The paper reports on the results of a recent study on student perceptions on agile practices. The study involved forty-five students enrolled in three different academic programs (Diploma, Bachelor’s and Master’s) in two institutions to determine their perceptions of the use of extreme programming practices in doing their design and coding assignments. Overwhelmingly, students’ experiences were...

Objective: The use and misuse of drugs amongst university students is quite rampant. As information about the self-medication(SM) practices among medical students of Gulf Medical University (GMU) was not available, we aimed to identify the prevalence and practice of SM among the students and to assess the associating factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey including 247 medical...

OBJECTIVE To objectively compare the differences in knowledge and practices regarding healthy lifestyle among medical and non-medical students of Karachi along with assessment of any perceived barriers. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 350 students between ages 17-24 years from 6 private universities of Karachi--three medical and three non-medical Institutions. A self-reported ques...

BACKGROUND In Germany, like many other countries, general practice clerkships have only recently become mandatory during medical education. The biggest challenges for the organisation of such clerkships are achieving a minimum level of standardisation, and developing and maintaining a system of quality assurance. The aim of this study is to assess the instructional quality in teaching practices...

Objective. To determine the level of knowledge, opinions, and preventive practices followed by dental students against Hepatitis B. The study also explored if any correlation existed between knowledge, opinion, and preventive practices score. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a dental teaching institution. The subjects comprised 216 dental students. The study was c...

Background. Hand hygiene is a cost-effective method in preventing infection transmission. Hand hygiene practices have been found to be faulty in most healthcare settings. We conducted a study to evaluate the awareness, and compliance of hand hygiene among undergraduate medical students during their clinical phase in Qassim College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia. Methods. A questionnaire based on Wor...

the results of the present research show that coinmitting delinquencies inside and outside the school is increasingly common among junior high school third grade students in khorassan province. a comparison of boys and girl students shows that girls commit considerably less delinquencies than boy students. a study of the reasons of delinquencies inside the school shows that the following factor...