MBBS Enrichment Year 2018-19

The intercalated degree at the University of Glasgow consists of the four following modules, through which I learnt about and conducted a project in a specialist field of interest and also acquired new scientific skills to become better equipped for the forthcoming era of evidence based medicine. I n t e r c a l a t Uo f G B S c ( M e d S c i ) C l i n i c a l M e d i c i n e The core course introduced the basics of research, from genetic modalities to appraising the quality of a systematic review. Course content is mainly delivered in the form of: Lectures on Core Research Methodologies, Sharing sessions by renowned researchers in Core Research Issues, and Presentations and discussion during Journal Club. Statistics allows us to gather evidence to make useful and convincing inference of the real world. This course enabled me to critically review common statistical methods used in the biomedical literature and to appropriately analyse and interpret the data from my own project. Examples of topics: Categorical data Linear and logistic regression Survival analysis Exercise is perhaps the single most effective prescription to improve the general health of the population. This specialist course encompasses topics under 3 modules: Sports Medicine in Practice Clinical Injuries Exercise in Clinical Populations Other academic outputs: Essay on "effects of caffeine on sports performance" Presentation on "shoulder impingement syndrome" Core Course Statistics Sports & Exercise Medicine Project I conducted a project on "Effect of Exercise on Convergence and Accommodation" which hopes to gather evidence about the validity applying oculomotor testing as a concussion screening tool at the pitch-side. Aim To compare convergence and accommodation performance tested under resting conditions with measurements taken under physical exercise conditions Methods 11 male rugby players recruited from the academy team of a local professional club were administered a baseline and a post-exercise oculomotor testing including NPC and NPA measurements (parameters for convergence and accommodation respectively). Paired-sample t-test were performed and intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated. Results Post-exercise NPC was significantly greater than baseline (p = 0.009), indicating poorer performance. Post-exercise NPAs were not significantly different from the baseline (p > 0.05) Conclusions NPC is increased from baseline after performing physical exercise, while NPA remains stable to exercise. Hence, NPA testing has greater validity than NPC in the context of pitch-side concussion evaluation. ~ MBBS III: Enrichment Year 2018-2019 ~ Chan Pui Kiu 24