BACKGROUND Undergraduate medical students have been the most distressed group among the student population. Depression and anxiety have been found to be more prevalent in this group of students compared to others. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and predictors of suicidality among undergraduate medical students in a public university. METHODS This was an analy...

Little attention has been paid to understanding faculty-student productivity via undergraduate research from the faculty member's perspective. This study examines predictors of faculty-student publications resulting from mentored undergraduate research, including measures of faculty-student collaboration, faculty commitment to undergraduate students, and faculty characteristics. Generalized est...

BACKGROUND The concerns of undergraduate nursing and medical students' regarding end of life care are well documented. Many report feelings of emotional distress, anxiety and a lack of preparation to provide care to patients at end of life and their families. Evidence suggests that increased exposure to patients who are dying and their families can improve attitudes toward end of life care. In ...

Procrastination became increasingly prevalent among students in recent years. However, little research was found that directly compares academic procrastination across different academic grade levels. The present study used a self-regulated learning perspective to compare procrastination types and associated motivation between undergraduate and graduate students. Sixty-six undergraduate a...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instruc...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instruc...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instruc...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instruc...

Universities need to pitch in to help meet the industry need for test practitioners. This paper describes efforts to expose undergraduate students to the practice and principles of software testing. Unfortunately, testing is virtually absent from the undergraduate curriculum. The goals of this effort are threefold: (1) to give students hands-on experience in the fundamentals of testing; (2) to ...

.. Objective: To assess the knowledge of undergraduate medical students about radiotherapy, cancer and palliative care in cancer. Method: A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of radiotherapy, cancer and palliative care is conducted among undergraduate medical students of Dow Medical College. 300 students from each batch of fourth and final year were assessed for knowledge of radiotherapy...