The Student Grand Round: A Peer Teaching Initiative.

Introduction Oral presentation and public speaking skills are poorly emphasised in the medical school curriculum. The student grand round was created to tackle this deficiency by changing the way in which students are taught, from traditional lecture-based learning to interactive small-group peer-to-peer teaching. This approach encourages students to become responsible for their own learning, develop their public speaking and teaching skills, as well as identify and address gaps in their knowledge.

Strangulated Caecum, Appendix, and Terminal Ileum in Paraumbilical Hernia: An Unusual Presentation in the Elderly.

A common surgical condition caused by inadequate closure of the embryonic umbilical defect is an umbilical hernia. The paraumbilical hernia sac usually contains the omentum and bowel loop, although the caecum is infrequently present. The rare incidence of the caecum being present in the paraumbilical hernial sac is described in a few case reports in the literature.

Measurement of microstrains across loaded resin-dentin interfaces using microscopic moiré interferometry.

Unlabelled: Little is known about the mechanical behavior of resin-dentin interfaces during loading. The presence of relatively compliant hybrid and adhesive layers between stiffer dentin and resin composite should deform more during compressive loading.

Objective: The objective of this study was to measure changes in microstrain across bonded dentin interfaces in real time using a recently developed microscope moiré interferometer.