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Anatomy Education at Vocational Schools of Health Sciences
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 2024-12) Polat, Sema; Sonmez, Elif Ipek; Tunc, Mahmut; Isik, Emir Ibrahim; Ozsahin, Esin; Goker, Pinar
Anatomy, which has an important role for professionals working in health education, is a medical science that started from early ages and has come to the present day by showing continuous development. The success of people who areed ineducat the field of medicine and health sciences in their professions depends on a sound background in anatomy. For this reason,s aimed it wa to investigate views of first and second year students on the current state of anatomy education. This study was performed ukurvaon C and Baskent University Vocational School of Health Science first and second year students (183 subjects, 45.6 %; and 218 subjects, 54.4 %, respectively) (n=401). The data were obtained by feedback method via a questionnaire with 41 questions. The survey was administered to 401 students. 357 subjects of all students stated that they chose their departments voluntarily. It was determined % thatof the86.0 students participated in the research stated that using many different tools in the lessons positively affected their 88.5 learning,% stated that various presentation techniques provided a better understanding of the anatomy subject, and 86.5 % of the studentswith agreed the idea that what they learned in the lessons would be very useful in their professional lives. Additionally, while 319 participants (79.55 %) gave a score of 5 or more out of 10 points to the question about whether they liked the anatomy course, 82 participants%) (20.45 gave a score of 4 or less. The 71.1 % of the participants thought that the primary purpose of the anatomy course was 'to theunderstand structure of the human body'. 2nd year students rated class duration significantly higher than 1st year students. Opinionstudents of s can be beneficial and provide to improvement of anatomy education and new educational strategies These findings will help theifyingident existing deficiencies and providing solutions.
Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Published in Cukurova Medical Journal Between 2011 and 2022
(2023) Polat, Sema; Tunc, Mahmut; Ozsahin, Esin; Tamam, Lut; Goker, Pinar; 0000-0003-1373-4700
Purpose: This study aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis of the abstracts and keywords in articles published in the Cukurova Medical Journal from 2011 to 2022. Materials and Methods: We compiled and analyzed all articles published in the Cukurova Medical Journal between 2011 and 2022, totaling 1734 articles, using VOSviewer software (version 1.6.19). This analysis focused on the terms in the abstracts and the keywords of these articles. Results: The study identified 27,409 unique terms and 4,040 unique keywords in the abstracts of the 1734 articles. The most common terms were 'surgery' (333 occurrences), 'pain' (263), 'infection' (201), 'measurement' (192), 'rat' (185), 'tumor' (177), 'covid' (157), 'pregnancy' (148), 'questionnaire' (144), and 'drug' (142). The top keywords were 'children' (43 occurrences), 'quality of life' (37), 'covid-19' (34), 'nursing' (32), 'pregnancy' (28), 'depression' (27), 'mortality' (26), 'anxiety' (24), 'child' (22), and 'obesity' (17). Conclusion: This is the first bibliometric analysis of keywords and terms used in the Cukurova Medical Journal, offering insights into the evolving topics of interest in the journal's publications. It also provides valuable information for researchers looking to submit articles to the journal, highlighting prevalent themes and content areas.
Evaluation of the Association between Pelvic Diameters and Pelvic Types on Computed Tomography Images in Healthy Turkish Females
(2023) Polat, Sema; Isik, Emir Ibrahim; Vuralli, Duygu; Oksuzler, Mahmut; Oksuzler, Fatma Yasemin; Ozsahin, Esin; Goker, Pinar
Pelvis contributes to both human locomotion and obstetrics, and normal vaginal delivery is associated with a spacious inlet, a large interspinosus diameter. This paper aimed to measure crucial diameters of pelvic ring, and to determine both the prevalence of pelvic types, and labor types including normal vaginal delivery or caesarean section in Turkish healthy females. Additionally, it was aimed to evaluate presence of relationship between pelvic types and pelvic diameters. Labor shape of subjects was obtained from hospital records. This retrospective study was carried out on 165 healthy subjects aged between 18 and 45 years. Anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic inlet (APDI), anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic outlet, sacrum length (SL), sacrum depth, conjugata vera, obstetrical conjugate, the diagonal conjugate, diameter transversa, diameter bispinous, intertuberous diameter were measured. From these measurements, brim index was calculated and decided to gynecoid, anthropoid and platypelloid type. Also, the andoid type was calculated to the ratio of posterior sagittal diameter of the inlet to conjugata obstetrica. 50.91 % of participants has gynecoid type pelvis, followed by 24.85 % anthropoid type, 14.55 % platypelloid, and 9.70 % android type pelvis. There was a significant difference in APDI, SL, SD, Conjugata vera, Conjugata obstetrica, Conjugata diagonalis, Conjugata transversa, diameter bispinous, diameter intertubercularis and Brim index measurements according to pelvic types. the first degree of narrowing (conjugata vera from 11 to 9) was found in 18 pelvises and 12 pelvises with the pathological degree of narrowing bellonged to the platypelloid type followed by android type pelvis with 6 pelvices. The android type pelvis is not appropriate for natural labor and a good assessment of birth canal can reduce the labor risks. Also, only 7 females who delivered with cesarean have gynecoid type pelvic type. The APDI and SL were significantly lower in subjects having pathological narrowing according to conjugata obstetrica values.
Radiological and Anatomical Evaluation of the Tracheal Morphology and Morphometry in Turkish Adults
(2023) Polat, Sema; Oksuzler, Mahmut; Oksuzler, Fatma Yasemin; Ozsahin, Esin; Goker, Pinar
The trachea is a tubular organ lying between larynx and lungs containing smooth muscle, membranes, and cartilage. This paper evaluated the dimessions of the trachea and main bronchi morphometry in healthy adults using Computed Tomography. This retrospective observational study was performed with 170 healthy adult subjects (89 females, 52.35 %; 81 males,47.65 %). The length of the trachea, the anteroposterior and transverse diameter of the trachea and the right and left main bronchi were measured. From these measurements, the trachea shape were calculated and four types of trachea were identified as circular, oval, horseshoe-shaped, and rectangular. All measurements were significantly higher in males than females (excluding tracheal bifurcation angle). According to the value obtained by dividing the anteroposterior by the width of the trachea, tracheal shapes are considered; the circular shape was seen 104 subjects (61.2 %), followed by oval type (34 subjects), horseshoe type (24 subjects) and rectangular type.(8 subjects). Also, the most frequently seen was circular type in both females and males. Hovewer, there was no significant difference between sex in terms of trachea shape. Additionally, a striking finding was that trachea morphometry and morphology showed the significance according to age dependent changes. Trachea measurements were affected several reasons such as used methods, age, sex, or race. This study has many clinical importance as it may reduce the risk of accidental damage to these area by clinicians such as cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthetist, or radiologist.