Background: The emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) will probably affect the practice for the next generation of doctors. However, the students' views on AI have not been largely investigated.Methods: An anonymous electronic survey on AI was designed for medical and dental students to explore: (1) sources of information about AI, (2) AI applications and concerns, (3) AI status as a topic in medicine, and (4) students' feelings and attitudes. The questionnaire was advertised on social media platforms in 2020. Security measures were employed to prevent fraudulent responses. Mann-Whitney U-test was employed for all comparisons. A sensitivity analysis was also performed by binarizing responses to express disagreement and agreement using the Chi-squared test.Results: Three thousand one hundred thirty-three respondents from 63 countries from all continents were included. Most respondents reported having at least a moderate understanding of the technologies underpinning AI and of their current application, with higher agreement associated with being male (p < 0.0001), tech-savvy (p < 0.0001), pre-clinical student (p < 0.006), and from a developed country (p < 0.04). Students perceive AI as a partner rather than a competitor (72.2%) with a higher agreement for medical students (p = 0.002). The belief that AI will revolutionize medicine and dentistry (83.9%) with greater agreement for students from a developed country (p = 0.0004) was noted. Most students agree that the AI developments will make medicine and dentistry more exciting (69.9%), that AI shall be part of the medical training (85.6%) and they are eager to incorporate AI in their future practice (99%).Conclusion: Currently, AI is a hot topic in medicine and dentistry. Students have a basic understanding of AI principles, a positive attitude toward AI and would like to have it incorporated into their training.
Indigenous populations experience a risk of socio-economic marginalization in health emergency, including COVID-19. Public service announcements (PSA) are promotional materials that address problems in an attempt to increase public awareness. North Kalimantan is one of the frontier, outermost, and least developed regions in Indonesia with 11 regional languages spoken. One of the districts with inadequate human resources in the area is Nunukan regency. The present study sought to understand how one group of people in Nunukan Regency reactions, interests, and impressions with the COVID-19 information found in Bugis and Toraja version of audio PSAs released by Health Empowerment and Education Project (HEUProject). The study belongs to qualitative research and used purposive sampling with seven participants from two sub-district in Nunukan Regency. The data is analyzed qualitative-thematically which is further interpreted and presented in the form of a description. Additionally, to see the variety of participants’ answers information transmission through PSAs, we analyzed the data using Tableau software 2020 version and presented the relative frequency of words with visual infographic. The study findings of the participants' immediate reactions were following the advice on the PSAs audio, for instance to keep the physical distance and washing their hands frequently. The most participants in this study have the willingness to hear, to understand, and also feel interested with the useful content in audio format that apparently improves their awareness of COVID-19 information. Overall, it is immediately apparent that the language, transmission of message, and information found in the HEUProject’s COVID-19 educational PSA were understood and engaged by participants in a way that it reflects on the pandemic situation. Our study supports the national usage of disease prevention with this type of media approach that could be used in public places in the future that may minimize the language divide.
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. BACKGROUND The existence of obesity paradox’s been proposed this past decade, suggesting obese individuals may have survival benefit when there"s acute cardiovascular decompensation or congestive heart failure. Adiponectin, a residual protein from fat, has a cardioprotective role against inflammation. PURPOSE : In this study, we look at mitral valve stenosis (MS), an inflammatory result of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), to determine the relationship between BMI (body mass index) and degree of MS. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted over 463 medical records from RHD patients at a Heart Service Installation. Anthropometric and echocardiography results were taken and analysed statistically. Mitral valve area (MVA) was calculated using planimetry method and classified based on EAE/ASE guideline. RESULTS Based on BMI criteria (WHO Asia Pacific), the underweight, normal, overweight, and obese percentage of all patients are 16.8%, 46.7%, 15.1%, and 21.4% respectively. Most patients have normal BMI in all stenosis degree. Categorically, the relationship between BMI and MS degree is insignificant (p > 0.05). Meanwhile, the median of MVA in the obese group shows the greatest (1.0 vs 0.79, 0.86, and 0.90 ; p value <0.05). A post-hoc analysis carried out and shows significant difference among MVA value in underweight to obese patients (p < 0.05) and also in normal to obese patients (p < 0.05) CONCLUSION Significant relationship of MVA value in RHD patients according to BMI is noted with greater median of MVA in obese group. This may provide evidence of the obesity paradox in RHD patients with mitral stenosis. Abstract Table 1 Abstract Table 2
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