Investigating medical students' satisfaction towards video-based learning versus face-to-face lectures: a Jordanian tertiary teaching hospital experience.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the disparity between video-based learning and lecture-based learning on Jordanian medical students' satisfaction.

Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional study using a web-based questionnaire adapted from Student Evaluation of Educational Quality survey. Using convenience sampling, medical students studying at the University of Jordan and Jordan University Hospital were recruited.

Workplace Violence against Health Care Providers in Emergency Departments of Public Hospitals in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare providers is a serious problem that carries health, safety, and legal consequences. Healthcare providers working in emergency departments (ED) are more susceptible to WPV compared to other healthcare settings. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of physical and verbal violence against ED physicians and nurses in public hospitals in Amman, Jordan, and to explore the relationship between WPV and the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Smartphone ophthalmoscopy versus slit-lamp biomicroscopy for optic nerve head evaluation: A digital apparatus into medical education.

Objective: Th aim of this study is to explore the diagnostic accuracy of smartphone-based D-EYE ophthalmoscopy in the diagnosis of optic nerve head (ONH) abnormalities and screening for glaucoma.

Methods: This is a prospective clinical-based validation study performed on 90 patients recruited from a tertiary teaching hospital. Patients underwent dilated fundus examination by slit-lamp and smartphone-based D-EYE fundoscopy operated by two experienced ophthalmologists.

Depression rates and health-seeking behavior in primary care: Andersen model of health- care utilization.

Depression imposes a tremendous burden on the health-care systems. Many patients prefer informal (family & friends) over formal mental health services (MHS) provided by professionals. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression among primary care patients and to examine the factors predicting seeking MHS using the Andersen Health Care Utilization Model.

Qualitative Assessment of Early Adverse Effects of Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccines by Telephone Interviews.

Vaccines are considered the best approach for countering the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we compared early side effects associated with vaccination with the Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. Participants of this observational cohort were interviewed based on semi-structured telephone interviews, with enquiries about side effects that developed after vaccination with each dose of these vaccines.

Gender-based disparities on health indices during COVID-19 crisis: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Jordan.

Background: COVID-19 has an inevitable burden on public health, potentially widening the gender gap in healthcare and the economy. We aimed to assess gender-based desparities during COVID-19 in Jordan in terms of health indices, mental well-being and economic burden.

Methods: A nationally representative sample of 1300 participants ≥18 years living in Jordan were selected using stratified random sampling.

Predictors of adherence with home quarantine during COVID-19 crisis: the case of health belief model.

Although Jordan has applied lockdown in response to COVID-19 pandemic, many people were not adherent to the quarantine. We aimed to examine the attitudes of the Jordanians and how these attitudes can predict their adherence using the health belief model (HBM). A cross-sectional study of 5057 participants using an internet-based questionnaire was conducted during lockdown.

Inflammatory bowel disease and prostate cancer risk: A systematic review.

: To evaluate the risk of prostate cancer (PCa) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), focussing on ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) separately. : A systemic search was carried out using PubMed and Web of Science databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We retrieved a total of 349 articles.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: early quarantine-related anxiety and its correlates among Jordanians.

Background: Jordan implemented a nationwide lockdown and recommended self-quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such measures are expected to have consequences on mental health.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of quarantine-related anxiety and its socioeconomic correlates.

An incidental migrating intra-spinal bullet: the silent victim of celebratory gunfire.

Background: Incidentally found intra-spinal bullets are extremely rare, and have never been reported in the literature. The aim of this study is to report a rare case of an asymptomatic migrating intra-spinal bullet, emphasizing the role of cultural context in history taking, and describing its surgical retrieval technique.

Case Presentation: We discuss a case of a 10-years old boy with an incidentally discovered intra-spinal bullet opposite to the L5 vertebral level, who presented 3 months after the suspected initial insult.

The short-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on spine surgeons: a cross-sectional global study.

Purpose: The outbreak of COVID-19 erupted in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. In a few weeks, it progressed rapidly into a global pandemic which resulted in an overwhelming burden on health care systems, medical resources and staff. Spine surgeons as health care providers are no exception.

Knowledge and Practices of Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Examinations in Jordan: A Cross Sectional Study.

Background: Globally, colorectal cancer (CRC) is ranked the third most common cancer among men and the second in women. The American Cancer Society recommends that starting from the age 50 years, both men and women should be screened for polyps and for early detection of CRC. In Jordan, CRC is the most common cancer among males and the second most common cancer among females.