Salivary Galectin 3 Levels in Schizophrenia Patients.

Objective: To compare the levels of galectin 3 in the serum and saliva of patients with schizophrenia and normal subjects.

Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of the Study: Physiology Department and Multifunctional Research Lab of Islamic International Medical College, in association with the Institute of Psychiatry Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, from September 2022 to May 2023.

Validation Of An Assessment Tool For Professionalism In Medical Students: A Mixed Method Study.

Objectives: To develop and validate a tool for the assessment of professionalism in medical students during clerkship.

Methods: The mixed-method study was conducted from February to September 2018 at the Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Islamabad, Pakistan. A preliminary focus group discussion was followed by two rounds of Delphi technique to validate micro-scenarios for the relevance of each item of the instrument alongside its content validity.

Development and validation of an instrument to measure the Micro-Learning Environment of Students (MLEM).

Background: There are multiple instruments to measure different learning environments but no valid and reliable instrument is present for measuring the micro-learning environment. This study aimed to develop and validate an instrument to measure the micro-learning environment of students. Measuring the micro-learning environment can give insight into the real-life experiences of students and enlighten us about the disparity between taught, delivered, and learned curricula.

Language of actions: The effects of teacher's kinesics on student learning and learning environment.

Background: A teacher's appropriate use of nonverbal communication skills, mainly kinesics, can play a crucial role in the success of the students. Medical educators are unaware of the effective use of nonverbal communication as an instructional skill that can be used to engage learners, balance learners' participation by controlling the classroom environment, and motivate them to have a passion for learning. The purpose of the study was to explore the students' perceptions regarding the effect of teachers' kinesics on students' learning and their learning environment.

Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Improving Cytokine Profile in Patients of Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Sub endothelial infarcts leads to non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome. Proinflammatory cytokines are raised in serum, the severity of which is a poor prognostic sign. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients of ACS.

Comparison of cortisol levels in patients with vasovagal syncope and postural tachycardia syndrome.

Objectives: To compare the levels of cortisol in patients of vasovagal syncope (VVS) and postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi and Electrophysiology Department at (AFIC). This study included 80 subjects, comprising of 35 patients in each group of vasovagal syncope and postural tachycardia syndrome and 10 healthy subjects.

Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring.

Objectives: This study was done with the objective to identify the determinants of mild, moderate and frequent burdens of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) which may guide the health care professionals to stratify the high risk patients on basis of their symptoms.

Methods: It was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted in Islamic International Medical College (IIMC) in collaboration with Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) from 18 April 2016 to 20 March 2018. It comprised 60 diagnosed patients of PVCs, divided into three groups on the basis of their PVCs burden determined by Holter monitoring report.

Estimation of Alpha-Synuclein Monomer and Oligomer Levels in the Saliva of the Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Possibility for an Early Diagnosis.

Background In degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson's disease (PD), alpha-synuclein (a-syn) can be in its monomeric (a-syn-mono) or toxic oligomeric (a-syn-oligo) or as a total (a-syn-total) forms in the biological body fluids including saliva. Past research has observed major a-syn plasma variations in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) pointing toward brain degenerative components in their pathophysiology. No prior study has shown a-syn levels in ASD patients' saliva.

Exploration of constructs of professionalism identified in the ABIM framework as perceived by the faculty fitting the Pakistani context.

Objective: Domains of professionalism are well-described in the literature. Examining the elements of Professionalism in the local context have received less attention from education experts. The aim of the study was to explore the construct of professionalism as perceived by the faculty that fitted the Pakistani context identified in the ABIM framework of professionalism.

Pattern of Altered Lipid Profile in Patients with Subclinical and Clinical Hypothyroidism and its Correlation with Body Mass Index.

Objective: To compare the lipid profile of the subclinical and clinical hypothyroid patients and to evaluate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and lipid profile in hypothyroidism.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Islamic International Medical College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, and Citi Laboratory, Rawalpindi, from January to December 2013.

Impact of Combined modular assessment on deep learning and personal development of medical students.

Objective: To determine the effect of transition of summative assessment from frequent modular to combined block assessment and its role on learning of medical students.

Methods: A descriptive study was carried out at Islamic International Medical College. A questionnaire comprizing of 8 questions with Likert scale (1-5) was designed for 3(rd) year students.

Identification of technical item flaws leads to improvement of the quality of single best Multiple Choice Questions.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to identify technical item flaws in the multiple choice questions submitted for the final exams for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Methods: This descriptive analytical study was carried out in Islamic International Medical College (IIMC). The Data was collected from the MCQ's submitted by the faculty for the final exams for the year 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Short duration head-up tilt test: a comparison with conventional long protocol in patients of orthostatic intolerance.

Background: Orthostatic intolerance is development of symptoms during upright standing relieved by recumbency. An individual's predisposition to orthostatic intolerance (development of symptoms during upright posture) can be identified by Head-up Tilt Test (HUT). The aim of the present study was to compare the diagnostic yield (Percentage of patients tested positive) of short duration with conventional HUT.