Publications by authors named "Timothy Nottidge"
Exploring artificial intelligence in the Nigerian medical educational space: An online cross-sectional study of perceptions, risks and benefits among students and lecturers from ten universities.
Niger Postgrad Med J
December 2023
Background: The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has been compared to that of the Internet and printing, evoking both apprehension and anticipation in an uncertain world.
Objective: This study aimed to explore the perceptions of medical students and faculty members from ten universities across Nigeria regarding AI.
Methods: Using Google Forms and WhatsApp, a cross-sectional online survey was administered to clinical year medical students and their lecturers from ten medical schools representing all the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
Background: Trauma is a worldwide problem that results in significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries.
Objective: This study looks at the demography of trauma from data abstracted from a Nigerian trauma registry and considers the peculiarities of a low-resource setting from this perspective.
Methods: Trauma registry data from January 2013 to June 2014 were analyzed.
Background: Computed tomography (CT) remains the gold standard in imaging evaluations of traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI on its own has become a major concern in developing countries with its untoward effects.
Objectives: The objective was to appraise the craniocerebral computed tomograms of patients who had TBIs.
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common musculoskeletal disease in adults. The data on LBP from Sub-Saharan Africa are inadequate. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and analyze the predictors of LBP among hospital staff in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Compare the results of administering the DREEM questionnaire in two Nigerian medical schools offering traditional and student-centred curricular respectively, to identify any differences in the learning environment and appreciate advantages of the more modern curriculum.
Methods: A survey design was used. Data was analysed using the DREEM scoring rubric.
The Cape Town Trauma Registry (CTTR) was developed as a minimum data set for low-resource settings and was applied in a southern Nigerian tertiary hospital. Based on the outcome of the study, the CTTR was modified to produce the Uyo Trauma Registry. Using the CTTR, data was obtained prospectively from injured patients who presented to the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital over a 7 week period in June and July 2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Our aim was to assess the basic musculoskeletal competency of pre-internship graduates from Nigerian medical schools.
Methods: We administered the Freedman and Bernstein basic musculoskeletal competency examination to 113 pre-internship graduates from seven Nigerian medical schools over a three year period from 2008 to 2010 at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. Five specialist residents took the examination to test criteria relevance.
Plating of Femoral Shaft Fractures: the Experience in an African Teaching Hospital.
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
December 2007
Background: Femoral shaft fractures are common presentation in our trauma units. It is obvious that all these fractures cannot be treated conservatively due to the pressure on trauma beds and thus a suitable method of internal fixation that is feasible in the environment has had to be adopted.
Objective: This study is a report of our experience with plate fixation of femoral shaft fracture in our environment.