Comparison of WhatsApp® and Face-to-Face case based learning in undergraduate dental students: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The study compares two different interfaces of CBL (WhatsApp® and Face-to-Face) in undergraduate dental students and examines WhatsApp's effectiveness as a teaching tool.

Methods: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) was conducted from May 2023 to October 2023 at Ayub College of Dentistry, Orthodontic Department, Abbottabad, involving 30 participants randomly assigned to control (Face-to-Face) Group-1 and experimental (WhatsApp®) Group-2. The six-week study utilized pre-validated questionnaires and Multiple-Choice Questions assessments, comparing post-test scores.

Need Assessment Of Teaching Qualitative Research In Undergraduate Medical Education: A Mixed Method Study.

Background: Accreditation bodies of medical education globally value competency in research that facilitates evidence-based practice of medicine. Physician-scientists need awareness of qualitative research methods for in-depth exploration of sociocultural, gender, behavioural, emotional, and religious factors affecting health that cannot be gauged by quantitative research methods. The introduction of qualitative research at the undergraduate level can enhance understanding of local populations' unique health needs and strengthen evidence-based practice.

Survival in general surgery: The female surgeons' perspective.

Objective: Specialty choices in health profession has long been influenced by gender. The field of General Surgery remains the least preferred specialty by females, especially in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to identify the factors leading to success and retention of females in General Surgery in Pakistan.

Azoles resistance of candida species causing vulvo-vaginitis in reproductive age women at a tertiary care setting.

Objectives: To study prevalence and resistance pattern to azoles of candida species causing vulvovaginitis in reproductive age women.

Methods: Samples were collected from Hayatabad Medical Complex from November 2018 to May 2019. This cross-sectional study was conducted at the department of Microbiology, Institute of Pathology and Diagnostic Medicine, Khyber Medical University Peshawar, Pakistan.

Educational Environment In The Transition Phase Of Curriculum At Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Background: Evaluation of the educational environment is key to the delivery of high-quality medical education. Especially, when an institute is in the transition phase of curriculum. In curriculum transformation phase of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, no such evaluation has been done.

Clinical factors and comorbidities affecting health-related quality of life in postrenal transplant patients.

Background: Health-related quality of life is different among different transplant cohorts with respect to different variables which predict mortality and graft survival. The aim of this study was to identify the effects of clinical factors on the health-related quality of life in postrenal transplant patients.

Methods: This census study was conducted at the Institute of Kidney Diseases Peshawar, Pakistan.

Rheumatological manifestations in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a tertiary care setting.

Background: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic affecting over 150 million people worldwide since its emergence in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and is leading to over 600 thousand deaths. Severe acute respiratory syndrome novel coronavirus 2 (SARS-nCoV-2) causes a wide range of symptoms by affecting different organ systems of the body. This study was designed to specifically look for its rheumatological manifestations.

Synergistic Effect Of Oral Allopurinol And Intralesional Sodium Stibogluconate In The Treatment Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

Background: Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease and a major public health problem throughout the world. Its geographic distribution has been extended over the past few years in Pakistan. The available treatment options of Leishmaniasis are limited and mostly parenteral, and hence a nontoxic oral alternative therapy is urgently needed to overcome the problem.