Emotional and psychological experiences of nursing students caring for dying patients: an explorative study at a national referral hospital in Uganda.

Background: Caring for dying patients is associated with psychological trauma, strong emotions and enormous stress for nursing staff and nursing students who are reliable health care providers in such difficult situations. Nursing students involved in End-of -life care need to work through these emotions during clinical placements. This study explored the lived experiences of nursing students caring for the dying patients at Mulago national referral hospital.

Widespread use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical students in Uganda: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is a 175-billion-parameter natural language processing model that uses deep learning algorithms trained on vast amounts of data to generate human-like texts such as essays. Consequently, it has introduced new challenges and threats to medical education. We assessed the use of ChatGPT and other AI tools among medical students in Uganda.

Evaluating Instructor Feedback Practices in a Clinical Learning Environment in a Developing World Setting; a Qualitative Study.

Background: Feedback is an essential component in medical education. Delivering timely and relevant feedback to individual students enhances workplace-based learning. There is increasing evidence that current feedback practices are not fit for purpose.

Periodontal health in a large cohort of Ugandans living with HIV: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The impact of periodontitis on large populations of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in resource-constrained settings remains largely un-investigated. This study aims to address this knowledge gap by providing a comprehensive description of the periodontal health status among a sizable cohort of Ugandans living with HIV.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 4,449 participants who were over 18-years old with data captured on their reported age, gender, tobacco use, length of time on HAART and alcohol use.

Anatomical Variations of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: An MRI Study.

The anatomy of the biliary tree is complex with anatomical variations which can be found in ~50% of the patients. Existing research on these variations primarily stems from studies in developed countries, with uncertain applicability to the Ugandan population due to noted ethnic differences in incidence rates. The study was aimed at describing the anatomical variations of the gallbladder and bile ducts.