Objectives Currently, there is a need to develop safe and competent medical graduates. Research reveals that the promotion of learning skills enhances lifelong experience. The objective of this study is to measure medical students' aptitude in four essential components of self-regulation: planning, monitoring, control, and reflection. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited 96 MBBS students using a snowball sampling technique. The Internet link to the online survey, designed on Google forms, was shared through Facebook, WhatsApp, and e-mail. A self-regulation questionnaire comprising 22 items was administered to all participants, and the collected data were analysed using SPSS version 20. Results Among the respondents, 50 (52.1%) women and 46 (47.9%) men completed the survey. The response rate was 78% (96 out of 123). The mean age of the respondents was 22.5 years. The mean self-regulation score was found to be 71.56 ± 11.19. Among self-regulation components, the lowest score was found for planning, with an average value of 27.01 ± 1.33, and the highest average value was noticed for reflection, 34.08 ± 1.30. Conclusions Our conclusions are as follows: although we have included the traits of seven-star doctors in our mission and vision statement, we could not identify the strategies to acquire these traits. One of the strategies involves promoting self-regulation in our students through various teaching methodologies.

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Over the past decade much of the attention has been addressed towards medical professionalism. However, the main dilemma is that both the Pakistani teachers and the students are too occupied in covering the cognitive knowledge that they are unable to spare sometime to practice the necessary skills, behavior and attitude. In order to understand how culture affects professionalism, one must first have a clear understanding of Pakistani culture. According to our best educated guess, we have suggested a few of the teaching methods which can assist in teaching culturally sensitive issues. Despite our suggestions, one cannot ignore the limitations in terms of constantly changing culture, difficulty in introducing unfamiliar teaching strategies and the copious amounts of time.

Background: Multiple western studies have focused on anemia in COPD and observed that anemia is more prevalent in COPD patients than Polycythemia. Anemia significantly increases the morbidity and deteriorates the functional status of COPD patients. Objectives: The objective of current study was to determine the frequency of anemia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients present in a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Retrospective Material and Methods: Two hundred COPD patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected for the study. Hemoglobin (Hb) level test was done on all patients. Hb level was calculated by Automated Blood Cell Analyzer and anemia was labeled at Hb<13g/dL Results: The mean of patients’ age was 56.65+ 7.95 years. 181 (90.5%) patients were male and 19 (9.5%) patients were female. The mean Hemoglobin level (Hb) of the patients was 13.46 + 1.45 g/dL. 48 patients (24%) were anemic and 152 patients (76%) were non anemic. Conclusion: The conclusion of the study is there is frequent occurrence of anemia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as in current study the frequency of anemia was found in 24.0% patients. Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Anemia, Frequency

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore residents' perception of time they spend on clinical data and patient care. Methods: A cross-sectional study, utilizing a validated questionnaire was conducted in July 2019 at the King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah after gaining ethical approval. Link to the online survey designed on Google forms was shared through Facebook, WhatsApp, and Email. The questionnaire consisted of 21 items to assess different variables like direct patient care, documentation requirements, and complete patient interaction. Results: Out of 150 participants, the response rate was 111 (74%). Of 111 participants, regarding clinical documentation, 105 (95%) felt that it has become excessive, and 93 (84%) agreed that it compromises patient time. In addition, 87 (78%) residents felt rushed all the time and 82 (74%) said that they are frustrated with data entry. On the educational value of clinical documentation, 90 (81%) of residents agreed that it has little or no influence. Furthermore, 92 (83%) agreed that it negatively impacts the time available for teaching other junior residents. Conclusion:We conclude that although residents wish to provide quality care to their patients, many of them felt that data entry has become excessive and it is negatively affecting their clinical training.