faster

  Lukoye Atwoli, Abdullah H. Baqui, Thomas Benfield, Raffaella Bosurgi, Fiona Godlee, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Ian Norman, Kirsten Patrick, Nigel Praities, Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Eric J. Rubin, Peush Sahni, Richard Smith, Nicholas J. Talley, Sue Turale, Damián Vázquez

  189-191

• 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

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

  Celena Derderian, Anthony Easterday, David Driscoll, Sriram Ramaswamy

  117-123

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

  Kate Young

  84-85

• 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

• COVID-19: Using Social Media to Promote Mental Health in Medical School During the Pandemic

  Han G. Ngo, Brianna L. Gibney, Paul Patel, Jennifer L. Nguyen

  305-306

• 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

• 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

• Assessment of Healthful Lifestyle Behaviors between Graduate Programs

  Erik Vincek, Dana Angelo White, Richard Feinn

  98-101

• Transparency in the International Journal of Medical Students

  Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Aisha K. Gharaibeh, Stuart J. Mires, Hulegar A. Abhishek

  6-7

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

  Victor Ohwo

  84-86

• 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

• Learning with the Community: An Enriching Experience

  Shambhavi Chowdhary

  81-83

• Multiculturalism in Healthcare: A Review of Current Research into Diversity Found in the Healthcare Professional Population and the Patient Population

  Nicole Tan, Shuangyu Li

  112-119

• Using Oral and Intranasal Dosage Forms of Ketamine for Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Review of the Literature

  Patrick Arthur Twohig, Vaughn Huckfeldt

  64-71

• The Role of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Cervical Cancer: A Review about HPV-Induced Carcinogenesis and Its Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention

  Karl Bonello, Renald Blundell

  26-32

• Outbreak Medical Mapping and the U.S. Nickel Epidemic: It Is Time to Implement Control and Prevention Measures

  Nikoleta Brankov, Daniel Bergman, Alina Goldenberg, Sharon Jacob

  36-37

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

  Monika Sahoo, Charu Kohli, Jugal Kishore

  29-33

• Reply to Letter to the Editor, “Response to Medical Students’ Attitudes towards Female Sex Workers

  Jenna Toki Nakagawa, Muge Akpinar-Elci

  74-77

• Response to Medical Students' Attitudes towards Female Sex Workers

  Hanna Garnier, Jakub Wisniewski

  73

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

  Apinut Wongkietkachorn, Kunathip Nissaipan, Narin Hiransuthikul

  44-48

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

  Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Dhanasekaran

  18-21

• 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

• 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

• Health Care Expenditure of Rural Households in Pondicherry, India

  Poornima Varadarajan, Lopamudra Moharana, Murugan Venkatesan

  74-79