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    Emergency Physicians' Awareness of Medico-Legal Case Management: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia
    (2023) Alabdulqader, Shahad; Alabdulqader, Rana; Madadin, Mohammed; Kashif, Haider; Al Jumaan, Mohammed A.; Yousef, Abdullah Abdulsalam; Menezes, Ritesh G.
    Background: Emergency department physicians often encounter medico-legal cases when patients initially present to the hospital, and thus there is a strong need for them to have robust medico-legal management and reporting knowledge. Objective: To assess the awareness of emergency department physicians of two major hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in managing medico-legal cases. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional survey-based study included all adult and pediatric emergency physicians working at King Fahd Hospital of the University and King Fahd Specialist Hospital, two major government hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire included questions about demographic information, the workload in the emergency department, previous medico-legal training, and information about physicians' perspectives regarding medico-legal situations. Results: A total of 85 physicians completed the questionnaire, with most being Saudis (78.8%) and consultants (44.7%). Most participants (84.7%) immediately notified the police authority through the official procedure on suspicion of a case being criminal. However, only 28.2% of the participants were aware of how to complete the medico-legal report, and the majority (82.4%) had not received any specific training or attended specific courses in writing medico-legal reports. Most participants (91.8%) expressed the need for additional medico-legal case training programs, with continuous education (29.4%) being the preferred mode. In addition, 60% of the consultants were dissatisfied with the current medico-legal reporting and management workflow in their hospital. About half of the participants did not obtain photographs in medico-legal cases and did not know if their workplace provided a protocol for collecting evidentiary material such as clothes, swabs, bullets, remnants of foreign bodies, etc. Conclusions: The results of the present study indicate the necessity to consider periodical continuing medical education programs and workshops for emergency department physicians in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia to help them in appropriately handling medico-legal cases.
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    Histologic reliability of tissues from embalmed cadavers: Can they be useful in medical education?
    (2020) Abuhaimed, Abdulaziz; Almulhim, Abdulaziz; Alarfaj, Faris; Almustafa, Salam; Alkhater, Khulood; Al Yousef, Mohammed; Al Bayat, Methal; Madadin, Mohammed; Menezes, Ritesh
    Background: Current trends in medical curricula are shifting from teaching histology and pathology as stand-alone disciplines. Therefore, it would be useful to examine the potential value of integrating these into the anatomical dissection experience. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the histologic reliability of tissues taken from embalmed cadavers in an anatomy laboratory. Materials and Methods: A total of 112 tissue samples were obtained using standard autopsy techniques from various organs (heart, lung, thyroid, skeletal muscle, bone and skin) of 11 cadavers available at the anatomy laboratory of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in 2019. Samples were prepared using the standard paraffin procedure followed by cutting sections at 4-μm thickness and staining with standard hematoxylin and eosin stain. Using predefined criteria, the quality of the samples was evaluated by two board-certified histopathologists and each slide was categorized as good, satisfactory or poor. Results: Overall, 34.2% and 60.3% of the slides were of good and satisfactory quality, respectively. A significant difference in tissue quality was found between various organs. Thick skin and bone tissues had the highest “good” rating (84.6% and 81.8%, respectively), while thyroid and lung tissues had the highest “poor” rating (20% and 13.6%, respectively). Conclusion: Most of the tissues acquired from the embalmed cadavers were of good or satisfactory quality, thereby indicating the beneficial use of histological tissue from cadavers for educational purposes. Future research into how these findings translate into meaningful medical education would be beneficial.