Mohammadreza Shakibi; Mina Mobasher; Maryam Okhovati; Elham Iranmanesh; Elham Sharifpoor; Manzume Shamsi Meymandi; Mahmoodreza Dehghani
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Background: Several research skills training courses are designed for both faculty members and students in educational and research institutions around the world.Objevtives: The current study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate a short-term research skills training course for faculty members of ...
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Background: Several research skills training courses are designed for both faculty members and students in educational and research institutions around the world.Objevtives: The current study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate a short-term research skills training course for faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences.Methods: The current scholarship study was conducted in three stages, in 2017. The first stage comprised of a comparative study needs assessment, and course design. The training course was conducted with the participation of 30 faculty members and the teaching of 10 experienced professors. Participants were evaluated through practical work and homework. Instructors were evaluated by participants using survey forms. The course was evaluated through interviews with several participants and professors.Results: After eight months of research and holding 16 sessions (which each took between 2 to 4 hours), a course with three main modules was designed in 2017. Instructors used appropriate teaching methods, including interaction with participants, problem-solving, discussing, teamwork, and practicing at home. According to the results of the evaluation, the content of the course was appropriate for the research activities of participants. Besides, they believed that the instructors were among the strengths of the course.Conclusion: Certainly, increasing research skills of faculty members will lead to better guidance of assistants and qualitative improvement of research conducted by students.
Mahshid Loloie; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Azam Bazrafshan; Maryam Okhovati; Ali Mohammad Mokhtari; Morteza Zare
Volume 13, Issue 5 , January 2017, , Pages 505-514
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Background & Objective: academic failure has always been one of the major challenges of higher education institutions that could cause serious individual and social outcomes This study aimed to analysis the effect of potential factors on students academic failure in Kerman University of Medical Sciences ...
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Background & Objective: academic failure has always been one of the major challenges of higher education institutions that could cause serious individual and social outcomes This study aimed to analysis the effect of potential factors on students academic failure in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This was an unmatched casecontrol study The study population consisted of all undergraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in two semesters in 2012 From 514 selected students 246 were assigned to the case group and the rest were studied in the control group Data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire via consensus methodology The questionnaire consisted of three sections: individual family and academic factors Reliability of the questionnaire was approved by a group of faculty members and its internal consistency was estimated as 082 Data were analyzed using SPSS software Results: The mean age of studied students was 222 years The mean grade point average (GPA) of was 142 and 169 in cases and controls respectively Academic failure was 164 times more in boys than the girls (P = 002) and 159 times more in students who had a sense of frustration (P = 002) Students who reported using drugs tobacco or alcohol experienced academic failure 639 times more than the others (P = 001) Conclusion: Academic failure is a phenomenon affected by multiple factors Therefore reducing it requires the participation of a wide range of people taking part in students learning
Zeinab Shabouni; Esmat Nouhi; Maryam Okhovati
Volume 13, Issue 1 , April 2016, , Pages 75-83
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Background & Objective: Teambased learning (TBL) is an effective method of interpersonal skills training which results in the higher satisfaction of students with learning Moreover cooperative learning results in attainment of problem solving skills resolving of learning issues and critical thinking ...
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Background & Objective: Teambased learning (TBL) is an effective method of interpersonal skills training which results in the higher satisfaction of students with learning Moreover cooperative learning results in attainment of problem solving skills resolving of learning issues and critical thinking Therefore the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of TBL of medical information systems course on academic achievement in postgraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This quasiexperimental interventional study was conducted using pretest and posttest method during two semesters The study population consisted of graduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences The participants (30 subjects in the intervention group and 30 in the control group) were selected through census and purposive sampling The subjects were randomly allocated to the intervention and control groups The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software Results: All subjects were admitted to the postgraduate program in 2014 The mean age of participants was 29 ± 41 years in the range of 2346 Moreover 550% of the participants were women and 617% were single and living in the dormitory The mean critical thinking score before and after the intervention was 262 ± 2876 and 271 ± 249; the difference was statistically significant (P < 0013) A statistical significant difference was observed between the mean total score of students in the intervention and control groups (P = 0001) Conclusion: The results illustrate that TBL is more effective in the increasing of training skills communication techniques critical thinking and satisfaction among students in comparison to the lecture method These results illustrate the students tendency toward active and cooperative learning in comparison to traditional unilateral and passive teaching methods TBL is effective in promoting critical thinking and academic achievement among students in comparison with conventional methods
Maryam Okhovati; Azam Bazrafshan; Morteza Zare; Leila Abdollahi; Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan
Volume 12, Issue 4 , January 2016, , Pages 606-617
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Background & Objective: Publishing in journals indexed in wellknown indexes is the best way to present an article internationally It also illustrates the contribution of scholars to the advancement of knowledge in the world This study aimed to investigate the scientific output of Kerman University ...
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Background & Objective: Publishing in journals indexed in wellknown indexes is the best way to present an article internationally It also illustrates the contribution of scholars to the advancement of knowledge in the world This study aimed to investigate the scientific output of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran in Web of Science (WOS) during 2004 to 2013 Methods: This applied research uses scientometrics and citation methods to investigate the scientific publications of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during 20042013 The data were gathered from Web of Science Results: During this time period researchers at Kerman University of Medical Sciences had published 1053 documents in WOS Most of the documents were in article format The growth rate of scientific contribution was 70% and the universitys Hindex was 30 The papers distribution followed the Lotkas law In total the papers had received 4619 citations Only 247% of papers were written by one author The studied researchers had the most collaboration with Tehran University of Medical Sciences among Iranian universities and the University of Amsterdam among foreign universities The fields pharmacy and pharmacology had produced the most papers Conclusion: The results indicated a growing trend in publications and high rates of scientific collaboration by Kerman University of Medical Sciences It is suggested that different departments follow the experience of departments with the most productivity in order to increase their output In this way all departments will contribute to the universitys scientific output Moroever new policies should be considered to increase the citation rate
Somayeh Shahroudi; Aliakbar Haghdoost; Farzaneh Zolala; Maryam Okhovati; Mohammadreza Baneshi
Volume 12, Supplement , July 2015, , Pages 131-139
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Background and Objective: In order to promote quality of education, teaching performances of all academic staff are evaluated by students every semester. This study aims to address the changing trend of staff scores in different semesters, and factors affecting it, in Kerman University of Medical Sciences, ...
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Background and Objective: In order to promote quality of education, teaching performances of all academic staff are evaluated by students every semester. This study aims to address the changing trend of staff scores in different semesters, and factors affecting it, in Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran, using multilevel modeling. Moreover, the results were compared to that of simple linear regression modeling.
Methods: In the present analytical study, the scores of 336 academic staff of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during 2008 to 2012 were extracted from the students’ monitoring website. The tutor’s code was used for the identification of their scores in different semesters and was entered into the multilevel models. In order to investigate the effects of gender, work experience (in years), school (seven schools), and academic rank (master, assistant professor, associate professor, professor), the simple regression and multilevel models were compared. To study the significance of the random intercepts, the likelihood ratio test was used. In addition, to study the goodness of fit of the models, the Akaike information criteria (AIC), Bayesian information criteria (BIC), and the mean squared error (MSE) were used.
Results: The results showed that time had a significant positive impact on the improvement of staff scores. However, the scores of male and female staff were not significantly different. The scores of professors were significantly higher than assistant professors. In addition, the score of dental school staff was significantly higher than that of medical school staff. The comparison of the goodness of fit of models showed that the multilevel modeling provided a better fit to the longitudinal data. In the linear regression model, variables such as work experience and academic rank (professors in comparison to assistant professors and nursing school staff in comparison to pharmacology school staff) were falsely considered significant, due to the lack of consideration of the dependence of longitudinal observations of the evaluation and correction of standard errors.
Conclusion: The multilevel model, due to the consideration of the dependence of longitudinal observations of the evaluation, provides a better fit to data. Moreover, the incorrect use of the linear regression model, considering longitudinal observations to be independent, led to erroneous conclusions. The results of the present study, in terms of the goodness of fit of the models, showed a positive trend in scores of academic staff of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. In other words, the scores have improved over time.
Maryam Okhovati; Mina Moradzadeh; Farzaneh Zolala
Volume 11, Issue 2 , August 2014, , Pages 139-152
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Background & Objective: Recently a new technology ie Web 20 has emerged and it is increasingly used in education Wiki is one of the web 20 application which is used in Elearning Wiki is a simple easy editable interactive application that enhances learning so this study was conducted to investigate ...
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Background & Objective: Recently a new technology ie Web 20 has emerged and it is increasingly used in education Wiki is one of the web 20 application which is used in Elearning Wiki is a simple easy editable interactive application that enhances learning so this study was conducted to investigate the effect of using wiki on learning information searching skills on medical students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: The study population included the medical students who have chosen the information technology (IT) course in the second semester in 2013 The course was held in four groups two groups were selected randomly One group was considered as test group teaching through wiki (wikispaces) The second one was the control group traditional teaching (lecture) We asked about students attitudes toward learning through a researchermade questionnaire Result: The most of the students (719%) have used at least one of the web 20 technologies and 219% used Wikis The mean scores of two groups increased and the difference between the mean scores was significant The mean and standard deviation of the students scores before and after training through Wiki enhanced from 280 ± 185 to 1285 ± 426 whereas it was 383 ± 430 to 1375 ± 325 in the traditional group (P < 0001) There was no significant association between two teaching methods (wiki and traditional) (P = 0560) and the improvement of both groups was almost equivalent but most of students (55%) preferred training by wiki Conclusion: Teaching through Wiki had a positive effect on learning Regarding Wiki capabilities it can be used as a supplement method for teaching
Mohammad Reza Baneshi; Somayeh Shahroudi; Maliheh Rezaei; Farzaneh Zolala; Maryam Okhovati; Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Volume 11, Issue 2 , August 2014, , Pages 196-204
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Background & Objective: Improving the quality of education is the most central values of academic institutions and higher education Given professors have played a decisive role in this context for assessing the quality of education we need to evaluate the quality of instruction One of the ...
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Background & Objective: Improving the quality of education is the most central values of academic institutions and higher education Given professors have played a decisive role in this context for assessing the quality of education we need to evaluate the quality of instruction One of the common methods for professors evaluation is evaluation by students that it usually takes place at the end of each semester With regard to the professors evaluation data are of various types: the longitudinal data or repeated measurements over time therefore to evaluate it the quality of instruction should be used with longitudinal data analysis However such methods often are explained by complex methodology This article introduces multilevel linear model and generalized estimating equations approach and valueadded models by simple and applied expression as appropriate models for analysis of longitudinal data such as professors evaluation data
Maryam Okhovati; Vahid YazdiFeyzabadi; Amin Beigzadeh; Mostafa Shokoohi; Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani
Volume 11, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 101-113
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Background & Objective: Evaluation is necessary to ensure the quality of education in any educational system Any educational program needs to be evaluated critically before any modification and revision This study was conducted to evaluate the program of Bachelor Degree in Health Services ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation is necessary to ensure the quality of education in any educational system Any educational program needs to be evaluated critically before any modification and revision This study was conducted to evaluate the program of Bachelor Degree in Health Services Management at Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran by applying the CIPP model of evaluation (Context Input Process Product) Methods: In this crosssectional descriptive study 10 faculty members 64 students and 90 alumni participated Three valid and reliable questionnaires were completed regarding four dimensions and nine domains of CIPP model In order to analyze the data ManWhitney Pearson correlation and descriptive statistic tests were applied Results: The whole scores for the context input process and product were 234 297 368 and 255 respectively Faculty members significantly gave a higher total score for context in comparison to alumni (P < 005) nevertheless there was not any significant difference between these both groups regarding the product total score In addition there was not any significant difference between faculty members and students in input and process scores A significant correlation was observed for different dimensions of the CIIP model (P < 005) Totally health care management program was evaluated as a partially accepted program Conclusion: CIPP evaluation model can show the advantages and disadvantages of an educational program therefore decision and policy makers can come to a point whether to stop review or continue a program
Maryam Okhovati; Halimeh Sadeghi; Reza Shojaei
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 200-210
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Background & Objective: Knowledge maps graphically draw a branch of science and help to describe it more precisely This research was conducted to study the scientific productivity and collaborative coefficient of medical education authors during 20022011 Methods: This descriptive study was done using ...
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Background & Objective: Knowledge maps graphically draw a branch of science and help to describe it more precisely This research was conducted to study the scientific productivity and collaborative coefficient of medical education authors during 20022011 Methods: This descriptive study was done using scientometric techniques The papers indexed in Web of Science were searched using medical education keywords The retrieved records were entered into Excel and HistCite Citation analysis techniques were used and the map was drawn Results: The rate of productivity was 28% 10123 retrieved records were published in 1506 journals and most were published in Medical Education Journal 5791 educational institutes contributed to publishing papers Van der Vleuten published more papers than other authors The collaborative coefficient was moderate 122 countries contributed to publishing these papers and USA was the most active country Finally 5 clusters were identified including learning methods in medical education job depression the effect of working hour reduction on health services evaluation of professional competency in medical education and the relationship between medical sciences and industry Conclusion: Medical education follows an ascending trend in scientific productivity The results of the current study can be used in future planning and help this field to improve
Manzumeh Shamsi Meimandi; Maryam Okhovati; Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 50-57
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Background & Objective : Improving social and cultural status of faculty members is among the main universities duties aimed to encourage them to improve society knowledge and culture All faculties in a university are not active and effective in the same way This study was done to determine ...
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Background & Objective : Improving social and cultural status of faculty members is among the main universities duties aimed to encourage them to improve society knowledge and culture All faculties in a university are not active and effective in the same way This study was done to determine the selection criteria and the ways to appreciate the pioneer faculty members in order to initiate a reverence strategy for them Methods : In this crosssectional study a researchermade questionnaire was distributed among all the official faculty members in Kerman University of Medical Sciences after its validity and reliability were confirmed This questionnaire consisted of demographic features and fifteen 4Likertscale statements to select pioneers and 11 statements to determine the reverence strategies Results : The response rate was 66% Thirty six percent of faculty members were instructors 48% assistant 10% associate and 6% were full professors Among the pioneer selection criteria the highest mean score belonged to “goodreputation and standard morality” and “having international publications” In contrast the lowest score belonged to “age” and “executive experiences” “Consulting pioneers about the current affairs and engaging them” and “inviting them to participate in meetings” were suggested as the best reverence ways “providing facilities” and “fixing photographs and biographies on walls” were of the lowest importance Conclusion : In spite of the general concept of pioneer in which establishment and organizing are significant the faculty members preferred ethical and research criteria Financial facilities and earning reputation found the lowest importance among the reverence ways while respecting and consulting them about the university affairs were suggested as the best ways This shows the self confidence and high sociocultural status of teachers which necessitates more attempts in symbolizing and improving their status
