Mitra Amini; Mohammad Reza Dehghani; Javad Kojuri; Gholam Reza Safaee Ardekani; Mohammad Mehdi Sagheb; Mahboobeh Saber; Leila Bazrafcan; Zahra Karimian
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 185-188
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Background & Objective : The importance of considering general trainings of students and gaining updated knowledge together with curriculum overload and large volume of lessons especially in medicine necessitate presenting most of the students educational needs in form of short term courses ...
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Background & Objective : The importance of considering general trainings of students and gaining updated knowledge together with curriculum overload and large volume of lessons especially in medicine necessitate presenting most of the students educational needs in form of short term courses Hence this study aimed to assess the participants point of view about the first national interdisciplinary summer school regarding achievement of educational objectives in Shiraz Methods : In overall 63 students from 13 universities of medical sciences participated in this course The topics were divided into four major groups including medical education medical ethics management ingenuity and creativity with their subgroups They were discussed in 83 issues during 100 working hours using lectures and other active educational methods Results : According to the students point of view the highest educational efficiency belonged to medical education and then to ingenuity and creativity More than 90% of executers mentioned that achieving educational objectives in each subgroup was very good or excellent According to the evaluation the mean score ( ± SD) of the programs executers and lecturers was 1897( ± 118) out of 20 Conclusion : Considering the effectiveness of this program continuing such a program allocating resources and developing them should be noticed in all universities
Sedigheh shayegh; Hosein Mirkhani; Leila Bazrafcan
Volume 6, Issue 1 , July 2009, , Pages 40-49
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Background & Objective : Since 2003 University Open Day (UOD) is being held in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences to introduce the Universitys capacities and help students become familiar and finally select a study field This study aimed to evaluate students point of view about the effect ...
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Background & Objective : Since 2003 University Open Day (UOD) is being held in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences to introduce the Universitys capacities and help students become familiar and finally select a study field This study aimed to evaluate students point of view about the effect of UOD on selecting field of study in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Methods : In this descriptive crosssectional study a selfdirected questionnaire was distributed amongst students of all study fields and educational levels including technicians bachelors medicine dentistry and pharmacy in entrance years 2003 to 2007 in their classrooms Results : Among 940 students of entrance years 2003 to 2007 in all fields and educational levels only 218 (23%) had visited the UOD Most of them (60%) declared the reason that they chose their field was their matriculation score alone or together with other factors 27 percent (the minority) believed that the guidance provided by UOD attending authorities was a contributing factor to select a field The majority (635%) demonstrated that parents contributed to field selection while 05% chose the guidance provided by UOD attending authorities as a contributing factor 36 percent of students declared that they chose the University due to being close to their hometown or family and only 2 (1%) declared that the guidance provided by UOD attending authorities affected their choice Conclusion : According to the results of this study and costs of holding this program revisions should be made in following years and UOD should be held in other forms