Lifelong Learning is a voluntary and self-motivated form of learning that lasts from birth to death for personal and professional reasons. As medical science has a dynamic nature, the knowledge gained in the faculty of medicine mostly will not be enough in the later professional life. The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the JeffSPLL-MS© in Turkish. Linguistic equivalence analysis was applied first, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was utilized in order to test the construct validity. Concurrent validity was tested by simultaneous administration of Lifelong Learning Trends Scale (LLTS) and JeffSPLL-MS©. Finally, internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the scores gathered from the scales in the study were calculated. Linguistic equivalence study supplied that there is a strong relationship (r=.873, p=.001) between Turkish and English forms of the scale. For CFA, Kaiser Meyer Olkin (KMO) value was .863 and the results of Bartlett Sphericity Test were appropriate (X2 = 1173,6; p=.001, df=91); model-data fit indices for JeffSPLL-MS© with 14 items in three factors were also satisfactory ((X2/df =1,51); RMSEA=0,046; NFI=0,918; RFI=0,902; CFI=0,971) and factor loadings of items were ranging between.522 and.764. The Pearson correlation coefficient as the indicator of concurrent validity of the scales LLTS and JeffSPLL-MS© was calculated as .624 (p=.001). The internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) of the total scores gathered from JeffSPLL-MS© is .843 and stratified alpha coefficient is .892. Cronbach alpha values for the subscales are as follows: .830 (F1=Learning beliefs and motivation), .719 (F2=Skills in seeking information), .721 (F3=Attention to learning opportunities). The test-retest reliability values for the scale, and its subscales were ranged between.709 and.812 within a four-week period. It is concluded that JeffSPLL-MS© can be used as a valid and reliable measurement instrument for medical education studies in Turkey.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether coordination of prehospital emergency health services and Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (DEMP) and being prepared for disasters, such as building collapses, allow quick evaluation and fast intervention.Methods: The information flow, hierarchy, treatment, and rehabilitation processes, and rescue organization and planning during the rescue attempt for 35 people who needed help due to this building collapse were reviewed.Results: Of the 43 people who lived in this 8-story building, 35 were inside the building during the collapse; 40% of them were assessed as injured and 60% as exitus. Almost two-thirds (64.3%) of the injured individuals who were rescued were women. The mean duration until rescue was 330 (57.0-512.0) min.Conclusions: Leading and important factors that can increase the success rate in search and rescue interventions are informing official authorities as first early warning by individuals who can clearly define the situation, early security measures by security forces arriving before the health and search-rescue teams, accurate identification of estimated numbers of injured victims, and identifying and informing appropriate hospitals which victims rescued from the debris will be transferred to there.

Aim: Although the term 'addiction' was previously used only to describe excessive alcohol and substance abuse, it has recently been realized that some behaviors have a neurobiological basis similar to alcohol and substance addiction. Food addiction is one of these behaviors. In many studies, it has been suggested that especially obese and overeating people have food addiction (1,2). The aim of our study was to compare the food addiction prevalence among obese and non-obese persons who applied to obesity and family medicine outpatient clinics. Material-method: The patients who applied to the Family Medicine outpatient clinic and obesity outpatient clinic between 15.01.2019-30.06.2019 were included in the study. The age, gender, weight, height, and smoking status of the patients were questioned. Yale Food Addiction Scale which was developed by Ashley N. Gearhardt (1) et al and adapted to the Turkish language by Bayraktar (2) et al was conducted on the individuals who volunteer to participate in the study. Results: 195 patients without obesity and 403 patients with obesity were included in the study. The mean age and body mass index, the distribution of gender, and smoking status of the individuals are shown in Table 1. The food addiction prevalence in the obese group was 33,7% and 14% in the non-obese group. The prevalence of food addiction was significantly higher in obese individuals (p

Objectives: Within the last two decades, an increase has been seen both in autoimmune diseases and obesity, therefore, the correlation between obesity and autoimmunity has been questioned and many studies have been conducted on this issue. Based on this relationship, we aimed to determine whether the weight loss affects the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibody levels of obese individuals with thyroid autoimmunity or not. Methods: The patients who were aged over 18 years, had a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 Kg/m2 and TPO antibody ≥ 5.60 IU/mL were included in the study. The primary endpoint was the change in TPO antibody levels of the patients at the end of the sixth month of the follow-up. The correlations of TPO antibody levels with anthropometric and laboratory measurements were evaluated. Results: At the end of the sixth month of follow-up of the patients, TPO antibody levels decreased after weight loss (p < 0.001). No significant correlations were found between the differences in weight, fat mass, muscle mass and TPO antibody levels (p = 0.171; p = 0.656; p = 0.939). Conclusions: Weight loss caused a decrease in the levels of TPO antibody levels in the obese individuals having thyroid autoimmunity pointing that weight loss might be useful to stop the progression or lead to regression of the disease.