Investigating medical students’ satisfaction towards video-based learning versus face-to-face lectures: a Jordanian tertiary teaching hospital experience / 한국의학교육

Purpose@#We aimed to evaluate the disparity between video-based learning and lecture-based learning on Jordanian medical students’ satisfaction. @*Methods@#We conducted this cross-sectional study using a web-based questionnaire adapted from Student Evaluation of Educational Quality survey. Using convenience sampling, medical students studying at the University of Jordan and Jordan University Hospital were recruited. Participants in either clinical or basic-science years that have completed the entire survey were included in the final analysis. @*Results@#We surveyed a total 487 participants among which male to female ratio was 1.19:1. Participants perceived greater benefit in terms of learning, instructor enthusiasm, content organization, breadth of teaching, and quality and number of assignments when using video-based learning (all p<0.01). In contrast, face-to-face learning was associated with significantly higher benefits in terms of group interactions (p<0.01) and capacity for rapport building (p<0.01). There was no significant difference in perceived examination performance between the two learning modalities (p=0.11). @*Conclusion@#Video-based learning is the preferred learning modality among Jordanian medical students. Despite its dominance across multiple domains, it should be implemented as an adjunct to traditional classroom teaching for it is vital in the development of good communication skills and building rapport in medical students.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with hypothyroidism

Background: hypothyroidism is of concern in our society; it has an effect on metabolic parameters

Objective: this study aimed to predict the prevalence of metabolic syndrome [MetS] among patients with hypothyroidism in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to determine the effect of treating hypothyroidism on MetS

Methods: we conducted this cross-sectional study, in which MetS was defined by presence of at least three of the five AHA/NHLBI criteria. We included patients with hypothyroidism that were managed in an outpatient department or admitted in King Abdulaziz University Hospital from 1 March to 30 April 2016. We measured lipid parameters, blood pressure [BP], waist circumference [WC] and serum fasting blood glucose [FBG]

Results: in total 57 patients were included in our study, of which 47 [82%] were females. the majority of patients were greater than 50 years of age [n=35, 60%]. We found that 36.8% of patients uncontrolled for hypothyroidism had high levels of TSH [serum level of TSH >5 mlu/L], while 64.9% of patients who were controlled for hypothyroidism had normal levels of TSH [serum level of TSH 0.5 - 5 mlu/L]. Overall, 71.9% [n=41] of hypothyroidism patients had MetS. However, we found that 51.8% [n=21] uncontrolled hypothyroidism patients suffered from MetS and 48.2% [n= 20] patients controlled for hypothyroidism suffered from MetS. However, 70.68%, 31.03%, 34.48%, 79.31% and 70.6% of participants had abnormal waist circumference [WC], hypertriglyceridemia, abnormal high-density lipoprotein [HDL], hypertension and elevated serum levels of fasting blood sugar, respectively

Conclusion: hypothyroidism plays an important role in MetS. Future advanced studies including larger numbers of patients are needed to test the effect of treating hypothyroidism on MetS. Routine screening for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with hypothyroidism may unmask MetS