Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and associated comorbidities among Abu Dhabi Emirates population.

Objective: The study explored the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, its seasonal variation and associated comorbidities among the Abu Dhabi Emirati population living in urban and suburban settings.

Result: Of the 12,346 participants 36.9% were male and 63.

Physician user satisfaction with an electronic medical records system in primary healthcare centres in Al Ain: a qualitative study.

Objectives: To explore physician satisfaction with an electronic medical records (EMR) system, to identify and explore the main limitations of the system and finally to submit recommendations to address these limitations.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study that entailed three focus group interviews was performed among physicians using open-ended questions. The interviews were audiotaped, documented and transcribed verbatim.

Medical Students Learning Communication Skills in a Second Language: Empathy and expectations.

Objectives: Communications skills (CS) training for medical interviewing is increasingly being conducted in English at medical schools worldwide. In this study, we sought to identify whether Arabic-speaking medical students experienced difficulty with the different components of the CS training that were conducted in English.

Methods: Individual third-year preclinical medical students (N = 45) were videotaped while interviewing simulated patients.

Influence of community experiences on first-year medical students' reflective writing.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the usefulness of providing students with community-located experiences as a basis for reflection by observing the degree to which community-located experiences influenced the quality of a reflective writing exercise. Students were prepared for reflection by means of a lecture and a handout on the meaning, function and process of reflection. One hundred and twenty-eight students (66 Afrikaans-speaking, and 62 English-speaking) took part in the study.