Background: Emotional intelligence (EI) can be described by means of capabilities possessed by a person to recognize feeling, and to manage emotions. For instance, active types of blood are O and B i.e. they are (belligerent and developing) On the other hand blood types A and AB are submissive i.e. (unchanging and unprogressive). The study aimed to find out the association between emotional intelligence and blood groups. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out on 184 male and female students of a private university, Karachi. Blood group of these subjects was determined by using hematological and aseptic techniques and samples were collected through finger prick method acknowledged by the students. Results were recorded by applying the Fisher’s exact test and one way ANOVA to see the significance. Results: Self-awareness having highest mean score in O- group 17.00±1.00 with p-value of 0.011. In empathy blood group A+20.20±3.22 and O- 20.00±1.73 achieved highest mean values with p-value of 0.000, self-motivation level also got highest mean score in O- group 23.67±3.51with p-value of 0.035, managing relations level was highest observed in O- group 17.00±1.73 with p-value of 0.001. In addition, altruistic behavior found positive in O- blood group 8.67±0.58 with significant p-value of 0.000 among all students. Conclusion: Blood groups were identified significantly with different emotional intelligence level. The students having blood group O found to be more emotionally intelligent. However, large-scale studies are required in different parts of the world to explore the new aspects.

Objective:To evaluate integrated learning program of neurosciences for continuation of integrated learning in the forthcoming teaching and learning modules of undergraduate medical curriculum at Bahria University Medical & Dental College (BUMDC).Methods:A mixed method design was conducted from August 2016to February2017 after ethical approval from BUMDC. The quantitative aspect was evaluated retrospectively by desk records ofmarks obtained in integrated module and nonintegrated module. Focused group discussionwere conducted with primary intended users (chair of integration committee, faculty and students of first and second year MBBS)to share their expectations and concerns and get responses on key evaluation questions for implementationand outcome evaluation of integrated learning program.Results:The desk record revealed a positive perception of students and faculty at the time of implementation with improvement in results after integration in subjects of basic sciences. The discussions highlighted reasons which resulted in failure of its continuation and affirmedreadiness for re-induction and continuation of integration with clinicalsciences.Conclusion:Evaluators considered approval and re-application of integrated curriculum at BUMDC after utilization focused evaluation.

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Objective: To evaluate the depression on different stages (mild, moderate and severe) among undergraduate students of pre-clinical & clinical settings on the basis of gender. Study Design and Setting: The cross sectional study was carried out among undergraduate medical students of Bahria University medical and dental College (BUMDC) Karachi from September 2017 – December 2017. Methodology: The participants were 125 medical students of first year MBBS and 125 students of final year MBBS which were labeled as pre-clinical and clinical groups respectively. The survey instrument used was PHQ-9 scale. This scale divides depression into mild, moderate and severe categories with the help of scores. Percentage of students in different levels of depression was calculated in both the groups. Results: Mild depression was experienced more (39%) in pre-clinical medical students and (32%) in clinical students. On the other hand clinical medical students showed an upward trend for “severe depression” (19%) as compare to preclinical students (6%) as showed in Table 1. Gender based comparison was done between male and female students in pre-clinical and clinical groups separately. Strikingly, the results showed that females were more depressed than males in both cohorts. Conclusion: It was concluded that severe depression was equal in males and females in the preclinical group as compared to clinical group. Gender based comparison showed that severe depression was higher in females than males of clinical years whereas mild and moderate depression was also more frequents in females of clinical years.