Quality of life in Malaysian children with inflammatory bowel disease: An understudied population.

Aim: Quality of life (QoL) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is often impaired by underlying disease. We evaluated factors affecting health-related QoL (HRQoL) in Malaysian children with IBD.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using IMPACT-III questionnaires evaluating HRQoL in children aged 8-17 years with duration of IBD of ≥6 months was conducted.

How does medical education affect empathy and compassion in medical students? A meta-ethnography: BEME Guide No. 57.

Empathy and compassion are important in healthcare delivery, and are necessary qualities in medical students. To explore medical students', patients' and educators' perceptions of what affects empathy and the expression of compassion; and to address gaps in knowledge, attitudes and skills on how education affects empathy and the expression of compassion in medical students. The seven steps by Noblit and Hare were used for this meta-ethnography.

Tensions in integrating clinician and educator role identities: a qualitative study with occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

Objective: Clinician educators (CEs) frequently report tensions in their professional identities as clinicians and educators, although some perceive a reciprocal relationship between clinical and teaching roles. However, it is unknown if the shared meanings of clinicians' multiple job roles translate to identity verification. We sought to examine CEs' perceptions of their clinician and educator roles and the influence of their perceptions on the salience of their professional identities.

Vitamin D non-sufficiency is prevalent in children with chronic liver disease in a tropical country.

Background: To determine vitamin D status in children with chronic liver disease (CLD) in a tropical country.

Methods: Cross-sectional study in Malaysian children with CLD. Factors affecting serum vitamin D level (definition: deficient < 30 nmol/L; insufficient 30-50 nmol/L; sufficient ≥ 50 nmol/L) was analyzed.

Chronic liver disease is universal in children with biliary atresia living with native liver.

Aim: To examine the medical status of children with biliary atresia (BA) surviving with native livers.

Methods: In this cross-sectional review, data collected included complications of chronic liver disease (CLD) (cholangitis in the preceding 12 mo, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, fractures, hepatopulmonary syndrome, portopulmonary hypertension) and laboratory indices (white cell and platelet counts, total bilirubin, albumin, international normalized ratio, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase). Ideal medical outcome was defined as absence of clinical evidence of CLD or abnormal laboratory indices.

Attitudes of clinician educators towards interprofessional education and collaboration: Insights from two interprofessional scales.

The increasing complexity of healthcare needs underlines the growing importance of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) in enhancing quality of patient care. In particular, clinician educators play an influential role in advocating IPECP. The primary goal of our exploratory pilot study is to explore 34 clinician educators' attitudes towards IPECP by using the adapted 14-item Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS) and 15-item Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS).

Factors influencing the implementation, adoption, use, sustainability and scalability of mLearning for medical and nursing education: a systematic review protocol.

Background: mLearning is increasingly presented as an attractive novel educational strategy for medical and nursing education. Yet, evidence base for its effectiveness or factors which influence use, success, implementation or adoption are not clear. We aim to synthesise findings from qualitative studies to provide insight into the factors (barriers and facilitators) influencing adoption, implementation and use of mobile devices for learning in medical and nursing education.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Biliary Atresia Living with Native Livers.

Introduction: This study aimed to quantify and investigate factors affecting the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with biliary atresia (BA) living with their native livers.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study on the HRQoL using the PedsQL4.0 generic core scales in children with BA aged between 2 to 18 years followed up at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Malaysia was conducted.