Volume 3, Issue 1

Vol. 3, Issue 1

 Student Medical Journal

A publication of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Volume 3, Issue 1

July 2011

 
 

 

 

 Editorial The unpublished legacy
Sahan Guruge, Thisara Perera, Manura Rathnayake		 01
Interview Interview with Professor Colvin Goonaratna
Sahan Guruge, Thisara Perera		 02
  Approach to learning and the academic performance of a group of medical students – any correlation?
S D L P Subasinghe, D N Wanniachchi		 05
Prevalence of Parkinsonism and its aetiological subtypes within patients with movement disorders
D G S V D Gajasinghe		 11
Research papers Simple screening test with a potential to detect diabetic cognitive impairement in the geriatric population: A preliminary study
T Trushna, D S Mohan, S Nair, S Manujantha		 17
The awareness of and compliance with universal precautions among class IV hospital workers
U M Siddiqui, V Acharaya		 22
Knowledge and attitudes towards the proposed two year medical internship and their selected correlates among medical undergraduates
S I T Guruge, B M I Gunawardana, M P M L Gunathilaka		 27

 

 

 Classroom Choosing the correct statistical test made easy
N Goonewardana		 33
Quiz Quiz time! (including answers to the quiz) 38
On a personal note An opportunity to inspire another generation - perserverance
Prof. Priyani E. Soysa		 39
SMJ Explorer ICT in Medical education
M R Navinan, S Rajapakse		 41
  Social networking as a tool of patient education
I Maduka		 44
Life A medical student: "To be or not to be, that is the question"
U L Somasiri		 46
  Life as a medical student - a perspective from shores beyond
N Vousden		 48
  Warfare phase II - An imaginative foray in to the living world of immune cells
R Devarajan		 50
Snippets Manura Rathnayake 52
  How to submit Instruction to authors 53