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Respondents’ report of a clinician-diagnosed depression in health surveys: comparison with DSM-IV mental disorders in the general adult population in Germany
Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review.
INTRODUCTION: There are over 3.81 billion worldwide active social media (SoMe) users. SoMe are ubiquitous in medical education, with roles across undergraduate programmes, including professionalism, blended learning, well being and mentoring. Previous systematic reviews took place before recent explosions in SoMe popularity and revealed a paucity of high-quality empirical studies assessing its effectiveness in medical education. This review aimed to synthesise evidence regarding SoMe interventions in undergraduate medical education, to identify features associated with positive and negative outcomes. METHODS: Authors searched 31 key terms through seven databases, in addition to references, citation and hand searching, between 16 June and 16 July 2020. Studies describing SoMe interventions and research on exposure to existing SoMe were included. Title, abstract and full paper screening were undertaken independently by two reviewers. Included papers were assessed for methodological quality using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) and/or the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) instrument. Extracted data were synthesised using narrative synthesis. RESULTS: 112 studies from 26 countries met inclusion criteria. Methodological quality of included studies had not significantly improved since 2013. Engagement and satisfaction with SoMe platforms in medical education are described. Students felt SoMe flattened hierarchies and improved communication with educators. SoMe use was associated with improvement in objective knowledge assessment scores and self-reported clinical and professional performance, however evidence for long term knowledge retention was limited. SoMe use was occasionally linked to adverse impacts upon mental and physical health. Professionalism was heavily investigated and considered important, though generally negative correlations between SoMe use and medical professionalism may exist. CONCLUSIONS: Social media is enjoyable for students who may improve short term knowledge retention and can aid communication between learners and educators. However, higher-quality study is required to identify longer-term impact upon knowledge and skills, provide clarification on professionalism standards and protect against harms
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Not AvailableTrends in rainfall, rainy days and 24 h maximum rainfall are investigated using the Mann-
Kendall non-parametric test at twenty-four sites of subtropical Assam located in the
northeastern region of India. The trends are statistically confirmed by both the parametric and
non-parametric methods and the magnitudes of significant trends are obtained through the
linear regression test. In Assam, the average monsoon rainfall (rainy days) during the
monsoon months of June to September is about 1606 mm (70), which accounts for about 70%
(64%) of the annual rainfall (rainy days). On monthly time scales, sixteen and seventeen sites
(twenty-one sites each) witnessed decreasing trends in the total rainfall (rainy days), out of
which one and three trends (seven trends each) were found to be statistically significant in
June and July, respectively. On the other hand, seventeen sites witnessed increasing trends in
rainfall in the month of September, but none were statistically significant. In December
(February), eighteen (twenty-two) sites witnessed decreasing (increasing) trends in total
rainfall, out of which five (three) trends were statistically significant. For the rainy days during
the months of November to January, twenty-two or more sites witnessed decreasing trends in
Assam, but for nine (November), twelve (January) and eighteen (December) sites, these trends
were statistically significant. These observed changes in rainfall, although most time series are
not convincing as they show predominantly no significance, along with the well-reported
climatic warming in monsoon and post-monsoon seasons may have implications for human
health and water resources management over bio-diversity rich Northeast India.Not Availabl
Gastrointestinal helminths in migratory Camel
Survey of gastrointestinal helminth parasites in camel migrated from U.P., M.P., and Rajasthan at Nagpur region was carried out in early summer, 2008. Total 28 samples (12 males and 16 females) were collected from different places of Nagpur region. They revealed parasites as Trichuris sp.(50%), Strongyloides sp.(32.14%), Trichostrongylus sp.(10.71%), Nematodirus sp.(10.71%), Haemonchus sp.(14.28%), Eurytrema sp.(21.42%) ,Eimeria sp.(25%), Entamoeba sp.(17.85%) and Balantidium sp.(7.14%).All were found positive for mixed helminthic infection. [Vet World 2009; 2(7.000): 258-258
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