Introduction: Emerging education methods offer significant advantages over traditional teaching approaches, supported by students' feedback, which serves as a foundation for their development and advancement in the ongoing educational journey. Purpose: To examine nursing students’ opinions about a pharmacology course taught in a flipped classroom (FC) setting at King Abdulaziz University and its impact on their learning outcomes when compared to the traditional classroom model. Design & Methods: The current study drew on a locally administered questionnaire of twenty closed-ended Likert items to examine students’ opinions about the flipped classroom approach adopted for the delivery of a pharmacology course to third-year nursing students. The students were randomly divided into a control group (traditional class, N=55) and an experimental group (flipped class, N=61). A post-test was conducted for both groups to compare students’ performance and learning outcomes. Results: Scoring was performed in five areas: instructor, time adequacy, learning materials, learning environment, and understanding. A statistically insignificant difference (P =0.07) was noted by comparing the mean scores of a post-test assessment of the two groups. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the use of the flipped classroom approach for teaching pharmacology lessons meets with some students’ satisfaction. This proposed study adds evidence to the current literature that, whenever the conditions of FC are properly set, the flipped classroom will have the potential to increase the range of student learning experiences with no detriment to outcomes.

Severe burns may necessitate limb amputations due to complications like infection, necrosis, and compromised vascular supply. This retrospective audit examines the contributing factors to limb amputations in burn patients at Chelmsford Hospital’s Plastic Surgery and Burns Department over seven years. The study found that underlying comorbidities such as sepsis, intravenous drug abuse (IVDA), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) were significant contributors to amputation risk, rather than burn severity alone. Major amputations were often due to severe sepsis and PVD, while minor amputations resulted from burn-associated ischemia and necrosis. The psychological impact of amputation, including PTSD and depression, emphasizes the need for integrated psychosocial support. The audit also recommends earlier vascular surgical input and standardized multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessments to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable amputations.

Background: Care provided to patients can be enhanced by their awareness and understanding of informed consent process. This study aims to evaluate and measure the quality of informed consent at King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (KAMCJ). Methods: A cross-sectional study using a valid and reliable survey to assess informed consent. Hospital-admitted patients (n=399) were randomly selected during 1-31/03/2022 in (KAMCJ). Results: There were 54.1% (n=216) females and 45.9% (n=183) males with a mean age 41.67 (±16.8). Illiterates formed 1.3% (n=5), high schoolers 29.8% (n=119), and university-degree patients 49.9% (n=199). Significant associations were found between understanding the consent and educational level. University-degree patients reported higher percentages regarding consent clarity, needing help understanding it, and how easy to understand it was (p<0.05). Conclusion: Both patients and physicians should be provided with skills and tools to enhance the informed consent process. Improvement of readability, easiness, and understanding of informed consent forms can enhance patients’ experience.

This contribution examines the neurobiological and ontogenetic bases of emotion regulation. It analyzes individual differences in emotional temperament, influenced by both internal factors and early experiences, with particular attention to interactions with the caregiver. It delves into the importance of the concept of attachment in affective development, the consequences of its disruption, the role of parental affective attunement, and the evolution of the mentalization process. It emphasizes how these processes impact brain development and emotion expression, advocating for a multidimensional approach in analyzing emotional phenomena and processes.