Masoud Mayel; Nazanin Shahabinezhad; Atefeh Payandeh; Ahmad Alinaghi Langari
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused international health concerns. University students, especially medical students, considered to experience higher anxiety levels. This high level of anxiety may lead to many challenges and unfavorable consequences.Objectives: This study aimed to assess psychological ...
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused international health concerns. University students, especially medical students, considered to experience higher anxiety levels. This high level of anxiety may lead to many challenges and unfavorable consequences.Objectives: This study aimed to assess psychological well-being and the prevalence of anxiety among medical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted on Kerman University of Medical Sciences medical students from April to June 2021. The participants were asked to complete Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), Goldberg and Hiller’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and a demographic information questionnaire. Data were analyzed by statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) for windows, version 24, at the significance level of p <0.05 and highly significant level of p<0.001. The multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and multiple regression were employed as Statistical tests.Results: A total of 201 medical students participated, 60.3% being female. The adjusted mean score of COVID-19 anxiety was 11.05 (1.91), and the mean scores obtained for GHQ28 subscales, including somatic, anxiety, social dysfunction, and depression symptoms, were 5.82 (4.41), 7.75 (3.18), 4.49 (5.14), and 10.12 (7.25), respectively. Different factors, including gender and educational level, significantly affected the components of these two questionnaires. Based on linear regression model, anxiety/Insomnia and depression subscales of GHQ28 questionnaire increased COVID-19 anxiety levels.Conclusion: The COVID-19-related anxiety level of medical students was mild. Female students and students with higher educational levels experienced more anxiety attributable to COVID-19. The general anxiety and depression levels were mild. These data highlight that in critical circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, university authorities need to consider medical students’ psychological well-being.
Raika Jamali; Neda Moslemi; Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad; Maryam Alizadeh; Reza Shariat Moharari
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Background: There is a paucity of literature regarding the medical students’ perspectives on web-based training of clinical reasoning.Objectives: This study aimed to describe the implementation of a web-based training course of clinical reasoning for medical students and to evaluate their satisfaction ...
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Background: There is a paucity of literature regarding the medical students’ perspectives on web-based training of clinical reasoning.Objectives: This study aimed to describe the implementation of a web-based training course of clinical reasoning for medical students and to evaluate their satisfaction with the program.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Fifty internal medicine interns were consecutively enrolled. The study consisted of two phases. The first phase focused on the development of a web-based training module of clinical reasoning. The second focused on evaluating the trainee’s satisfaction with the virtual course. The educational content of the program was prepared by an expert panel and incorporated in a web-based educational tool designed for virtual training purposes. The students’ satisfaction with the virtual course was assessed using a questionnaire. Each item of the questionnaire was scored from 0 (0) to 1.5 (100). The content validity of the questionnaire determined by an expert panel, and its reliability was measured.Results: The mean score of each item of the questionnaire ranged from 77.3 to 85.3 which showed that the participants agreed with the items of the questionnaire. Also, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was excellent in nine items of the questionnaire, good in four items, and acceptable in three items. The intraclass correlation coefficient was also estimated as 0.98.Conclusions: The participants were satisfied with the web-based training tool for clinical reasoning, used in the present study. The developed questionnaire also showed good validity and reliability for the assessment of trainees’ satisfaction with the web-based training module of clinical reasoning.
Ali Akbar Rohani; Reyhaneh Ebrahimi; Habibeh Ahmadipour
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Background The patient-centered approach improves the quality of health care. Promoting this approach will increase the patients’ satisfaction and improve interpersonal skills among health care providers. Objectives The aim of the current study was to compare the viewpoints of interns toward the ...
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Background The patient-centered approach improves the quality of health care. Promoting this approach will increase the patients’ satisfaction and improve interpersonal skills among health care providers. Objectives The aim of the current study was to compare the viewpoints of interns toward the patient-centered approach in the beginning and the end of the internship at the Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KUMS). Methods This longitudinal study was carried out at KUMS between March 2017 and July 2018. All medical students who had passed the internship entrance exam were selected through a census. The Persian version of the patient-practitioner orientation scale (PPOS) was completed at the start and the end of the internship. This instrument has 18 items in two 9-item subscales: sharing and caring. The minimum and maximum scores were 1 to 6, respectively. The higher the score, the more the patient-centered orientation. The data were analyzed by SPSS using independent and paired -tests, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression. Results The mean scores of PPOS were 3.92 ± 0.42 and 3.86 ± 0.37 at the beginning and the end of the internship, respectively. This difference was not statistically significant. The mean score of the caring subscale significantly increased during internship but no significant change was found in the mean score of the sharing subscale. Conclusions The results of our study showed that the patient-centered attitude toward patient caring improved during the internship in the majority of interns but no significant improvement was found in terms of patient sharing. Significant progress can be made in the quality of physician-patient communication and patient satisfaction if necessary training programs are run on patient-centeredness.
Aziz Shamsi; Safoura Dorri
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Context Effective clinical skills training of medical students can guarantee a higher quality of care, diagnosis, and treatment for patients. Therefore, selection of appropriate methods of clinical education is of great significance. Mastery learning is one of the learning models in which educational ...
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Context Effective clinical skills training of medical students can guarantee a higher quality of care, diagnosis, and treatment for patients. Therefore, selection of appropriate methods of clinical education is of great significance. Mastery learning is one of the learning models in which educational progress is not dependent on time, but rather performance. In this model, the learner is constantly assessed until achieving mastery. All students can achieve the same level of learning, although the amount of time required for mastery is variable. Objectives The purpose of the present study was to review the literature on the effects of mastery learning on the clinical education of medical students. Data Sources This systematic review was conducted in English and Persian databases to evaluate articles on mastery learning in clinical education, published from 1990 to 2016. In the primary search, 503 articles were retrieved using Persian and English keywords, including “clinical teaching” and “mastery learning”. After reviewing the abstracts, 50 relevant articles were selected, and, finally, 26 articles were reviewed. Results Based on the findings, mastery learning can improve skill mastery among students, reduce the complications of medical interventions, increase the students’ self-confidence, reduce the required time for skill acquisition, increase the students’ knowledge, and improve their communication skills. Also, this method of learning has been effectively applied in medicine, nursing, and occupational therapy for students and hospital staff. Conclusions Mastery learning is a suitable method for teaching clinical skills to students. Considering the advantages of this method, it can be used effectively to train students from different medical disciplines.
Mitra Amini; Marjan Parizad; Sara Rivaz; Mohammad Mehdi Sagheb; Mozhdeh Rivaz
Volume 12, Issue 5 , February 2016, , Pages 709-717
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Background & Objective: Cheating in the university can be a predictor of workplace fraud and workplace fraud among physicians and specialists will have negative consequences This study was performed for the purpose of determining the prevalence of all kinds of cheating among medical students which ...
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Background & Objective: Cheating in the university can be a predictor of workplace fraud and workplace fraud among physicians and specialists will have negative consequences This study was performed for the purpose of determining the prevalence of all kinds of cheating among medical students which were in their last three years of Medical School at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2010 Methods: The study sample consisted of 136 medical students in their last three years of study The participants were selected through simple random sampling The data collection tool was a selfadministered questionnaire The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability was reported as 087 in a study Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent ttest (for the variable of gender) in SPSS statistical software Results: All students answered the questionnaire; thus the response rate was 100% Among the respondents 64% were male and the rest female According to the results more than 80% of students had experienced copying during an exam at least once during the academic period Moreover 25% of students have performed at least one kind of plagiarism in writing their thesis and essays The performance of medical students in the clinical course showed that 50% of students had cheated at least once during their academic period The rate of cheating was significantly lower in female students Conclusion: Although the majority of students have a positive attitude and believe cheating to be a dishonest action half of them have cheated This may be due to stress caused by examinations Therefore it seems that students behaviors should be changed and they must receive the necessary training in this regard so that stress is not the cause of fraud and this phenomenon is inhibited
Abbas Aghaei Afshar; Majid Fasihi Harandi; Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani
Volume 12, Issue 4 , January 2016, , Pages 684-686
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Educational decline among university students during the first university terms is generally observed as a reason of the big change in lifestyle and not being accustomed to dormitory atmosphere or it can be as a result of being involved with emotional matters due to the special age at which they enter ...
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Educational decline among university students during the first university terms is generally observed as a reason of the big change in lifestyle and not being accustomed to dormitory atmosphere or it can be as a result of being involved with emotional matters due to the special age at which they enter university This research concerns the situation of a medical student ((Mohammad)) who enters Kerman medical university with a perfect educational background and a top rank in entrance exam of university but he encounters a noticeable underachievement in educating as soon as he starts his courses at university Mohammad who is from a relatively supportive family and has a suitable financial situation in his family gets involved with an emotional case and its following problems and matters facing a breakup at this stage he is suffered with depression and severe educational decline His family in order to help him acts mistakenly and it brings about bigger problems Therefore after finishing two university terms with conditional educational situation he exposes with the warning of being dropped out of university Noticing the importance of this stage of life among university students more than the consideration of university teachers needs the contribution of consulting center of university in an effective way so that they can identify students with emotional conflicts that leads them toward educational underachievement and then offering them suitable and helpful consultation aimed to help them pass this serious phase of life and moreover how to adopt themselves with new situations surely with having their family support as well
Novin Nikbakhsh; Simin Mouodi
Volume 11, Issue 3 , November 2014, , Pages 360-366
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Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences ...
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Background & Objective: Assessment of perceptions of the students undertaking different examinations is useful in the determination of the efficacy of evaluation methods in medical education The aim of this study is to assess the attitude of medical interns of Babol University of Medical Sciences Iran about objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in surgery during the years 20092013 Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytic study A researchermade questionnaire was distributed among the students immediately after the final OSCE of the surgery course and their perception about the different aspects of this examination was assessed in the form of 5point Likert scales Data analysis was performed by Stata SE software All values of P were considered significance if P < 005 Results: In 164 medical students who filled out the questionnaires the frequency of satisfaction of students were: 46% with the examination location 358% with the type of questions at each station 397% with fairness and rationality of questions and 294% with suitability of time allocated to stations 354% with standardized patients (SP) 478% with supervisors 623% anxiety effect and 353% overall satisfaction with the examination was reported at high or very high level Overall satisfaction of students had a significant relationship with anxiety examination location type and fairness of the questions time allocated to stations functions of SPs and supervisors (P < 005) Conclusion: Overall these students perceived the OSCE as a suitable method to assess their clinical skills Surgery is an important and critical course in the training of medical students and accurate evaluation of clinical competences of trainees in this course should be performed with appropriate examinations like OSCE Therefore continuous quality improvement of these exams effective feedback to the students and implementation of educational workshops for them during the course can be useful
Seiyed Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani; Mostafa Javanian; Ali Shabestani Monfared; Iman Jahanian
Volume 11, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 3-12
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Background & Objective: Scientific Olympiads are planned to identify creative innovative and the most talented students These competitions create cheerful environments in order to increase the capabilities and motivation of the students Satisfaction and loyalty of the participants are suitable ...
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Background & Objective: Scientific Olympiads are planned to identify creative innovative and the most talented students These competitions create cheerful environments in order to increase the capabilities and motivation of the students Satisfaction and loyalty of the participants are suitable characteristics to evaluate the efficacy of an Olympiad This study was performed to evaluate the success rate of the 4th Scientific Olympiad of Medical Students of Iran about empowerment and loyalty in the participants viewpoints Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted in 201213 on the participants of the 4th Medolympiad of Iran The research sample was selected by census Data collection was performed by a researchermade questionnaire the validity and reliability of which were confirmed The data were analyzed using SPSS software at significant level of < 005 Results: Among the 320 participants from 4 groups 62 students (27%) were in the domain of basic science 50 students (22%) in clinical reasoning 56 students (24%) in health management and 61 students (27%) in innovation The mean score of preparation in the Universities of Medical Sciences was 25 ± 11 (out of the total score of 5) The 4th Medolympiad gained a score of 32 ± 11 out of 5 in personal empowerment and 37 ± 12 out of 5 in loyalty There was a significant correlation between the level of preparation in Medical Universities and the type of university (P < 0001) There was a significant correlation between the level of loyalty and the type of university (P < 0001) Moreover there was a significant correlation between the level of loyalty and academic degree of students (P = 0029) Conclusion: The success rate of the 4th Medolympiad in terms of empowerment and loyalty of students was higher than the moderate level therefore it is necessary to improve the subsequent periods
Habibeh Ahmadipour; Reza Vafadar
Volume 10, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 335-342
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Background & Objective: Studies indicated that medical student abuse is likely to have a considerable negative effect Compared to nonabused students abused students reported more anxiety depression difficulty with learning thoughts of dropping out and alcohol use problem Other studies showed that ...
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Background & Objective: Studies indicated that medical student abuse is likely to have a considerable negative effect Compared to nonabused students abused students reported more anxiety depression difficulty with learning thoughts of dropping out and alcohol use problem Other studies showed that stress associated with being abused negatively impacted on career decisions Methods: This was a crosssectional study carried out by Medical Educational Development Office of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran All medical students in clinical course were selected through census method Students viewpoint towards treatment in clinical setting evaluated using a questionnaire The validity of the questionnaire confirmed by a number of experts and its reliability determined using a pilot study with Cronbachs alpha 067 Results: One hundred sixty eight questionnaires were completed Medical student abuse was reported by 93% of the respondents Verbal abuse was the most frequently experienced abuse followed by academic abuse gender discrimination and physical abuse Physicians residents were the most often reported as abusers The most frequent emotional response to abuse was sadness (97%) Conclusion: Experience of abuse in clinical setting is common among medical students To improve the learning environment medical educators need to take action to resolve this serious issue
Alireza Ghaffari Nejad; Sharzad Mazhari; Fariborz Estilaee
Volume 10, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 369-375
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Background & Objective: Many years ago conventional teaching ways have been used to train psychiatry in medical students Videotape training is a newer teaching way and has many usages such as taking feedback and students evaluation training disorders diagnosis and psychopathology improve psycho education ...
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Background & Objective: Many years ago conventional teaching ways have been used to train psychiatry in medical students Videotape training is a newer teaching way and has many usages such as taking feedback and students evaluation training disorders diagnosis and psychopathology improve psycho education psychopathology and etc Methods: Videotape was prepared for twelve psychiatric symptoms Medical students were divided into two groups and either conventional training or videotape training was used for each group Finally the questionnaires were distributed among the students to determine its effectiveness Results: 43 students were in conventional and 37 students were in videotape training group Age gender marital status and academic grade were similar in both groups Global score was significantly higher in videotape training group Score of five symptoms were significantly higher in this group ie delusional memory delusional mood intermetamorphosis syndrome double orientation and passivity feeling Conclusion: Results were similar with previous studies and showed that videotape training is more effective than conventional training Effectiveness of videotape training depends upon multiple factors such as teaching objectives videotapes quality and the way those are prepared
Fariba Haghani; Bahareh Aminian; Tahereh Changiz
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, , Pages 132-140
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Background & Objective: In order to achieve an efficient teaching in all fields including Medicine effective teachers are needed and to evaluate the efficiency of teachers students comments are a remarkable indicator Since during the recent decades Emotional Intelligence has been mentioned as one ...
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Background & Objective: In order to achieve an efficient teaching in all fields including Medicine effective teachers are needed and to evaluate the efficiency of teachers students comments are a remarkable indicator Since during the recent decades Emotional Intelligence has been mentioned as one of the characteristics of distinguished teachers this study aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence and its components among professors of basic sciences level of Medicine field selected as distinguished teachers by senior students in comparison to other professors in this level Methods: In this descriptive study all Medicine students of the selected university in the final semester of basic sciences phase (n=65) were asked to name their five top distinguished teachers Finally 8 teachers who had the highest votes were considered as the distinguished group To assess teachers emotional intelligence the standard questionnaire of BarOn is distributed among all teachers of basic sciences (53 cases) and their emotional intelligence in 15 different components was evaluated Data were analyzed through SPSS software and by using correlation and independent ttest Results: Mean total score of Emotional Intelligence of distinguished teachers (35213) was higher compared to that of the other teachers (33788) but the difference was not significant The scores of distinguished group in the subscales of happiness optimism selfconfidence and flexibility were significantly higher compared to the other teachers (P
Mohammad Ali Nadi; Alireza yosefy; Tahereh changiz
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, , Pages 173-181
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Background & objective : Self directed learning is increasingly used in dentistry and medical programs in order to improve students lifelong learning skills Since there are a limited number of studies about self directed learning in Iran any research on students readiness for selfdirected learning ...
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Background & objective : Self directed learning is increasingly used in dentistry and medical programs in order to improve students lifelong learning skills Since there are a limited number of studies about self directed learning in Iran any research on students readiness for selfdirected learning seems necessary This study was aimed to explore Medical and Dentistry students perceptions of self directed learning and its relationship with students personal traits (age gender high school and university grade point averages and score of basic sciences program) Methods: In this descriptivecorrelation study 81 extern intern completed the standard self directed learning scale consisted of 40 items in 3 subscales Students scores in the applied scale and basic sciences program together with the average and mean of all past terms scores were considered as indices for academic achievement One way ANOVA Pearson correlation coefficient multiple regression were used for analyzing data Results: Selfdirected learning readiness showed a significant relationship with students grade point average but a negative relationship with basic sciences score (p
Esmail Fakharian; Zahra Tagharrobi; Fakhrosadat Mirhoseini; Seyed Asghar Rasouli Nejad; Hosein Akbari; Hosein Ameli
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 153-160
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Background & Objective : Failure to pass academic courses and graduation delay are among important issues in educational systems In regard to the importance of recognizing causes of academic failure this study was designed to find risk factors of course failure academic probation and graduation delay ...
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Background & Objective : Failure to pass academic courses and graduation delay are among important issues in educational systems In regard to the importance of recognizing causes of academic failure this study was designed to find risk factors of course failure academic probation and graduation delay in medical graduates of Kashan University of Medical Sciences Methods : In this crosssectional study all graduates of Medical school in kashan University of Medical Sciences from 1986 to 2003 (n=586) were selected through census sampling method Demographic features the incidence and state of retaking academic courses academic probation and graduation delay were recorded in a questionnaire Then probable risk factors were determined by analyzing data through Chisquare and Fisher exact tests and logistic regression Results : Academic probation was seen in 32 ones (51%) and it had the highest prevalence in the first two semesters Course retaking and graduation delay had respectively occurred in 98 (1672%) and 189 subjects (323%) Biochemistry and Professional English were the most frequent retaken courses The most important risk factors of academic failure were found to be interuniversity transfers following quota system in student admission nondomestic admission being married and having low high school Diploma grade point average Conclusion : Considering the important role of demographic features educational background and admission criteria in academic standing modifying admission requirements as well as identifying and supporting at risk students are highly suggested
Azam Meyari; Ahmad Sabouri Kashani; Mitra Gharib; Mahdi Beiglarkhani
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 110-118
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Background & Objective : Students learning style as one of the effective factors on learning and academic achievement is always taken into consideration in a successful educational system Identifying learners learning style would lead to selecting more appropriate teaching methods by teachers ...
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Background & Objective : Students learning style as one of the effective factors on learning and academic achievement is always taken into consideration in a successful educational system Identifying learners learning style would lead to selecting more appropriate teaching methods by teachers and learning styles by learners Therefore this study was aimed to identify medical students learning style and its relationship with their academic achievement Methods : In this descriptiveanalytic study medical freshmen and fifthyear students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences participated by completing the standard questionnaire of Kolbs The average of all students theoretical and practical exam scores together with the fifthyear students OSCE and preinternship exam scores were considered as indices for academic achievement Results : The most common learning styles among the freshmen were convergent (503%) and assimilation (366%) whereas the fifthyear medical students mentioned convergent (69%) and accommodation (167%) There was a statistically significant difference between learning styles in both student groups (P=00001) convergent and accommodation learning styles were more common among fifthyear students compared with the freshmen while such a result was the inverse for divergent and assimilation learning styles There was no significant difference between learning style and students academic achievement Conclusion : As convergent learning style was considered to be the dominant one and simulation laboratory assignments and problem–based learning are the most suitable learning atmospheres it is appreciated if educational planners prepare such environments
Somayeh Noori Hekmat; Mohamad Reza Maleki; Hamid Reza Baradaran Attarmoghadam; Reza Dehnavieh
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 181-184
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Background & Objective : Nowadays immigration of health care graduates is one of the most important challenges for which health care policy makers should try to find a solution Hence t his study was conducted to determine the most significant contributors to immigration of graduates to foreign ...
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Background & Objective : Nowadays immigration of health care graduates is one of the most important challenges for which health care policy makers should try to find a solution Hence t his study was conducted to determine the most significant contributors to immigration of graduates to foreign countries Methods : In this crosssectional study conducted on the students of Iran University of Medical sciences 407 students were selected using stratified sampling method Data was collected using a questionnaire its validity was already confirmed by experts and its internal consistency reliability was calculated by Chronbachs alpha (r=089) Results : According to the study samples point of view the highest scores were given to economic factors with the mean score ( ± SD) of 431 ( ± 03) out of 5 while official and educational factors ( =429 SD=05) professional factors ( =404 SD=07) globalization ( =345 SD=068) social factors ( =333 SD=077) and cul tural factors ( =326 SD=11) were in the next steps Conclusion: Our results suggest that policymakers should consider significant factors such as economic and educational ones to maintain expert health care workforce In planning such strategies one must focus on expanding educational and career opportunities It is also recommended that Iranian health policymakers notice issues like oversaturation of job market in some especial fields
Manoochehr Mahram; Behrooz Mahram; Seyyed Nouroddin Mousavinasab
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2009, , Pages 71-79
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Background & Objective : It has been years that the traditional method of lecture is used for teaching and both teachers and students are unsatisfied with this methods tediousness and low efficacy According to low experience in teaching theoretical clinical courses via studentbased group discussion ...
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Background & Objective : It has been years that the traditional method of lecture is used for teaching and both teachers and students are unsatisfied with this methods tediousness and low efficacy According to low experience in teaching theoretical clinical courses via studentbased group discussion in small groups this study was performed to compare learning resulted from the aforementioned method and lecture Methods In this semiexperimental study lecture and group discussion in small groups (6 to 8 members) were tested in theoretical course of pediatrics in four series of students in Zanjan School of Medicine Some topics were taught using lecture while others were taught using studentbased group discussion At the end of all classes quizzes were given to the students the results from these quizzes and final exams were compared in both teaching methods Results The mean percentage of correct answers in quizzes in methods of group discussion and lecture were 84% and 45% respectively which was significantly different (P = 00001) The mean percentage of correct answers to the questions in final exams was 67% and 65% for group discussion and lecture accordingly while there was no significant difference(P=019) Conclusion : Regarding the results of this study and similar researches learning via group discussion seems to be more profound and effective but this profundity was not present in the final exam which may be due to the defects in designing questions and emphasizing on students memorized content
Saeed Kalbasi; Mohsen Naseri; Gholamreza Sharifzadeh; Ali Poursafar
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 10-16
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Background & Objective : Learning and its improvement are the foundation of all activities in educational systems One of the most important effective factors on students learning is their learning style Being aware of the learning style used by students help teachers to assist the students for a ...
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Background & Objective : Learning and its improvement are the foundation of all activities in educational systems One of the most important effective factors on students learning is their learning style Being aware of the learning style used by students help teachers to assist the students for a better use of different learning styles On the other hand teachers can change their own educational style according to the students learning style to reach maximum level of efficacy This research was performed in order to identify medical students learning styles in 2007 Methods : In this descriptive study a questionnaire including demographic questions and Kolb Learning Style Inventory was distributed amongst all medical students who were attending the first semester of 2007 in Birjand University of Medical Sciences This tool allows classification of learning styles into 4 groups: converging accommodating assimilating and diverging Results : Among 267 distributed questionnaires 175 were filled by students 68 percent of students were female mean (±SD) age of the students was 22(±25) and their grade point average was 165(±15) The most prevalent learning style was converging (52%) followed by assimilating (286%) diverging (97%) and accommodating (97%) There was no significant relationship between learning style and age sex educational level and grade point average Conclusion : Considering that people with converging learning style are competent in solving problems it necessitates that teachers at universities change their traditional methods into new ones like Problem Base Learning (PBL) and Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) so that they help students learn immense medical information
Marzieh Moghadam; Narges Rostami Gooran; Modaber Arasteh; Narges Shams Alizadeh; Azad Maroofi
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 26-34
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Background & Objective : Students at university are always exposed to a lot of psychological problems during their education due to experiencing new problems and different stresses Thus teaching life skills was added to medical and midwifery freshmens curriculum for the first time in Kurdistan University ...
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Background & Objective : Students at university are always exposed to a lot of psychological problems during their education due to experiencing new problems and different stresses Thus teaching life skills was added to medical and midwifery freshmens curriculum for the first time in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2006This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the aforementioned program on the students knowledge and attitude to life skills and their psychosocial capabilities improvement Methods : In this quasiexperimental study cases were 51 medical and midwifery freshmen and control group included 42 medical and midwifery students who were in their second semester Data was collected using a questionnaire which its validity and reliability were confirmed Results : The mean scores of the students knowledge and attitude increased significantly in cases in comparison to controls (719 in contrast to 466 P=00001 and 874 in contrast to 590 P=00001 respectively) According to two way ANOVA field of study did not influence on the efficacy of education regarding students knowledge and attitude Mean score of psychosocial capabilities increased significantly only in cases of midwifery group compared to their control group (2475 in contrast to 2014 with p=00001) Conclusion : Teaching life skills to students in a systematic and organized way in a form of single unit course had a significant effect on improvement of students knowledge and attitude to life skills and psychosocial capabilities It is obvious that education should continue for at least one year in order to have constant results
Afsaneh Borghei; Mohammad Reza Rabie; Sahar Ester Abadi; Ali Abtahi
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 108-115
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Background & Objective: Writing dissertation is an opportunity for students to become familiar with methodology of a research process during the period of education In recent years there has been special emphasis on proper studies structure similar and scientific writing process in research reports ...
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Background & Objective: Writing dissertation is an opportunity for students to become familiar with methodology of a research process during the period of education In recent years there has been special emphasis on proper studies structure similar and scientific writing process in research reports and dissertations Attending methodology workshop for faculties and students together with preparing booklets has helped a lot but still there is a long way to meet the optimal standards This study was conducted to evaluate methodological structure of medical dissertations in Golestan University of Medical Sciences from 1996 to 2005 Methods : This is a descriptiveanalytic Study For data collection all of the dissertations (257) were studied and scored with a check list that was designed for a national research on thesis The maximum score for each thesis was 500 Results : The results showed that the mean score ( ± SD) of the dissertations has increased from 2699( ± 78) in 1996 to 3515( ± 331) in 2005 According to this study 769 percent of dissertations had statistical consultants and the most frequent design was crosssectional There was a significant relationship between final score of dissertations and grade of them (r=038 P=0039) The weakest parts of the dissertations were methodology then statement of problem and then discussion Conclusion : Although methodology structure of medical dissertations has improved considerably recently but there is a long way to reach optimal status Education of faculty members and students in research field guiding students for finding best tactics of research and supporting them to perform researches help to enhancement of dissertations quality This needs a fundamental reform in long term planning for medical education
Zahra Hosseini Nejad; Seyed Ali Mohammad Arabzadeh; Nematollah mousapour
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2007, , Pages 102-110
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Background: Comprehensive evaluation of educational systems involves the evaluation of programs and performances of the whole administrative system as well as schools and educational departments In accreditation model a recently emerged model internal evaluation is the first step and it ensures the internal ...
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Background: Comprehensive evaluation of educational systems involves the evaluation of programs and performances of the whole administrative system as well as schools and educational departments In accreditation model a recently emerged model internal evaluation is the first step and it ensures the internal quality of universities Objective: To determine the educational statue of educational groups in Kerman School of Medicine from 19941998 through internal evaluation as the first step of accreditation Method: In this descriptive study educational performance indicator including drop out rate waste rate survival rate average of study duration and rejection rate of Kerman Medical students admitted from 199498 (n= 486) were determined by using Report Cards of Students Results: From all studied subjects 250 students were female and 239 were male The waste rate of the total examined students was 37% the rejection rate was 35% Average of study duration was 1525 semesters drop out rate was 08% and promotion rate was 965% The rejection rates of the nonquota and quota students were respectively 25% 77% The minimum rejection rate (3%) was in year 1996 and the maximum rejection rate (39%) was in year 1994 The maximum rejection rates were related to the second semester of the first year in admitted students of 1995(163%) 1996(12%) and 1998(104%) In all academic years the maximum failure rates were for basic sciences and specialized courses (67%) Conclusion: Since the maximum rejection rate in all three studied years is related to the second semester of first year and the maximum failure rate was found for basic sciences and specialized courses it is necessary that educational authorities as well as the educational programmers review the lesson arrangement and contents of these courses
Navid Omidifar; Nikoo Yamani; Alireza Yousefi
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2007, , Pages 118-125
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Background : The importance of adequate training of Medical students in regard to the reading and interpretation of ECG is obvious and there are various studies about new methods of teaching ECG interpretation Objective : This study was aimed to determine the effect of teaching ECG interpretation in ...
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Background : The importance of adequate training of Medical students in regard to the reading and interpretation of ECG is obvious and there are various studies about new methods of teaching ECG interpretation Objective : This study was aimed to determine the effect of teaching ECG interpretation in workshops and to compare it with current method of ECG training in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Methods: This experimental study was done on two groups of students using pretest/ posttest design For this purpose 88 Medical students of an academic semester admitted to the university in the same year were selected and randomly divided into two groups of experimental group (taught in the workshop) and control group (taught by the current method) during Internal Medicine Ward Results: In whole 88 students participated in the study of whom 45 were in the experimental group and 43 ones in the control group In the experimental group mean (±SD) scores of the pretest (6 ± 11) and posttest test (17 ± 7) showed a significant difference (p=00001) Mean difference of pre and posttest scores in experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P=00001) Eighty five percent of students in the control group believed on the inefficacy of ECG training in the current educational system while 8380% of participants in the experimental group believed on the efficacy of ECG workshop on their learning Conclusion: Using new educational methods to improve the quality of educational system and to provide some new opportunities for students to learn by more initiative ways are highly necessary The obtained results showed clearly the efficacy of the new method comparing to the current one
Mohsen Rezaeian; Zinat Salem; Siyavash Dehghan; Ahmad Reza Sayadi; Farhad Iranmanesh; Mohammad Hasan Ahmadi
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 72-79
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Background: Submitting thesis is one of the most important tasks of medical students Moreover medical theses can be considered as a basic source for improving the health statues of the society Objective: The aim of this study was critical appraisal of the submitted theses by medical students of Rafsanjan ...
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Background: Submitting thesis is one of the most important tasks of medical students Moreover medical theses can be considered as a basic source for improving the health statues of the society Objective: The aim of this study was critical appraisal of the submitted theses by medical students of Rafsanjan Medical School during 1993 2003 Methods : In the present cross sectional study 332 Medical theses were evaluated by using a questionnaire Data analysis was done by using simple descriptive methods and Chi square test Results: According to the results 258 theses (777%) have been well written Theses submitted during the recent years had better quality comparing to others (924% versus 739%) Theses supervised by more than one leader were better in comparison to those with only one leader (915% versus 739% P= 0002) Moreover theses with at least one advisor had a better quality than those conducted without any advisor (884% versus 397% P= 00001) Conclusion : Better quality of theses submitted during the recent years can show the beneficial effect of participation of both medical students and their supervisors in Research Methodology Workshops held in the recent years This fact has also been reported in other studies
Nouzar Nakhaee; Hadi Nikpour
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, , Pages 10-17
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Background: Tomorrow doctors or today students should be honest in all the aspects of academic work including conducting a research project and writing the thesis Objective: This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of research fraud among medical students according to their subjective ...
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Background: Tomorrow doctors or today students should be honest in all the aspects of academic work including conducting a research project and writing the thesis Objective: This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of research fraud among medical students according to their subjective experiences and to clarify the attitudes of them towards the issue Methods: A questionnaire which its reliabiltiy and validity were confirmed was distributed among 104 interns It consisted 7 items concerning major types of research fraud which were determined based upon an extensive literature review and a focus group discussion with interested medical students They were asked about the prevalence of each type of the research misconducts and their prevalence among medical students Results: The response rate was 100% Fifty four percent of the repondents were female Fabrication of data and falsification of the findings were reported to be as high as 37 and 40 percent respectively The subjectively estimated prevalence of plagiarism was between 25 to 50 percent About 58 percent of them approved copying others work whilet 71 percent of them disapproved unethical research behavior towards the patients Conclusion: If the results could be generalized to the whole country they might be regarded as a major educational and ethical problem The result warrant further research and concern about the mandatory research system and alternative approches
Nozar Nakhaee; Seyyed Vahid Seyyed Hosseinie
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 57-63
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Background: Cheating among university students is highly common so that some experts have described it as “epidemic” Objective: To determine the opinion of medical students in one of medical universities towards cheating and to estimate its frequency Methods: A selfadministered ...
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Background: Cheating among university students is highly common so that some experts have described it as “epidemic” Objective: To determine the opinion of medical students in one of medical universities towards cheating and to estimate its frequency Methods: A selfadministered questionnaire content valid and reliable was distributed among medical students (between years 1 to 6) at the end of lectures They were asked to estimate the frequency of cheating among their classmates and to show whether or not they approve the cheating behavior types on a likert scale Results: Of three hundred and two students participated in the study all replied 68% of respondents were female and the rest were male The range of the students in each level was 31 persons (level three) to 85 ones (the sixth level) According to the findings “attendance of another person in the exam session” was the most rejected cheating type ( =413) and the most approved type of cheating was “not informing the teacher about the wrong higher score” ( =263) A considerable rate of students (about 50%) approved some types of cheating The relative frequency of some types of cheating has been estimated to about 50% Comparing the students opinions showed no significant difference in terms of sex Conclusion: Paying attention to cheating among students is necessary
Masoud Roudbari; Saeed Movahed
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 94-103
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Background: The preinternship (PI) exam is the most important examination of medical students which can assess their abilities in passing the general medicine Objective: To determine the effective factors on the preinternship score and result at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Methods: The research ...
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Background: The preinternship (PI) exam is the most important examination of medical students which can assess their abilities in passing the general medicine Objective: To determine the effective factors on the preinternship score and result at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Methods: The research was a crosssectional on 63 medical students participating in preinternship examinations in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in 2000 The mean scores of basic sciences physiopathology clinical total and the scores of ten important courses of preinternship exam and the demographic variables were recorded and analyzed Results: The failing rate was 204% the relative risks of failing were 36 37 61 109 and 116 for the students with nondistrict group in quota system high age more than 55 year education period (to preinternship) with clinical score mean and total mean lower than the mean of all participants respectively and it was significant Also the mean of preinternship scores was significantly different based on marital status situation in quota system age education period A high correlation was observed between preinternship score and total scores mean physiopathology basic sciences and clinical scores respectively (079 075 073 and 073) Conclusion: Age quota system education period the clinical score mean infections diseases pharmacology and psychiatry scores are the most important factors influencing the exams results due to high and significant relative risks Marital status quota system age and education period cause the students taking part in a preinternship exam to get different means