Is exam performance in anatomy influenced by teaching with prosected cadavers? An evidence-based study.

Introduction: Little empirical evidence substantiates the need to use cadavers to teach anatomy effectively. We investigated the effect of attendance at anatomy laboratories and cadaver use on .anatomy exam performance over a 12-year period (2006-2007 to 2018-2019) before and after a curricular change (2013-2014).

Personality distribution of Canadian medical students: A first look.

Background: Personality is one of the key elements in professional identity formation and is self-identified as one of the top two influences for Canadian medical graduates when making a specialty choice yet little is known about the personalities of Canadian medical students. This study is the first to report personality data regarding Canadian medical students.

Methods: Personality is one of the key elements in professional identity formation and is self-identified as one of the top two influences for Canadian medical graduates when making a specialty choice yet little is known about the personalities of Canadian medical students.

Stigma and illness uncertainty: adding to the burden of sickle cell disease.

Background: Persons with sickle cell disease (SCD) experience multiple medical and physical complications; the disease also has numerous effects on their social and emotional well-being. We hypothesized that adults with SCD in Jamaica experience moderate levels of stigma and illness uncertainty and that these experiences may be associated with socio-demographic factors, such as gender, educational status and economic status.

Methods: We surveyed 101 adults with SCD (54.

Canadian National Guidelines and Recommendations for Integrating Career Advising Into Medical School Curricula.

Career planning, decision making about specialty choice, and preparation for residency matching are significant sources of stress for medical students. Attempts have been made to structure and formalize career advising by including it in accreditation standards. There is an expressed need for national guidelines on career advising for medical students.

ARID3A is required for mammalian placenta development.

Previous studies in the mouse indicated that ARID3A plays a critical role in the first cell fate decision required for generation of trophectoderm (TE). Here, we demonstrate that ARID3A is widely expressed during mouse and human placentation and essential for early embryonic viability. ARID3A localizes to trophoblast giant cells and other trophoblast-derived cell subtypes in the junctional and labyrinth zones of the placenta.

Evaluation of medical career-counseling resources across Canada.

Background: North American medical school accreditation requires career counseling.

Purpose: The Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) MedCAREERS program was implemented in 2000 before published evidence of efficacy of Canadian medical school career-counseling programs existed.

Methods: Data were gathered initially through the Canadian Residency Matching Service Post-Match Survey in 2003 and subsequently through the Canadian Graduation Questionnaire from 2006 to 2008.

Eyelid aging: the historical evolution of its management.

The evolution of blepharoplasties is reviewed. By better understanding the mechanism of herniated lower eye lid fat pads, one can understand the interrelated enophthalmia, tear trough deformities, and sunken upper lid. The authors use a technique of relocating the herniated fat pad that reverses this process.

Nose surgery: how to prevent a middle vault collapse--a review of 50 patients 3 to 21 years after surgery.

There is a conception, likely a misconception, that when performing a nasal osteotomy with a concomitant dorsal hump removal, the upper lateral cartilages are detached or damaged and, over the long-term, respiratory difficulties result because of a middle vault collapse or interference with the internal nasal valve. A follow-up of 50 patients between 3 and 21 years postoperatively provides evidence that this can be prevented. The vast majority (82 percent) reported they were breathing very well for an average of 6.

The rating of pre-clerkship examination questions by postgraduate medical students: an assessment of quality and relevancy to medical practice.

Objective: To determine whether postgraduate students are able to assess the quality of undergraduate medical examinations and to establish whether faculty can use their results to troubleshoot the curriculum in terms of its content and evaluation.

Subjects: First and second year family medicine postgraduate students.

Materials: A randomly generated sample of undergraduate medical examination questions.

Chronic leg ulceration in homozygous sickle cell disease: the role of venous incompetence.

Chronic leg ulceration is a common cause of morbidity in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease. Ulcers heal more rapidly on bed rest and deteriorate on prolonged standing, suggesting a role of venous hypertension in their persistence. This hypothesis has been tested by Doppler detection of venous competence in SS patients and in matched controls with a normal haemoglobin (AA) genotype in the Jamaican Cohort Study.