Saeide Garousi; Behshid Garrusi
Volume 9, Issue 1 , July 2012, , Pages 25-33
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Background & Objectives: Inter professional Education for students are introduce as an alternative to traditional educational methods Using this method of teaching had positive effects on student learning professional performance and patient care But students ̓ values are important obstacles in ...
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Background & Objectives: Inter professional Education for students are introduce as an alternative to traditional educational methods Using this method of teaching had positive effects on student learning professional performance and patient care But students ̓ values are important obstacles in this kind of educational The aim of the present study is to identify students stereotypes regarding practitioners and nurses as an obstacle in Inter professional Education Methods: In this cross sectional study 415 medical and nursing students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences were selected Data collection was based on a questionnaire The questionnaire contains questions about medical and nursing students` stereotypes about each other and about Inter professional Education Data were analyzed by using statistical software SPSSV16 Results : Medical students believed that doctors will show the higher professional characteristics than nurses and vice versa All students agreed with this educational program Most issues should be considered in interdisciplinary education including clinical skills training education of any kind of common skills professional ethics communication skills and interact ion with the patients Conclusion: The survey`s results indicate a need for interdisciplinary training of students that should be considered by educational planners
Pourandokht Asadollahi; Abdolhussein Shakurnia; Hossein Elhampour
Volume 8, Issue 1 , July 2011, , Pages 58-66
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Background and Objective: One of the professional duties of university faculty members is student counseling T he aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of faculty members toward advising and counseling students in Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) Methods: In this descriptive ...
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Background and Objective: One of the professional duties of university faculty members is student counseling T he aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of faculty members toward advising and counseling students in Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) Methods: In this descriptive crosssectional study the attitudes of 114 faculty members toward students counseling were investigated using a 34item questionnaire applying 5point Likert scale The validity and reliability of the questionnaire had been confirmed through a pilot study Data were analyzed through SPSS software using mean and chi square test Results: Fifty seven percent of the faculty members participated in the study was females with teaching experience of 1485±88 years Faculty members asserted that they are interested in students counseling (mean score: 412 out of 5) but have moderate knowledge about the advisory task (mean: 361) Mean total score of the present statues of students counseling in the university was 338±056 and that of the ideal situation was 405±038 (p=0001) Conclusion: It is concluded that faculties have a positive attitude toward the importance and necessity of student counseling but believe that the implementation of this process is not properly monitored and supported in AJUMS Support of advisory teachers and more attention to their statues can be very beneficial in the process of students counseling
Ali Koosha; Nahid Kazemizanjani; Abass ali Nourian; Nouredin Mousavinasab
Volume 7, Issue 1 , July 2010, , Pages 70-74
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Background & Objective : Need assessment is can be applied as a tool for a better usage by managers and designers of Continuous Medical Education (CME) programs Hence this study was conducted to assess general practitioners viewpoints about Continuous Medical Education Programs held in Zanjan University ...
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Background & Objective : Need assessment is can be applied as a tool for a better usage by managers and designers of Continuous Medical Education (CME) programs Hence this study was conducted to assess general practitioners viewpoints about Continuous Medical Education Programs held in Zanjan University of Medical Education Methods : This descriptive study was conducted on all general practitioners of Zanjan province (450 persons) but only 260 ones participated by filling in the questionnaires Results : The motive to participate in CME programs in 462% of the participants was gaining credit points while updating scientific information was reported in 388% of them 588 percent of the physicians believed that the effect of CME programs was moderate to high 565% wanted 5 to 10 CME programs a year The influence of CME programs place was high to very high according to 642% of the participants 512 percent preferred weekends whereas 407% preferred daily fourhour programs 588 percent were in favor of holding pretests and posttests to determine the qualitative effect of the program Conclusion : According to general practitioners CME programs could be more effective So it is recommended to hold these programs at the weekends one day a week and four hours a day Five to ten programs are also suggested in a year
Nayereh Salmani; Hengameh Amirian
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2006, , Pages 11-18
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Background: Clinical education environment is a place for improving clinical skills of nursing students and preparing them for working in the hospital Studies have shown that students expectation of their clinical education environment is different from what exists in reality That is they are always ...
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Background: Clinical education environment is a place for improving clinical skills of nursing students and preparing them for working in the hospital Studies have shown that students expectation of their clinical education environment is different from what exists in reality That is they are always looking for a better learning environment Therefore finding any factor affecting clinical learning is essential in planning clinical education programs Objectives: To compare nursing students and their instructors viewpoints about clinical education environment Methods: In this descriptive study 119 nursing students and 14 instructors in Islamic University of Yazd were randomly selected Data gathering tool was a twopart questionnaire The first part included demographic features and the second part included items for viewpoint assessment This part contained items about “the relationship between students and their instructors” “the presence of learning opportunities in hospital” “support of students by instructors” and “hospital facilities” Results: Clinical education environment was poor according to 11% moderate according to 77% and good according to 12% of the students while it was evaluated as being moderate by 50% and good by 50% of the instructors and there was significant statistical difference between the two groups in their viewpoints about clinical education environment (p=0001) In addition to the total score in three domains “instructorstudent relationship” “learning opportunities” and support of students by instructor” had better viewpoints comparing to the students (p=0001) Conclusion: The differences between instructors and nursing students viewpoints about the condition of clinical education environment is important and identifying these differences can help recognizing key problems of clinical education environment