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Objectives: Continuing medical education practices are activities that ensure the continuity of medical education. The aim of these activities is to improve the knowledge and skills of medical doctors for better health care for patients and community. The purpose of this study was to present the feedback received from the participants in the first clinical education and research unit in Turkey in workshops held between 2008-2020. Methods: Medical students, and specialist physicians in continuing medical education attended the workshops. Knee, shoulder and hip arthroscopical procedures, surgeries related with temporomandibular joint, peripheral nerve dissection, ear surgery, nail surgery and cadaver aesthetic application techniques were some of the organized courses. Feedbacks regarding the anatomy unit were received from the participants and instructors at the end of the courses, regarding the education period of 2008-2020. A total of 443 participants and 97 instructors filled the questionnaire. Results: 79.2% of the participants who filled out the questionnaire had very positive expectations prior to the course; the rate of expectations met was 97.4% at the end of the course. The ratio of satisfied participants was 88.3%. Among the instructors, the level of positive expectations prior to the training was 83.5%, and the rate of expectations met was 97.5% following the end of the course. The rate of satisfaction from the quality of the training was 91.8%. Conclusion: The Clinical Anatomy Training and Research Unit in Akdeniz University School of Medicine was assessed as of highly beneficial for both undergraduate medical students and specialist physicians in continuing medical education. The majority of the participants were satisfied with the applications, quality of training, and available resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To examine the effects of melatonin and cortistatin on the damage caused by cellulosic thinner in the rat nucleus accumbens due to chronic inhalation at the biochemical and histological level. Methods: Research ventilation was done in special glass cages at constant temperature and pressure. In our study, 50 young male Wistar rats of Rattus norvegicus species weighing approximately 400-45 g were used. The rats were divided into 5 groups. Groups; control group, thinner group, thinner and cortistatin group, thinner and melatonin group, and thinner, melatonin and vitamin C group. There were 10 rats in each group and the rats were exposed to thinner inhalation in glass cages with air ventilation for 1 hour, 2 times a day for 6 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the animals were sacrificed and tissue and blood analysis was performed. Results: The first clinical manifestations of rats exposed to thinner inhalation were observed as subjects lying on top of each other, trying to hide their faces, and a tendency to flee to the corners of the glass cage. As the thinner application time increased, excessive licking, frequent blinking, drooling, shortness of breath, and inability to balance were observed in rats. On the eighth day of thinner inhalation, yellowing of body hair occurred in the subjects. It was determined that this yellowing continued throughout the entire experiment. We found that the body weights of the rats who inhaled thinner were significantly decreased compared to the rats who did not inhale the thinner (p<0.05). The histology of the nucleus accumbens tissue taken at the end of the experiment is as follows: In hematoxylin-eosin staining; The cells in the nucleus accumbens in the control group were compared with the cells of the thinner inhaled, thinner + cortistatin, thinner + melatonin and thinner + cortistatin + melatonin group. Biochemical analysis; Catalase Enzyme Activity, Glutathione Peroxidase Enzyme Activity Detection, Superoxide Dismutase Activity Detection were performed. Blood was taken from the aorto abdominalis of the subjects and liver enzyme activity determination was made ALT, AST, GGT and LDH. Conclusion: After thinner inhalation, damage occurred in the nucleus accumbens, and it was determined that the application of melatonin and cortistatin was preventive at the biochemical and histological level against this damage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]