Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2024
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered several challenges on the front of mental health. Undergraduate medical students face considerable stress in their academic routines. Thus, there is a need to explore the implications for the mental health of undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the reliability of the Carousel simulator in medical education for obstetric examinations. Cervical dilation examination training in pregnant women exposes patients to additional uncomfortable and health-risk procedures, a gold standard, and does not objectively evaluate the medical student's competence.
Method: We studied the reliability of training internship medical students in obstetrics.
Background: Hesitation and refusal to take a second dose of the vaccine for coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) are prevalent.
Objectives: We aimed to identify predictive factors for hesitation or refusal and describe groups with higher rates of vaccine hesitancy.
Design And Setting: A cross-sectional study in Assis City, Brazil.
Background: Limited research has examined mobile phone-based platforms for survey recruitment, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Our objective was to investigate the feasibility and representativeness of mobile phone-based advertisement during a preliminary study about COVID-19 vaccine hesitation in Brazil. Moreover, we evaluate whether the older population can be reached through mobile phone-based platforms of the survey.
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