Biomarkers for The Recognition of SARS-CoV2-Virus and in the Prediction of COVID-19 Infection Severity

The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection since December 2019 has provided clinicians with a battery of laboratory tests and imaging tools to back up in the speedy pin-pointing of high-risk COVID-19 victims, enabling them to make the most optimized treatments for COVID-19 patients lowering the mortality rates. The biochemical tests include inflammatory markers, hematological parameters, liver and kidney functions. © 2022. Yusof and Haque. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Challenges of E-Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic: An Experience Of Educators And Students Of Faculty Of Medicine And Defence Health (FMDH), National Defence University Of Malaysia (NDUM)

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the medical teaching paradigm worldwide. Online classes and assessments have been introduced using many teaching platforms. Medical faculties in Malaysia faced many challenges in the past two years when most clinical teachings were halted. Students were also struggling to adapt to the new online learning versus traditional classroom settings. This paper describes the experience of educators of the faculty of medicine of NDUM.