1.Omental Incarceration over Twenty Years Presenting as a Hyperechoic Endometrial Mass in a Postmenopausal Woman
Gina NAM ; Sa Ra LEE ; Yu Ra KO ; Gwang Jun KIM
Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2021;27(1):46-48
Uterine perforation related with dilatation and curettage (D&C) is an uncommon event. Combined complications such as hemorrhage, adjacent organ injury, and omental incarceration may require an emergent surgical treatment. These are usually evident immediately or several days after the D&C, and a delayed presentation of uterine perforation are extremely rare. Herein, we report a rare case of omental incarceration presenting as a hyperechoic endometrial mass in a postmenopausal woman, diagnosed twenty-three years after the D&C. According to this case, when we encounter a hyperechoic endometrial lesion penetrating the uterine wall in women with a history of an intrauterine procedure such as D&C, we need to consider the possibility of an incarcerated omentum.
2.Omental Incarceration over Twenty Years Presenting as a Hyperechoic Endometrial Mass in a Postmenopausal Woman
Gina NAM ; Sa Ra LEE ; Yu Ra KO ; Gwang Jun KIM
Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2021;27(1):46-48
Uterine perforation related with dilatation and curettage (D&C) is an uncommon event. Combined complications such as hemorrhage, adjacent organ injury, and omental incarceration may require an emergent surgical treatment. These are usually evident immediately or several days after the D&C, and a delayed presentation of uterine perforation are extremely rare. Herein, we report a rare case of omental incarceration presenting as a hyperechoic endometrial mass in a postmenopausal woman, diagnosed twenty-three years after the D&C. According to this case, when we encounter a hyperechoic endometrial lesion penetrating the uterine wall in women with a history of an intrauterine procedure such as D&C, we need to consider the possibility of an incarcerated omentum.
3.Factors Related to Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Korean Chinese With Hypertension.
Chun yu LI ; Hae Ra HAN ; Jiyun KIM ; Miyong T KIM
Asian Nursing Research 2011;5(3):164-169
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among older Korean Chinese with hypertensiondone of the most underserved and understudied ethnic minority groups in China. In addition, factors underlying the risk of CVD were examined. METHODS: A total of 334 participants were recruited at the Community Health Service Center in Yanji, China. Data regarding socioeconomic, health-related, psychosocial, and other CVD risk factors were collected between June and October 2009. In this cross-sectional study, factors related to the risk of CVD were assessed by multivariate logistic regression; the Framingham Risk Score was used to measure the risk of CVD. RESULTS: The prevalence of dyslipidemia, diabetes, and current smoking were 75.4%, 6.6%, and 23.1% respectively. Participants who lived alone were twice as likely to have a high risk of CVD (10-year risk of CVD > or =15%; odds ratio [OR], 2.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13e3.54). Those with a higher education level and greater knowledge about hypertension were at 57% and 62% reduced risk for CVD (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.21e0.92 and OR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.15-0.95, respectively). CONCLUSION: Future intervention should include strategies to addressing social isolation and also focus on older Korean Chinese with low education. Knowledge enhancement program is warranted for the prevention of CVD in this population.
Aged
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Asian Continental Ancestry Group
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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China
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Community Health Services
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Dyslipidemias
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Humans
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Hypertension
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Minority Groups
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Minority Health
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Odds Ratio
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Smoke
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Smoking
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Social Isolation
4.Study on the Learning Environment of Medical Students in the COVID-19
Yu Ra KIM ; Hye Jin PARK ; Saeyoon KIM
Keimyung Medical Journal 2023;42(2):80-86
In Korea, the COVID-19 pandemic began and the situation was very serious due to the rapid increase in confirmed cases. In this study, we conducted a study that included the online class environment, learning environment including living environment, and overall life of medical students who are experiencing sudden changes in environment due to COVID-19, to help medical students' academic and school life, and to provide medical services. We want to help improve the quality of education. The subjects of the study are 6 grades from the 1st year of pre-medical school to the 4th year of the medical department attending a medical school in the Daegu area in the 2021 school year, and a total of 450 are studied. In addition, a survey was conducted on students who agreed to the study, and it consisted about the online learning environment and overall living conditions. As a result of the study, there were no gender differences in the online learning environment and overall life amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There were differences between pre-medical and medical students in the online learning environment, and overall life. Due to the sudden COVID-19 pandemic, medical students were faced with an online learning environment that they could not choose. They took care of the physical resources provided by the school on their own and learned the importance of this.
5.Stress and coping skills in medical students
Yu Ra KIM ; Hye Jin PARK ; Seong Yong KIM
Korean Journal of Medical Education 2025;37(1):59-63
Purpose:
This study aims to confirm the degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea and to study the difference between the methods used to relieve stress. In addition, this study evaluates the stress relief methods medical students believe are effective.
Methods:
The subjects of the study were 147 students of a medical school in Korea who voluntarily participated in an online survey. The degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea was confirmed, and the differences between the methods used to relieve stress were analyzed, along with the effective stress relief methods considered by the students themselves.
Results:
There was no difference found in the degree of stress experienced by medical students based on their year in school and gender. The most commonly reported method to relieve stress was sleep, and it was found that this method provided the highest degree of stress relief.
Conclusion
As stress has been consistently reported as an issue among medical students, tackling stress among medical students should not be handled solely at the individual level.
6.Stress and coping skills in medical students
Yu Ra KIM ; Hye Jin PARK ; Seong Yong KIM
Korean Journal of Medical Education 2025;37(1):59-63
Purpose:
This study aims to confirm the degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea and to study the difference between the methods used to relieve stress. In addition, this study evaluates the stress relief methods medical students believe are effective.
Methods:
The subjects of the study were 147 students of a medical school in Korea who voluntarily participated in an online survey. The degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea was confirmed, and the differences between the methods used to relieve stress were analyzed, along with the effective stress relief methods considered by the students themselves.
Results:
There was no difference found in the degree of stress experienced by medical students based on their year in school and gender. The most commonly reported method to relieve stress was sleep, and it was found that this method provided the highest degree of stress relief.
Conclusion
As stress has been consistently reported as an issue among medical students, tackling stress among medical students should not be handled solely at the individual level.
7.Stress and coping skills in medical students
Yu Ra KIM ; Hye Jin PARK ; Seong Yong KIM
Korean Journal of Medical Education 2025;37(1):59-63
Purpose:
This study aims to confirm the degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea and to study the difference between the methods used to relieve stress. In addition, this study evaluates the stress relief methods medical students believe are effective.
Methods:
The subjects of the study were 147 students of a medical school in Korea who voluntarily participated in an online survey. The degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea was confirmed, and the differences between the methods used to relieve stress were analyzed, along with the effective stress relief methods considered by the students themselves.
Results:
There was no difference found in the degree of stress experienced by medical students based on their year in school and gender. The most commonly reported method to relieve stress was sleep, and it was found that this method provided the highest degree of stress relief.
Conclusion
As stress has been consistently reported as an issue among medical students, tackling stress among medical students should not be handled solely at the individual level.
8.Stress and coping skills in medical students
Yu Ra KIM ; Hye Jin PARK ; Seong Yong KIM
Korean Journal of Medical Education 2025;37(1):59-63
Purpose:
This study aims to confirm the degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea and to study the difference between the methods used to relieve stress. In addition, this study evaluates the stress relief methods medical students believe are effective.
Methods:
The subjects of the study were 147 students of a medical school in Korea who voluntarily participated in an online survey. The degree of stress perceived by medical students in Korea was confirmed, and the differences between the methods used to relieve stress were analyzed, along with the effective stress relief methods considered by the students themselves.
Results:
There was no difference found in the degree of stress experienced by medical students based on their year in school and gender. The most commonly reported method to relieve stress was sleep, and it was found that this method provided the highest degree of stress relief.
Conclusion
As stress has been consistently reported as an issue among medical students, tackling stress among medical students should not be handled solely at the individual level.
9.Results of Carotid Doppler and Lipid Profiles in Patients with Ocular Ischemic Disease.
Kyeol HAN ; Nam Chun CHO ; Yu Ra KIM
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2015;56(8):1215-1222
PURPOSE: To analyze the findings of carotid Doppler and lipid profiles in patients with ischemic ocular disease and as well as the risk and correlation between cardiovascular and ischemic ocular diseases. METHODS: We analyzed the intima-media thickness (IMT) and existence of vascular stenosis using carotid Doppler and blood lipid profiles of the study patients diagnosed with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION group, n = 45), central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO group, n = 34), central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO group, n = 23), or ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS group, n = 27). The study patients who visited Chonbuk National University Hospital from January, 2010 to June, 2013 were compared with healthy control (control group, n = 107). RESULTS: The average age of the study patients was 60.0 +/- 14.1 years and 56.1 +/- 9.1 years for the controls. Ipsilateral common carotid artery-IMT was thicker in the OIS and CRAO groups than the control group (p < 0.01 and <0.01, respectively). The number of patients with carotid stenosis was highest in the OIS group (n = 17, 62.9%) followed by the CRAO group (n = 5, 21.7%), CRVO group (n = 2, 5.9%), and AION group (n = 1, 2.2%). No significant stenosis was found in the control group. Total blood cholesterol was not significantly different between the study patients and controls. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was higher in every patient group than the control group (p < 0.01, <0.01, <0.05 and <0.01, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The ischemic ocular disease likely precedes carotid artery disease and dyslipidemia. Therefore, general examinations such as carotid Doppler, lipid profile and risk factor evaluations are needed in patients with ischemic ocular disease.
Carotid Artery Diseases
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Carotid Stenosis
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Cholesterol
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Dyslipidemias
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Humans
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Jeollabuk-do
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Lipoproteins
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Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
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Retinal Artery Occlusion
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Retinal Vein
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Risk Factors
10.Medical education program implementation experience in an elective course: a case study in South Korea
Yu-Ra KIM ; Seung-Min YOO ; Hye-Jin PARK
Korean Journal of Medical Education 2023;35(2):199-205
Purpose:
This study was conducted to examine the results of designing and implementing a teaching program for medical education as the elective course for 4th-year students of medical course.
Methods:
In order to design the teaching program for medical education as an elective course, we conducted literature review, five medical education experts were interviewed, and the literature required in the design process was reviewed. A developing teaching program was implemented as an elective course in a medical school of Korea, and 4th-year students of medical course participated in the program.
Results:
In the elective course, the medical education program process competencies were derived into three categories: theoretical educational knowledge, teaching competency, and research competency for education. Moreover, instructional materials were developed to help students achieve these competencies. And project-based learning strategy was selected and implemented for 4th-year students in medical course, and positive satisfaction was confirmed.
Conclusion
As a study designed and implemented in a medical education program in a medical school in Korea, it is expected to be helpful when introducing medical education to undergraduate students or developing a medical education program to strengthen the teaching capacity of residents.