Ramidha Ramidha

Introduction: In this study the effect of mentoring on the emotional development of medical students of Malabar medical college hospital and research centre were studied. The study group consisted of medical students who are exposed to a lot of complex situations throughout their academic tenure and their professional life thereafter. Assessing the quality of emotions is important for medical students, the emotional maturity is an explicitly important aspect of their future professional development. Thus the study makes a much needed effort to find out the influence of emotional maturity on the performance among the First year MBBS students of Malabar medical college. The ability of introducing mentorship programme and how it can influence the emotional wellbeing and thereby show a better performance. Materials and Methods: The study population included preclinical medical students of first MBBS (2017-2018). Data were collected using ‘Emotional Maturity Scale’ to study the emotional maturity. The data were then compiled and analyzed using SPSS Version 18. The paired T test and chi-square tests method was carried out to find the significance of the association between the variables. There is significant association between emotional maturity and performance after mentorship (p -value < 0> Results: Among the study participants, 27.5% and 72.5% were males and females, respectively. The study demonstrated a strong association between improvements in emotional maturity of the students by the influence of mentoring being implemented in the student’s activity. Keywords: Mentoring, Academic performance, Emotional maturity, Mentorship: Medical students.

Introduction: Aim of the study was to know the prevalence and association of microalbuminurea with microvascular complication among type II diabetic patients attending tertiary health care. Materials and Methods: Retrospective chart analysis of 375 Type 2 diabetic patients coming to the endocrine clinic at Amrita institute of medical science and research centre Cochin from 2007 to 2012 was done. Randomly selected diabetic patients satisfying the inclusion criteria were selected. Subjects were considered to have microalbuminuria, if the ACR was between 30 and 300, and macroalbuminuria at more than 300. All patients underwent the specific tests for retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Result: The prevalence of microalbuminuria in the study subjects was 55.2%. Individuals with microalbuminuria in comparison to normo and macroalbuminurics showed a greater prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed retinopathy as a significant independent risk for microalbuminuria. The average ACR was significantly high in patients with diabetic complications. Conclusion: The estimation of urine albumin to creatinine ratio is an easy method for screening of microalbuminuria that is suggested for all diabetic patients. Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Microalbuminurea, Diabetic nephropathy, Retinopathy, Neuropathy.