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Item Usage of social media as an education resource among medical students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2019) Dasanayaka, I.P.E.U.; Wickramaarachchi, G.K.; Hettiarachchi, W.G.; Hettige, S.; Ediriweera, E.P.D.S.INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Social media (SM) networks has become a popular educational tool at present. There is limited data in Sri Lanka on SM usage as an educational tool. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usage of SM for academic purposes among medical students of faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya. METHODS: Stratified sampling with proportional allocation was used to select students from each batch and 287 students were recruited from 1st to 5th year. Informed written consent was obtained and a self-administered questionnaire was given. 255 completed questionnaires were returned. RESULTS: Of 255, 86.95% students used SM for educational purposes with no male and female difference (P=0.06). 90.6%, 61.6% and 56.1% accessed Facebook, Google + and YouTube respectively. Of them, 67.1%, 44.7% and 33.9% respectively accessed them daily for academic purposes respectively. 84.2% students followed medical related web sites through SM. 84.5% had joined educational groups in SM and 44.9% had joined academic discussions or information sharing groups in other local and foreign universities. 43.3% could not find information that they want due to information overload and 38.1% mentioned that SM disturbed their academic work. CONCLUSION: Majority had used SM for educational purposes without gender preference. Facebook, Google+ and YouTube are the commonest SM educational tools and majority had joined educational groups. SM had disturbed academic work of students and difficulty to find correct information was major concern among students.Item Assessment of the capacity to work with data: a cross-sectional study done in first year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017) Hettiarachchi, W.G.; Hettige, S.; Ediriweera, D.S.INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Spreadsheets and programming languages (PL) facilitate data storage, organization, retrieval and analysis. Experience in the above builds critical thinking capabilities that are supportive to discerning in students. METHODS: A Moodle based self-administered questionnaire was given to collect data from new entrants in 2017. RESULTS: Among 155 students, 57% were females. 85% of students [54 (82%) in males vs 77 (87 %) in females, p=0.57] had prior experience in Excel. 20% of students [11 (18%) in males vs 18 (23 %) in females, p=0.27] indicated that they were good in using Excel. 27% students [16 (24%) in males vs 26 (29%) in females, p=0.61] had prior experience in PL. 6% of students [2 (5%) in males vs 4 (8%) females, p=0.61] indicated that they were good in using PL. There were no significant associations between the grade five scholarship results and Z score with Excel use (p=0.98 and p=0.16 respectively) as well as with PL use (p=0.19 and p=0.45 respectively). Spreadsheet usage in students from the Western province was not differerent from the rest of the provinces (83% vs 89% respectively, p=0.46), or PL usage in students from the Western province from the rest (32% vs 22%, p=0.25). CONCLUSION: Majority of students have used spreadsheets but were not competent. One fourth have used PL and only 6% were competent. There were no gender differences in the usage of spreadsheets and PL.Item Design and development of a web based histopathology reporting system(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017) Ediriweera, D.S.; Hettiarachchi, W.G.; Mahendra, B.A.G.G.; Liyanage, S.K.; Ratnayake, R.M.U.S.; Hewavisenthi, S.J.de.S.INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: The current histopathology reporting system in the unit has only basic features including report generation and limited data retrieval. Thus a newer system was required to address the issues faced in histopathology reporting, chiefly a prolonged turnaround time caused by lack of clinical data, inability to track delays in sample processing, delays in data entry and report dispatch. More efficient data retrieval for research purposes and monitoring of postgraduate training were also considered important. The aim of the study was to design and develop a generic histopathology reporting system that facilitates the generation of timely reports and helps in research and postgraduate training. METHODS: A software framework was designed and developed into a functional web based histopathology reporting system (WBHPRS) which can be easily customizable to different settings. This was designed using MySQL and PHP. Data entry was facilitated by using drop down menus and prompts. Standard templates for reports with the option to edit were uploaded enabling quick report generation. RESULTS: A WBHPRS has the ability to capture data throughout the process of generating a report, thus enabling the tracking of the specimen from surgery to dispatch of the report. The system also provides facilities for more efficient data retrieval due to a modified coding system. It facilitates postgraduate supervision enabling the trainer to determine the time taken, quality and quantity of work done by the trainees. CONCLUSION: This system has vastly enhanced features that will improve the timeliness of reporting and provide additional features useful in research and postgraduate training.