Faculty Members' Perception, Implementation, and Challenges of Formative Assessment in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Medical curriculum reform requires quality assurance in all curricular activities including assessment. Such reform necessitates a shift of focus from summative assessment (SA) to formative assessment (FA). However, the implementation of FA confronts several challenges that hinder its proper application, especially with the increased number of students and the diversity of activities required from faculty members.

Obstetrics and gynecology patients' perceptions about bedside teaching at a Saudi teaching hospital.

Background: Bedside teaching (BST) is a crucial component of medical education. It entails the interaction of students with patients in outpatient clinics and inpatient wards under the supervision of their tutors in order to improve the clinical skills of the students and, ultimately, patient outcomes. This teaching relies heavily on patients' willingness and cooperation.

Insight into the Epidemiology of the Adult-onset Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in Egypt: A Descriptive Study of 8690 Patients.

Background/objective: Although systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) seem to be ubiquitous, Africa and the Middle East seem to be a remarkable exception with scarcity of data compared with the developed countries. Furthermore, most of the studies addressed a particular disease. This work aimed to shed light on the relative frequency and epidemiology of the different adult-onset SARDs in Egypt.

Lidocaine Infusion Versus Duloxetine for Prevention and Management of Taxane-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy among Breast Cancer Patients-A Randomized Controlled Study.

Background: Taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN) among breast cancer patients is considered one of the most devastating side effects affecting compliance to chemotherapy protocol and patients' quality of life (QOL).

Objectives: This trial aimed to evaluate the effect of lidocaine infusion vs oral duloxetine on the incidence and severity of TIPN and QOL in patients with breast cancer scheduled for neoadjuvant taxane therapy (TT).

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial.

Evaluation of the therapeutic effect of mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with Gallic acid on reserpine-induced depression in Wistar rats.

Background: The current study evaluates the free gallic acid (GA) and GA-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) antidepressant efficacy in a rat model of depression caused by reserpine.

Methods: By using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and zeta potential, MSNs and GA-loaded MSNs were characterized. The efficiency of encapsulation and the release of GA-loaded MSNs were also investigated.

Semi-modified okara whey diet increased insulin secretion in diabetic rats fed a basal or high fat diet.

Lifestyle and diet preferences are primarily responsible for developing type 2 diabetes. In this study, okara was manufactured into okara whey crackers (OWC) to investigate its dietary role in controlling diabetes in streptozotocin-diabetic rats with and without a high-fat diet. Forty-eight rats were divided into eight groups.

Development of Student Survey on Writing Nursing Care Plan: An exploratory sequential mixed-methods study.

Aim: To come up with a newly developed survey tool that will measure the students' level of quality in writing nursing care plans (NCPs).

Background: Exploring various challenges of students in writing NCP would enlighten educators to design innovative strategies on how to mitigate gaps between nursing education and practice.

Methods: This study utilized an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design in three stages.

The Inc FII Plasmid and its Contribution in the Transmission of and in in Egypt.

The emergence of and producing represents a great problem in many Egyptian hospitals. One hundred and twenty-six . isolates from patients admitted to Assiut University Hospital were identified by an API20E kit.

Epidemiological typing of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, which causes paediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia in Egypt.

Purpose: Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common nosocomial pathogen that plays an important role in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This study aimed to define the clonal relatedness of K. pneumoniae strains isolated from paediatric VAP in addition to those isolated from environmental samples.