The Utility of Multiple-Choice Assessment in Current Medical Education: A Critical Review.

In recent years, healthcare education providers have boasted about a conscious shift towards increasing clinical competence via assessment tests that promote more active learning. Despite this, multiple-choice questions remain amongst the most prevalent forms of assessment. Various literature justifies the use of multiple-choice testing by its high levels of validity and reliability.

A Case Report on an Adult Presentation of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura.

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is an immunoglobulin A (IgA)-mediated multisystem vasculitis commonly affecting children under 10 years of age. Although diagnostic criteria exist, making a diagnosis is often difficult as this condition can present atypically in adults. We discuss a 22-year-old female with a delayed diagnosis of HSP, resulting in significant anxiety and distress.

Opportunities and challenges of using augmented reality and heads-up display in orthopaedic surgery: A narrative review.

Background & Aim: Utilization of augmented reality (AR) and heads-up displays (HUD) to aid orthopaedic surgery has the potential to benefit surgeons and patients alike through improved accuracy, safety, and educational benefits. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for adoption of novel technology is more relevant. The aims are to assess the technology available, to understand the current evidence regarding the benefit and to consider challenges to implementation in clinical practice.

Apple polyphenol-rich drinks dose-dependently decrease early-phase postprandial glucose concentrations following a high-carbohydrate meal: a randomized controlled trial in healthy adults and in vitro studies.

Background: Previous research demonstrated that a high dose of phlorizin-rich apple extract (AE) can markedly inhibit early-phase postprandial glycemia, but efficacy of lower doses of the AE is unclear.

Objective: To determine whether lower AE doses reduce early-phase postprandial glycemia in healthy adults and investigate mechanisms.

Design: In a randomized, controlled, double-blinded, cross-over acute trial, drinks containing 1.