Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has upended medical education as well the lives of healthcare professionals. Higher institutions have a crucial role in solution public health problems by training young doctor candidates, and it is also essential to increase knowledge level physician candidates about epidemic. So, this study, we aimed examine Turkish final year students' perceptions toward COVID-19 pandemic.

This study aimed to investigate the side effects observed in healthcare personnel who were first receive dose of inactivated CoronaVac® vaccine Turkey. Healthcare vaccinated for time with between February and March 2021 during initial administration COVID-19 vaccines asked respond an online questionnaire local systemic they after vaccination. Of 2601 participants included study, 72.5% (n=1886) female, 27.5% (n=715) male. The mean age was 37.6±11.7 years. Regarding effects, 39.9% had at least...

Medical professionalism is a basic competency in medical education. This study aimed to adapt the Professionalism Assessment Scale, which used evaluate attitudes of students, into Turkish and assess its validity reliability. First, scale's translation-back-translation was performed piloted on 30 students. Then, final scale applied students ensure validity. The Penn State University College Medicine Questionnaire for external validation criterion Confirmatory factor analysis structure...

The vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus, C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency (HIV) infections are essential public health problems. In this study, we aimed to investigate the seroprevalence aforementioned among pregnant women.This study was done retrospectively on women who presented for antenatal follow-up delivery between 2013 2016. Data were collected from hospital's electronic records patient files. Blood samples analyzed at microbiology laboratory hospital. HBsAg, anti-HBs,...

Kadınlar fertilite çağları boyunca erkeklerden farklı bir yaşam döngüsünden geçmektedir. Bu döngüsü içinde de cinsiyete özgü çok sayıda risk ve hastalıkla karşı karşıya kalabilmektedir. Kadınlarda premenstrual sendromdan dismenoreye, infertiliteden gebelik semptomlarına, postpartum depresyondan postmenopozal vazomotor semptomlara kadar geniş yelpazede sağlık problemleri görülebilir. Akupunktur, geleneksel tamamlayıcı tedaviler (GETAT) yer alan gerek koruyucu gerekse tedavi edici hekimlikte...

We aimed to investigate the Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in pregnant women who referred Erzurum Nenehatun Hospital for antenatal care, and compare our data with other regions of Turkey.In this retrospective study we evaluated Anti-Toxoplasma IgM anti-Toxoplasma IgG screening results admitted hospital between January 2013 December 2016 care. The was obtained from hospital's digital system patient folders. Blood samples were investigated microbiology laboratory Macro-ELISA (Architect...

Communication is a basic clinical skill that can be learned, taught, and evaluated. This study aimed to assess the attitudes of medical faculty sophomore students toward communication skills training module consists theory courses simulated patient interviews. was planned in before-and-after intervention carried out with 257 second-year students. The Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) used for data collection. scale administered participants before (1), after (2), interviews (3). Positive attitude...

We report a case of pentalogy Cantrell associated with craniorachischisis diagnosed in utero using combination ultrasonography and MRI. Fetus at 14 weeks gestation had gastroschisis, ectopia cordis craniorachischisis. Craniorachischisis is defect which the open cranial (anencephaly or exencephaly) continuous completely spine (spinal dysraphism). Sonography clearly demonstrates anencephaly exencephaly, extensive dysraphism early gestation. MRI usually does not provide any additional...

Medical education can be a challenging and stressful process. Additional stressors make the medical process even more complex impair student's attention concentration. To authors' knowledge, there is no valid reliable scale to measure school stress in Turkish students. Therefore, this study aimed determine validity reliability of Perceived School Stress (PMSS) Scale The self-assessment tool developed school-induced It consists 13 items divided into two subdimensions. are answered using...

Introduction: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes maternal death in world and it reported to occur 5% - 8% pregnancies. Objective: This study aimed present a single centre’s experience treating PPH by balloon tamponade. Methods: During time period between January 2013 March 2016, 50 patients who had undergone tamponade for postpartum our clinic were evaluated retrospectively. The patients’ age, parity, type delivery, birth weight, hemoglobin platelet values, total blood...

Iniencephaly is an uncommon neural tube defect, having retroflexion of the head without a neck and severe distortion spine. classified into two groups, iniencephaly apertus (with encephalocele) clausus (without encephalocele). Incidence ranges from 0.1 to 10 in 10.000 pregnancies it seen more frequently girls. Most fetuses with this defect die before birth or soon after birth, while those milder forms may live through childhood. Recurrence risk around 1-5%. Family should be offered...

Cervical cancer is a common female that could be diagnosed early with screening methods. Almost all cases are caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. Therefore, detecting the presence of HPV DNA important for diagnosis and treatment. Regular determination tests enables detection patients risk cervical cancer. For this purpose, since August 2014 new program has been carried out Early Diagnosis, Screening Training Cancer Centers (KETEM). The aims our study were to detect prevalence in...

Here, the authors report a case of Cantrell’s syndrome which was diagnosed by ultrasound at 12thweek pregnancy and confirmed autopsy. Cantrell syndrome/pentalogy is defined as congenital combination five main distinctive components: defects lower part sternum, anterior diaphragm, midline supraumbilical abdominal wall, diaphragmatic pericardium, ectopia cordis. In present case, in addition to these anomalies, there cleft palate lip midline. Association with Cantrell's may be due extension...

Introduction: Medical professionalism is one of the areas competence in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.In this study, we aimed to determine attitudes third-year students investigate effect gender, reason for preference, presence a doctor family on these attitudes. Materials Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out with 331 third-graders who volunteered.Data collected 17.02.2020.As data collection tools, Penn State School Medicine (PSCOM) questionnaire-student form...

ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı gebe okulunda doğuma hazırlık eğitimi alarak doğum yapmış lohusalarda eğitimin duygu durumu üzerine etkisini belirlemekti. Yöntem: çalışma bir devlet hastanesinin eğitim almış 100 ve almamış olmak üzere toplam 200 lohusada gerçekleştirildi.Verilerin elde edilmesinde lohusaların veri toplama formu duygulanım ölçeği kullanıldı. Anneler taburcu olmadan hemen önce veriler toplandı. Veriler SPSS 16 paket programı ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Her iki grupta da...

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to determine impacts prenatal classes on pregnant women while determining type delivery and coping with pain during delivery. Methods: This descriptive. It involves analysis 247 participants that were selected as samples from a known population 653 who participated in our hospital. took place for 3 weeks 16 hours total. They filled forms regarding class activities before after class. data evaluated by using SPSS 16.0 packaged software. Results: mean...