Physicians' knowledge, expectations, and practice regarding antibiotic use in primary health care.

Objective: Physicians' knowledge of antibiotics, their attitudes, expectations, and practices regarding antibiotic prescription is fundamental for controlling the irrational antibiotic use. This study evaluates primary health care (PHC) physicians' knowledge, expectation, and practices regarding antibiotics use in upper respiratory tract infections.

Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in the Qassim region where 32 PHC centers were selected randomly.

Glycemic indices, glycemic load and glycemic response for seventeen varieties of dates grown in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Dates are consumed worldwide, and are an important fruit for many individuals in Saudi Arabia. Currently, limited information is available on the glycemic indices of different date varieties.

Objectives: To determine the glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL) and glycemic response for 17 common date varieties in Saudi Arabia.

Disaster medicine education for medical students: Is it a real need?

Background: Disasters are serious public health problems that have increased over the last century. This study evaluated the familiarity and training needs of medical students regarding disaster medicine in Qassim University College of Medicine (QUCOM).

Methodology: A mixed quantitative and qualitative study was conducted in which students in the clinical phase were asked to respond to a questionnaire.

Students' perceptions about the family medicine course in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.

Background: This study explores students' perceptions and attitudes regarding educational methodology, content and assessment methods in the Family Medicine (FM) Course at Qassim University College of Medicine (QUCOM) with a view to build innovations and improvements on its findings.

Research Design And Methods: Three batches of undergraduate medical students attending FM Course - 2011/12 participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Data collected through anonymous self-administered questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Epidemiology of road traffic injuries in qassim region, saudi arabia: consistency of police and health data.

Introduction: In Saudi Arabia, road traffic accidents (RTA) are becoming a serious public health problem. Police reports are designed for legal purposes with very little information on the health consequences. Also, health system data include detailed health information, but not related or linked to the data obtained police reports.

Academic accreditation process: experience of a medical college in saudi arabia.

Objective: This study aims to describe effects of the accreditation process of the National Commission for Academic Assessment and Accreditation (NCAAA) and its impact on the quality of medical education in one medical college in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: We conducted a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) study in Qassim University College of Medicine, where an accreditation exercise led by NCAAA was recently completed. Data pertaining to impact of the accreditation process were collected through self-administered questionnaires and focus-group discussion.

Genetic background of psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that contributes to approximately 1-5% of all skin disorders in Saudi Arabia. The genetic basis of psoriasis is supported by family based investigations; population based epidemiological studies, association studies with human leucocyte antigens (HLAs), genome-wide linkage scans, and candidate gene studies within and outside the major histocompatibility complex. Psoriasis represents a complex disease at the cellular, genomic and genetic levels, with infiltration of many types of leukocytes into the skin, altered growth and differentiation of skin-resident cells, and altered expression of more than 1,300 genes in psoriatic lesions.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among qassim university personnel in saudi arabia.

Objective: to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Qassim university personnel in Saudi Arabia using the definition proposed by NCEP ATPIII.

Methods: a cross sectional study that included all male university staff of different ages and careers. 560 individuals participated in this study with a response rate of 85%.