Negin Niksadat; Mahnaz Solhi; Zahra Jalili; Shayesteh Shirzadi; Mohsen Mohammadi; Mahmod Reza Gohari
Volume 13, Issue 4 , November 2016, , Pages 375-383
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Background & Objective: Selfmedication is one of the chief health problems and educational programs on its prevention are very important An educational program can be considered effective if it can make the necessary changes in participants knowledge and behavior The aim of this study was to evaluate ...
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Background & Objective: Selfmedication is one of the chief health problems and educational programs on its prevention are very important An educational program can be considered effective if it can make the necessary changes in participants knowledge and behavior The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational prevention program of selfmedication in women using the Kirkpatrick model Methods: This evaluation study was carried out on 88 women The cluster sampling method was used The data collection tools consisted of the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and a researchermade questionnaire based on the Kirkpatrick model the validity and reliability of which were measured The experimental group attended the educational program for 1 month The effectiveness rate of the course was calculated based on significant differences in learning reaction and behavior scores of the case and control groups during the pretest and posttest The collected data were analyzed in SPSS statistical software using descriptive and analytical statistical tests Results: The mean scores of desirability rate of participants reactions in terms of students perception of learning environment students academic selfperception students social selfperception students perception of atmosphere and students perception of teachers were 4481 ± 706 3150 ± 411 2250 ± 354 4310 ± 746 and 4137 ± 520 respectively After the educational intervention ttest results showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in mean score of knowledge change and attitude change in the second evaluation level and also between mean score of behavior change in the third level (P < 0001) Conclusion: According to the Kirkpatrick model the educational prevention program of selfmedication resulted in favorable outcomes in the three evaluated levels of reaction learning and behavior and showed satisfactory efficiency
Mahnaz Didehvar; Zahra Jalili; Iraj Zareban; Mahnaz Shahrakipour; Noor Mohammad Bakhshani
Volume 12, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 472-484
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Background & Objective: The phenomenon of occupational stress is an inevitable part of professional life that has negative effects on different areas of life The purpose of this research was to identify the effects of PRECEDE modelbased training on reduction of nurses occupational stress Methods: ...
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Background & Objective: The phenomenon of occupational stress is an inevitable part of professional life that has negative effects on different areas of life The purpose of this research was to identify the effects of PRECEDE modelbased training on reduction of nurses occupational stress Methods: The present study was a quasiexperimental study on nurses First subjects with a medium to high stress level were chosen Then the nurses of Iran and KhatamOlAnbia hospitals Tehran Iran were randomly assigned as intervention (n = 40) and control (n = 41) groups Data gathering tools included the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) to determine nurses occupational stress and PRECEDE Model Structures Questionnaire to provide educational intervention Training was carried out in two 4hour sessions in two consecutive days Subjects were monitored for 3 months Statistical analysis was performed before and 1 month and 3 months after training using SPSS software Descriptive statistical tests independent ttest repeated measures oneway ANOVA and Pearson correlation were used Results: Mean NSS score of the intervention group reduced from 11280 ± 1746 to 9315 ± 2879 after the training Moreover after training the variables of reinforcement enabler and manner showed a significant increase in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 005) Conclusion: Results showed that the PRECEDE model for stress management education was effective in the reduction of nurses stress level
Zahra Jalili; Faeizeh Sahbaei-Rooy
Volume 11, Issue 4 , February 2015, , Pages 464-470
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Background & Objective: Universities use different tools to evaluate their own teaching practices and many factors are involved in the education process that may affect learning This study aimed to evaluate educational environment from the view of clinical psychology student of the Science and Research ...
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Background & Objective: Universities use different tools to evaluate their own teaching practices and many factors are involved in the education process that may affect learning This study aimed to evaluate educational environment from the view of clinical psychology student of the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University Tehran Iran based on the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) model Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 30 female students of clinical psychology in Islamic Azad University The subjects were selected through convenience sampling method Data were collected using DREEM and analyzed using SPSS software Results: The majority of samples were 1823 years old and 767% of them were single The mean and standard deviation of students perception score in the 5 domains of learning (total score = 60) teachers (total score = 55) academic ability (total score = 40) educational environment (total score = 50) and social conditions (total score = 35) respectively were 4099 ± 1352 3707 ± 1076 2364 ± 889 3917 ± 1474 and 2220 ± 878 No statistically significant difference was observed between demographic information and mean educational environment score (P < 0001) Conclusion: An important characteristic of the social status of the university is that it directly impacts education Thus the improvement of this status must be prioritized by officials In this respect holding training and retraining classes in order to gain learning skills and improve educational environments consulting students and designing problem management methods may be effective in the educational empowerment of students
Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Zahra Jalili; Esmat Asadi Karam
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 88-94
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Background: Although morning report is a wellknown term in medical education and one of the most practical clinical training methods there is not still consensus among experts on its standards Nonetheless it seems that the first step for improving the quality of this training method is to obtain a comprehensive ...
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Background: Although morning report is a wellknown term in medical education and one of the most practical clinical training methods there is not still consensus among experts on its standards Nonetheless it seems that the first step for improving the quality of this training method is to obtain a comprehensive picture of its current statue Objective: to assess the characteristics of morning reports (such as their durations participants and their responsibilities management of these sessions and…) in training hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2006 Methods: In this crosssectional study 36 morning report sessions held in all of the training wards were observed over one week Data were gathered by direct observation The observer attended the sessions as an ordinary participant and it was tried to use complete observer method Results: among 36 assessed morning reports the maximum sessions were held in major wards (each one held 5 sessions) The duration of the longest and shortest ones was 90 and 35 minutes respectively In 30 sessions the academic staff played the main role of managing discussions while in 5 sessions they were only asking questions and in one session staff presented a lecture In 13 sessions interns did not have any role in presenting patients the corresponding numbers for residents and students were 16 and 0 respectively In overall the number of participants in the beginning and at the end of sessions was more or less equal while around 14% of participants were not present during the whole period of the session Conclusion: Considerable variations were found among the training wards in running morning report sessions There were some weak points in running these sessions such as the frequency and duration of sessions low rate of participation by students and interns and reporting outpatient cases but most of the wards apply the training method more or less effectively
Ashraf Adhami; Tayebh Fasihi Harandi; Zahra Jalili; Zahra Fattahi; Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 95-101
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Introduction: Students as the major part of education are one of the best sources of information in each educational system One of the uses of this source of information is studying the achievement of educational goals Objective: To determine the adequacy rate of presented trainings in achieving educational ...
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Introduction: Students as the major part of education are one of the best sources of information in each educational system One of the uses of this source of information is studying the achievement of educational goals Objective: To determine the adequacy rate of presented trainings in achieving educational goals of Obstetrics & Gynecology ward from the point of view of interns Methods: All interns of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2005 2006 including 93 ones were enrolled into the study Data gathering was done by using a questionnaire including the subjects of training materials in Obstetrics & Gynecology ward Participants were asked to determine the adequacy of presented trainings for each subject Results: From 93 interns 637% were female 711% were single and 522% have started their medical education program before 2000 Mean age of participants was 257 ± 2 years From all 466% have seen the approved program of Obstetrics & Gynecology ward and 529% asserted that they had been informed of the educational goals at the beginning of the course The highest adequacy rates were obtained for determining gestational age and estimated delivery date based on LMP (907%) fetal heart rate controlling (873%) and prenatal cares (816%) while the lowest adequacy rates were related to inserting and removing Norplant (respectively 168% and 162%) and inserting IUD (198%) Mean total percentage of training adequacy in two domains of diagnosis & therapeutic activities and emergency activities showed no significant difference based on age year of enrolling marital statue and sex Mean total score of training adequacy in diagnostic ;therapeutic domain including 31 cases was 558 ± 143 and in emergency activities including 8 cases it was 5223 ± 21 that shows a significant difference (P= 0002) Conclusion: From the point of view of studied interns based on the approved educational goals presented trainings in Obstetrics & Gynecology ward had not been adequate Therefore improving the quality of clinical training and its continuous evaluation in order to make it compatible with educational goals and changing needs of community is necessary