Effect of rural practice observation on the anxiety of medical students.

Introduction: The aim of this study is to identify the level and causes of anxiety of sixth year medical students related to working in a rural area and the effect of a 1-day mobile rural health service observation on their anxiety.

Methods: In the Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School in Samsun, Turkey, 212 students participated in a 1-day mobile rural health service led by a family physician. Between June 2011 and June 2013, during their family medicine internship, each student completed a structured questionnaire and a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) before and after the observation.

Effect of a workshop in rational pharmacotherapy for interns during family medicine clerkship in Samsun- Turkey.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the effect of rational pharmacotherapy workshop for interns on the rationality, cost and number of drugs prescribed.

Methods: The participants were asked to prescribe a medication for acute noninflammatory osteoarthritis (ANOA), acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ARS), acute otitis media (AOM), acute uncomplicated cystitis (AC), and acute bacterial tonsillopharyngitis (ABT) before and after workshop. Total 3000 prescriptions were scored regarding rationality of the drug choice (0-10), format (0-5), instructions (0-4), legibility (0-1) and total (0-20 points).

Women's perceptions and attitudes about cervical cancer in Turkey: Kato's device as an alternative to the Pap smear.

Aims: To determine the status of women's perception and attitudes about cervical cancer and their thoughts on Kato's self-sampling device.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive research was conducted between July- December 2012 with a study populationof married women older than 18 years.

Results: A total of 246 women volunteered, with a mean age of 34.

Teaching medical students how to break bad news: a Turkish experience.

Background: To assess the effect of teaching breaking bad news.

Methods: The session incorporated brainstorming, presentation, discussion, small-group exercises using standardized patients. Course was evaluated through a pre-objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), first post-OSCE (post-OSCE1), second post-OSCE (post-OSCE2) (6th month), and questionnaires.

Characteristics and quality of life analysis of caregivers of cancer patients.

Cancer affects not only the individuals with cancer, but also their families considerably. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic characteristics and home care needs of caregivers of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and evaluate their quality of life scores. A total of 126 primary caregivers of patients receiving chemotherapy who were eligible for inclusion criteria participated in the study.

Evaluation of the effect of periodic health examination in Samsun, Turkey.

Objective: To investigate the effect of periodic health examination.

Methods: The follow-up results of 2005-2006 of periodic health examination clinic of the Department of Family Medicine of Ondokuzmayis University Medical School were evaluated using a questionnaire and constant follow-up.

Results: A total of 387 (195 women, 192 men) patients were provided a periodic health examination.

A case-control study on the etiology of urinary bladder cancer in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background: Urinary bladder cancer is the third leading cancer in male in Turkey. The incidence rates of bladder cancer are 13.0 and 2.

Does instructor evaluation by students using a WEB-based questionnaire impact instructor performance?

Background: Student feedback is a valuable method to evaluate the quality of education. Using a WEB-based questionnaire, the objective of this study was to evaluate the factors that may affect the ratings given by the students and the impact of those ratings on the instructor's teaching performance.

Methods: The questionnaire was organized into four areas: containment, presentation skills, measurement and assessment, and communication skills.

A case of rosiglitazone exposure in the second trimester of pregnancy.

Aim: Data about rosiglitazone use in pregnancy is limited. We aimed to present a pregnant woman who exposed to rosiglitazone in the second trimester and the fetal outcome.

Subject: The case was a 42-year-old, multigravid Caucasian woman with a history of diabetes mellitus type II for 4 years prior to her current pregnancy.

Urinary tract infections in unplanned pregnancies and fetal outcome.

Aim: Many pregnant women are exposed to antibiotics for urinary tract infections during pregnancy. Our aim is to bring attention to antibiotherapy in unplanned pregnancies.

Method: Among the 511 cases followed by our 'Toxicology Information and Follow-up Service' for drug exposure during pregnancy, 101 cases, unaware of their pregnancy, had been prescribed antibiotics and urinary antiseptic drugs in the first trimester of their unplanned pregnancies.

Psychotropic drugs in pregnancy: a case-control study.

Psychotropic drug exposure during pregnancy is a common problem. Among the 601 cases exposed to drugs during pregnancy, who were followed by our Toxicology Information and Follow-up Service, 124 cases had used psychotropic drugs for depression, anxiety, or psychotic disorders. As the control group, 248 women, who did not use any drugs were selected.

Newer antidepressants in pregnancy: prospective outcome of a case series.

Antidepressant drug choice in pregnancy is a complex problem especially for new drugs. Among 590 cases exposed to drugs during pregnancy who were followed by our center, 21 cases used newer antidepressants, i.e.

Sibutramine use in pregnancy: report of two cases.

Background: Sibutramine is a drug used for the medical treatment of obesity. No data are available on sibutramine use in pregnancy. We report the fetal outcomes of two pregnant women exposed to sibutramine.

Story of benzene and leukemia: epidemiologic approach of Muzaffer Aksoy.

In 1974, Professor Muzaffer Aksoy established a link to leukemia in humans as a result of occupational exposure to benzene. The aim of this study is to evaluate his epidemiological approach for his investigation on the effects of benzene and to bring attention to the benzene problem in Turkey. Dr.

Normal pregnancy outcome following inadvertent exposure to rosiglitazone, gliclazide, and atorvastatin in a diabetic and hypertensive woman.

The subject is a diabetic and hypertensive woman treated early during an unplanned pregnancy with a multi-drug regimen that included three drugs with no prior history for use in pregnant women (rosiglitazone, gliclazide, atorvastatin). She was under care for chronic hypertension, which she suffered for 14 years, and diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, anxiety disorder, morbid obesity and epilepsia for 5 years. She was exposed to rosiglitazone (4mg/day), gliclazide (60mg/day), and atorvastatin (40mg/day) in addition to acarbose, spironolactone, hydrochlorothiazide, carbamazepine, thioridazine, amitryptiline, chlordiazepoxide, and pipenzolate bromide during the first 7 weeks of gestation while unaware of pregnancy.

Use of polypharmacotherapy in pregnancy: a prospective outcome in a case.

Purpose: Little is known about the risks associated with prenatal exposure to atypical antipsychotics. Our objective is to present a case of exposure to risperidone and quetiapine in pregnancy, and additionally to some other drugs.

Case: Our case (36-year old) has suffered schizophrenia (DSM-IV) for 5 years and used these drugs (risperidone, quetiapine, mirtazapine, thioridazine, diazepam, hydroxyzine, clomipramine, fluvoxamine, alprazolam, carbamazepine, biperiden, haloperidol, ampicillin+sulbactam, enoxaparin, oxerutine) in her third pregnancy.