Jannatul Ferdoush

• MBBS, MD (Pharmacogy)
• Professor (Full) at BGC Trust Medical College

The effectiveness of topical application of ethanol extract of Azadirachta indica (neem) daily for 12 weeks was examined in patient of palmar arsenical keratosis. The mean (± SD) score of size of nodules of patients (n=14) using salicylic acid alone before and after treatment were 14.6 ± 4.6 and 10.5 ± 4.5 respectively (28.1% improvement). The mean...

The study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge, perception and preparedness of the 4th year students of three medical colleges of Bangladesh during January 2016. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate knowledge, perception and preparedness about antimicrobial stewardship and resistance. Out of two hundred and seventy six students provided with q...

Background: Pain is an inevitable part of the postoperative experience. Current study was designed to assess the pattern of analgesic use, the adequacy of post operative pain control by documenting pain scores and patient satisfaction by documenting the pain perception score of the postoperative patients 48 hours after surgery. Materials and method...

Abstract Background: Bangladesh is declared as “Digital Bangladesh” however, medical students are least acquainted with the necessary information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge in the context of medical education. We have conducted a survey to know about digital equipment ownership, therefore, carried out a self-reported assessment of...

Background: The undergraduate medical curriculum guidelines established by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) placed significant emphasis on assessing knowledge, skills, and attitudes in pharmacology. Currently, students are mostly assessed through written and oral assessments. However, oral assessment is resource-intensive and time-c...

Antimicrobial Resistance

Background: Dermatological conditions pose a significant health concern globally, with the inappropriate use of topical antimicrobial and steroid combinations being a common issue.Inappropriate use of topical antimicrobial and steroid combinations being a common issue. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the medical students' knowledge of t...

Inappropriate use of antimicrobials in the treatment of Covid-19 can result in patient harm and worldwide antimicrobial resistance. The study's objective was to explore the physician choices of empirical antimicrobial treatment in Covid-19Patients. A multicenter web-based survey was performed to explore the trend of empirical antimicrobial prescrib...

Undergraduate pharmacology education has always been a topic of intense excitement and debate. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the pharmacology written question papers (SAQ) of MBBS curriculum in last 10 years (January 2010 to November 2019). Total 131 question papers were collected, and reflection of curricular...

Background: It is expected that pharmacology education should prepare students as rational prescriber. Credibility of undergraduate pharmacology curricula is rather questionable in this aspect. As assessment shapes learning priorities, it is crucial to design assessment methods of pharmacology in right way to achieve the expected learning outcomes...

Background: Prioritizing problem-oriented undergraduate medical education is paramount to adequate management of pain in real life scenarios. The present research was conducted with an attempt to explore the important baseline information for pain medicine education and evaluation within pharmacology curricula of MBBS course in Bangladesh. Material...

Background: It is expected that pharmacology education should prepare students as rational prescriber. Credibility of undergraduate pharmacology curricula is rather questionable in this aspect. As assessment shapes learning priorities, it is crucial to design assessment methods of pharmacology in right way to achieve the expected learning outcomes...

ABSTRACT Background: Dengue fever is the most common arboviral infection spread by mosquitoes in Bangladesh. With yearly outbreaks, it has become an endemic disease in Bangladesh. Although there have been significant attempts to eliminate the mosquito, dengue fever has quickly expanded, emerged and taken hold. This study aimed to correlate the pl...

Background: The aim of pharmacology education is to make graduate competent enough to prescribe safely and effectively. So it is expected that pharmacology education would incorporate all the important aspects of prescribing. Skin diseases are associated with a considerable disease burden in Bangladesh and mostly treated in primary care settings by...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignant condition of the liver that occurs as a result of uncontrolled cellular proliferation after a series of disruptions at cell cycle regulatory checkpoints in the normal cell. Due to the lack of appropriate therapeutics or remedial treatment methods, new treatment strategies against HCC need...

Background: According to worldwide statistics, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Moreover, rising nations were responsible for more than half of all fatalities. Although breast cancer incidence is lower in developing nations than in developed nations, the rate of increase is alarming. This study aimed to ident...

Background: From the beginning of pandemic situation people used to buy, hoard and take different types of medication for the hope of prevention of covid 19. This horrible pandemic situation make people more prone to take medication even antibiotic and more dependent on less reliable sources such as social and digital media for medicine-related inf...

Background : In dermatology, corticosteroids are the most frequently prescribed medication group. The goal of this study was to examine the prescription pattern of glucocorticoids in patients with skin diseases in Outpatient Dermatology Departments (OPD) in tertiary care hospitals. Materials and methods : A prospective, multi-centered, cross-sectio...

Background: Mental well being of medical students has been a growing concern for several years. In Bangladesh, mental health problems are still considered as stigma. The aim of this study was to find out prevalence of anxiety and depression among medical students of Bangladesh. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was desig...

Background: An antimicrobial is an agent, that kills micro organisims or prevents their growth. The purpose of this study is to evaluate antimicrobial prescribing behaviors in the Dermatology Outpatient Department. Materials and methods: This multi-centered, cross-sectional study was conducted at Dermatology Outpatient Department of three tertiary...

Background: The objective of this study was to understand the factors which have positively and negatively affected delivery of medical education in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 epidemic and to apply this knowledge to improve preparedness in the event of future COVID spikes or other pandemics. Materials and methods: A 20-question survey was const...

Background: Global knowledge of treatment and outcomes of COVID-19 has been evolving since the onset of the pandemic. Materials and Methods: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to explore treatment and outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted in a Combined Military Hospital of Bangladesh. Data were collected from treatment records of p...

Background It is expected that pharmacology education should prepare students as rational prescriber. Credibility of undergraduate pharmacology curricula is rather questionable in this aspect. As assessment shapes learning priorities, it is crucial to design assessment methods of pharmacology in right way to achieve the expected learning outcomes o...

Background: COVID-19, one of the worst pandemics in humankinds history on December 2019. Clinical presentations of COVID-19 patients are varied and being closely similar to those of seasonal flu, its difficult to differentiate it on first presentation as COVID. Clinical scenario and demographic characteristics provide important guideline in the man...

Background The key objective of pharmacology education is to make graduates competent enough to prescribe safely and effectively. There is worldwide speculation of inadequacy of pharmacology education to achieve the expected learning outcomes. Problem-based pharmacotherapy is considered as one of the crucial way to prepare future physicians as rati...

In COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of ICT in Medical education is amplified. The purpose of the study was to assess and estimate the role and impact of ICT in relation to learning on medical education and changing behavior of the students in the period of pandemic. A questionnaire survey approach was applied amid of the Bangladeshi medical underg...

In the history of human civilization, research has played a significant role. There is no doubt that meeting the challenges of the 21st century will be tough if we are not world leaders in science and technology. The objective of this study was to assess physicians' attitude about research and the challenges they confront when doing research. From...

Background: Undergraduate research opportunities teach students not only how to conduct research, but they too learn problem-solving aptitudes. Participating in research also increases students' interest in being involved and making special contributions to the academic field. The aim of our study was intended to assess the attitude and perceived b...

Background: Health providers working in non-COVID hospitals in Bangladesh may be at an increased risk of infection with the new coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to health providers working in COVID-dedicated hospitals due to lower health security measures. Consequently, health practitioners working...

Background: Since December 2019, the Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has garnered global attention due to its rapid transmission, which has infected more than twenty nine million people worldwide. World is facing enormous stress and anxiety as there is no effective medicine or vaccine to treat or prevent COVID-19 till date. Experts are recommending...

ABSTRACTBackground: COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions worldwide including education system.While the necessary focus has been on patient care and well being of healthcare professionals, the impacts on medicalstudents need to be discussed. This study was aimed to compare the academic speculation of students of Governmentand Non-...

Background: One of the core teaching learning components for developing clinical reasoning, critical appraisal and problem solving skill of medical students is Problem Based Learning (PBL). PBL encompasses all the teaching, learning and assessment activities in an integral way that enables a medical student to grapple with changing medical phenomen...

Background Postoperative pain remains a challenging problem, which requires a dynamic approach using a variety of treatment modalities to obtain an optimal outcome with respect to enhancing patient comfort and facilitating the recovery process. Multimodal analgesia signifies an increasingly popular approach to prevent postoperative pain. The approa...

Background: Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has garnered global attention due to its rapid transmission, which has infected more than twenty nine million people worldwide. World is facing enormous stress and anxiety as there is no effective medicine or vaccine to treat or prevent COVID-19 till date. Experts are recommending...

Background:COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions worldwide including education system. While the necessary focus has been on patient care andwellbeing of healthcare professionals, the impacts on medical students need to be discussed. Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study was conducted to evaluate the academic speculation...

Background: Pain is an inevitable part of the postoperative experience. Current study was designed to assess the pattern of analgesic use, the adequacy of post operative pain control by documenting pain scores, and patient satisfaction by documenting the pain perception score of the postoperative patients 48 hours after surgery. Materials and metho...

Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions worldwide in- cluding education system. While the necessary focus has been on patient care, safety of healthcare professionals as well as economic aspect, the impacts on medical education need to be warranted. The purpose of the study to find out the i...

Background: Bangladesh is declared as Digital Bangladesh however medical students are least acquainted with the necessary ICT knowledge in the context of medical education. We have conducted a survey to know about Digital Equipment Ownership, therefore, carried out a self-reported assessment of knowledge and Utilization of ICT in relation to educat...

Background Undergraduate research opportunities teach students not only how to conduct research, but they too learn problem-solving aptitudes. Participating in research also increases students’ interest is being involved and making special contributions to the academic field. Therefore, the aim of our study was intended to assess the attitude and p...

Background The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally transformed the landscape of medical education system upside down worldwide. This unanticipated transition without any pre build infrastructure has made this altered prospect more challenging in Bangladesh. Though many countries across the world utilize Web Based Learning (WBL), but med...

Background: Bangladesh, A country with scintillating beauty of nature burdened with a dense population. Along with infectious diseases, tropical diseases are also prevalent here with a higher trend of non- communicable diseases as a result of industrialization. Practicing and prescribing as a doctor is a quite challenging profession here particular...

Background:Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has garnered global attention due to its rapid transmission, mortality and morbidity and absence of effective medicine or vaccine till date. Self-medication could be a vital issue during public health emergencies e.g. COVID-19 pandemic despite of having several pros and cons. Materi...

Background: Antibiotic resistance is now being the world’s most pressing public health problem. Community acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are common in both male and female, typically occur when bacteria enters urinary bladder through urethra and multiply there. Escherichia coli (E.coli) is the common causative organism of UTI which is tur...

Adverse drug reactions and its importance in clinical practice

Background: The study was conducted to observe the prevalence of practice regarding self medication of antibiotics among medical students. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study which was conducted among the preclinical phase, paraclinical phase and and clinical phase of medical students of four Medical College...

Background: The magnitude of rational prescribing is well known but the irrational-ities and errors in prescriptions are seen worldwide as the training of future doctors is still not up to the mark. This study aimed to find out the factors influencing drug choice and the prescribing attitudes among junior doctors of two major tertiary care hospital...

Management of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) during pregnancy is crucial to ensure the satisfactory outcomes for both the mother and foetus. Lifestyle modification is the first step in the management regime, and if it fails, clinicians prescribe the oral or injectable antidiabetic drugs. Insulin is considered the gold-standard treatment for managing DM dur...

p>This review article focuses on critical analyses of the approach towards the management of older adults suffering from urinary tract infections. The article sheds light on the better scopes of management for these patients beyond the conventional treatment strategies to deal with the disease complexities with a goal to achieve patient satisfactio...

World Health Organization (WHO) the mother organisation of all global health initiativesis actively involved in conceiving effective strategies to fight different Communicable and Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) worldwide. WHO has the goal to serve poorer nation effectively so that they can have fair access to various vaccines and drugs.The organ...

World Health Organization (WHO) the mother organization of all global health initiatives actively involved in conceiving effective strategies to fight different Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) worldwide. WHO has the goal to serve poorer nation effectively so that they can have fair access to various vaccines and drugs.The organisa...

The study was designed to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of future prescribers of four Medical Colleges of Chittagong, Bangladesh about Pharmacovigilance. The specific aim was to identify the reasons for underreporting and to determine the measure that could be adopted to increase reporting of ADRs (Adverse Drug Reactions). A crosssectio...

Metformin is a popular oral antidiabetic medicine of the Biguanide class. It is widely chosen as the first line therapy for treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The drug is believed to be a comparatively safer agent for controlling blood sugar. This case report aims at describing an unusual phenomenon of Metformin hypersensitivity in a female patient...

Painful exposures have the potential for deleterious consequences upon neonates. Although Opioids and NSAIDs play important role in postoperative pain control, those are associated with side effects. We have studied use of ketorolac as postoperative analgesic in Bangladeshi neonates.Methods: This prospective study was undertaken in the Department o...