Factors Affecting the Level of Reflective Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making Skills in Medical Faculty Students.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the reflection skills of students at the Faculty of Medicine and the factors influencing these skills, as well as to measure the impact of students' reflection skills on their clinical decision-making.

Methods: This study is an educational research project conducted on fifth-year Ear Nose Throat (ENT) interns at Vakif University's Faculty of Medicine. The "Reflective Thinking Level Determination Scale" and the "Clinical Decision-Making Scale," which are valid and reliable, were used to assess the reflection skills and clinical decision-making abilities of the 125 students participating in the study.

Pregabalin Qualitative Detection in Turkish Forensic Cases Between 2017 to 2018.

Pregabalin (PGB) has been commonly subjected to diversion, from being a prescription drug to a recreational drug. In this study, pregabalin use (which is one of the substances subject to control in Turkey) and the concomitant use of other substances in cases admitted to the Izmir Forensic Medicine Institute was evaluated. Samples from 15,259 cases were screened, between June 2017 and December 2018, for the presence of PGB, and PGB positive cases were further analyzed.