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Unlabelled: Introduction-Aim: The third cycle of medical studies (TCMS) lasts 3 years for the specialty of family medicine (FM) in Tunisia. The members of the FM committee of the Faculty of Medicine of Monastir (FMM) aimed to detail the learning objectives (LO) of residents in FM.

Method: We used the Delphi method in 2 rounds including a group of experts called FM Learning Objectives Writing Group (FMLOWG) at the FMM.

Strain-based work-to-family conflict as a predictor of lumbar and cervical pain in Tunisian nursing staff.

This study aimed to examine the association of the different dimensions and forms of work-family conflict with the occurrence of neck and lower back pain (LBP) in Tunisian nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study on nurses assigned to a district hospital in Tunisia. The work-family interface was assessed with the work-family conflict scale of Carlson et al.

[Career concerns among occupational physicians serving on the Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health in Tunisia].

Introduction: Career dissatisfaction among occupational physicians (OP) may affect their performance and the quality of healthcare services provided. Our study aims to assess the job satisfaction of OP serving on the Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health(IOSH) in Tunisia and to identify the determinant factors.

Methodology: We conducted a national cross-sectional validated SAPHORA JOB survey among all the OP serving on 22 IOSH.

The Quality of Life and Professional Future among Tunisian Workers Suffering from Occupational Asthma.

Objective: To identify the factors influencing the quality of life and professional future of patients suffering from occupational asthma.

Method: A cross-sectional study of patients compensated for occupational asthma in Tunisian center during 2004-2011. The study of quality of life was based on the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaires (AQLQ).

[Occupational asthma compensation in the Tunisian Center: cross-sectional study over a period of eight years].

Introduction: Our study aimed to highlight the epidemiological profile of patients compensated for occupational asthma in the Tunisian Center, to identify their professional characteristics and to determine compensation practices for this occupational disease.

Methods: We conducted an exhaustive retrospective study over a period of eight years. This case study included workers with occupational asthma diagnosed and compensated in the Tunisian Center by the only two medical commissions empowered to set rates for permanent partial disability caused by either a work-related injury or an occupational diseases in the seven central governorates.

Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study.

Background: Grip muscle force has always been used to assess functional limitations in elderly. Its use as a tool to assess work capacity has never been described in the literature.

Objective: To describe the patent determinants of grip strength and the usefulness of its measurement in assessing workability index in the healthcare sector.

Work related asthma in the textile industry.

Nowadays, occupational asthma is the most common form of occupational lung disease in the world. In some countries the textile industry remains an important source of potential agents causing occupational asthma. In the textile industry several agents such as cotton dust and dyes may cause occupational asthma.

Occupational allergy in healthcare workers.

Occupational healthcare may expose to various allergens and irritants. Thus, the allergic manifestations in nursing staff are frequent and their prevalence is increasing all over the world. In fact, many new substances continuously appear in the medical practices.