Assessment of the relationship between the educational environment and academic performance of undergraduate medical students of Azad Kashmir.

Objective: To assess the relationship between the educational environment and academic performance of undergraduate medical students of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2018 to September 2019 at Poonch Medical College, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and comprised undergraduate medical students of either gender from first to fifth year of studies. Data was collected using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure questionnaire which was distributed electronically to the students.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients with complications in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir.

Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Methods: The cross-sectonal study was conducted at Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hospital, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, from March 26 to September 25, 2017, and comprised patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus who were enrolled using convenience sampling. Each participant completed a self-administered 35-item questionnaire.

Perceptions of plagiarism among undergraduate medical students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Objectives: With the rise in the number of published papers in the biomedical field, plagiarism has become a major ethical concern as it has a direct effect on the quality of these papers. The objective of this research was to determine the perceptions of medical students towards plagiarism, the reasons students engage in plagiarism, the types of plagiarism, the consequences of plagiarism, and solutions to the problem of plagiarism.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in two medical colleges in Rawalpindi, Pakistan from June to September, 2018, using self-administered structured questionnaires.