Academic satisfaction and role of computer for medical students in public sector medical university in sindh

INTRODUCTION: It is a major challenge for universities students' academic satisfaction and it has been identified that competitive advantage, student retention, attraction for new students and positive personal communication are directly related with the student satisfaction

OBJECTIVES: To assess academic satisfaction among medical students and to analyze the use of computer time by the students in academic satisfaction

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Study design: This cross- sectional study was done in first medical University of Pakistan Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences [LUMHS] Jamshoro, established in year 2001

Sampling Technique: Simple Random Sampling

Sample Size: The sample size was 162 students of all semesters of MBBS

Statistical analysis: Data was computed and analyzed by SPSS version 16. Frequency and percentage were used

RESULTS: Results show that out of total 162 medical students, male were 53 [32.71%] and 109 [67.29%] were female students. Total 142 [87.65 %] students were academically satisfied and 20 [12.35 %] were unsatisfied

CONCLUSION: Our study concludes that academic satisfaction is high among students and use of computer is positively related with high satisfaction

Burden of diabetes mellitus in the families of medical students of lower Sindh

The non communicable diseases are chronic and exist in human body for long period, diabetes is one of those. The origin word of diabetes means siphon or a pipe from which water or any liquid can pass to another container or bottle the word mellitus is Latin and it means sweet, thus diabetes mellitus means sweet urine excreted from the body of person. To ask history of Diabetes in the families of Medical Students. To alculate the burden of diabetes patients present in the family. cross sectional study. This study was carried out at faculty of community medicine and Public Health Sciences Liaquat University of Medical Health Sciences Jamshoro from 1[st] February 2013 to 31[st] May 2013. It is a cross sectional through a pre design and pre tested. Questionnaire having questions about personal bio data like age, sex, rural, urban, merit seats or self financed seats admission history of diabetes in the family and other relevant. The study shows male and female gender of students out of total 154 medical students there were male were 42 [27.27%] and there were 112 [72.72%] female students regarding the type of History of Diabetes in Families of medical students out of total medical students 154, there were 59 [38.31 %] who reported history of diabetes while 95 [61.68%] of no history of diabetes in their families. The Glucometer is a small machine, available in 53 [34.41%] families-and not available 101[65.58%] in the families of the students. The distribution of students according to seat of admission shows out of total 154 students who participated in the study 733 were on merit while 82 were on self finance which means having good income source. The study concludes that there is high burden of diabetes in medical students families in Sindh. Majority is managed on diet, more counseling is required