Reza Goudarzi; Majid Fasihi Harandi; Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini; Mohammad Ebrahimipour
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Background: Training of expert human resources is one of the main and basic objectives of developed countries. One of the important challenges for attainment of this objective is shortage in funding and financial resources. This is while medical branches, due to being specialized and requiring vast practical ...
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Background: Training of expert human resources is one of the main and basic objectives of developed countries. One of the important challenges for attainment of this objective is shortage in funding and financial resources. This is while medical branches, due to being specialized and requiring vast practical courses, need spending considerable financial costs for training competent students.Objectives: The present study aimed to estimate the costs of training medical parasitology and mycology students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences.Methods: This was a descriptive research. The data collection tool was a form designed by researchers using various resources. Educational and non-educational costs of the academic year of 2017-2018, with a top-down approach, were analysed to estimate the costs of training and educating post-graduate students. Analyses were made using Microsoft Excel 2013 software.Results: The costs of educating master students in parasitology, Ph.D. students in parasitology, and master students in mycology in the academic year of 2017-2018 were 11,144, 18,365, and 7,821 USD, respectively. Forty-five percent of the total of educational costs was allocated to training Ph.D. students in parasitology alone, and a major share (81%) of these costs had been paid to human resources.Conclusion: Our findings indicated that the financial costs of training and educating students in the parasitology and mycology fields are high, needing the prompt attention of the policymakers of the national medical education system.
Leila Namdar; Mojdeh Salajegheh; Farideh Osareh
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 13-26
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Background & Objective: The purpose of the present study is to trace the scientific status of researchers outputs in the field of parasitology as reflected in science citation databases during 19952010 Methods: In this study outputs of researchers in the field of parasitology were analyzed using ...
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Background & Objective: The purpose of the present study is to trace the scientific status of researchers outputs in the field of parasitology as reflected in science citation databases during 19952010 Methods: In this study outputs of researchers in the field of parasitology were analyzed using scientometric method 3781 records were downloaded from the online Web of Science and then were exported to the basic dataset created for the study in a personal computer For analyzing data were entered into statistical and scientometric softwares such as Excel and HistCite and Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Results: Results show that the average growth rate in outputs of the field of parasitology during 19952010 is zero The highest number of productions is in article format (3190) and in English language (3601) The International Journal for Parasitology has the highest number of articles (2521) the University of Melbourne with 122 articles has the highest number of productions among universities and USA with 976 articles has the highest number of productions among countries Gasser RB with 59 articles has the most articles among authors and “Parasitology Meets Ecology on its Own Terms” by Margolis et al with 2041 has the highest number of citations The most important cluster in parasitology field is Infection Diseases (3514) with the following subjects: Parasitology Veterinary Sciences Tropical Medicine Infection Diseases Microbiology Immunology and Virology Conclusion: This study is a guide for researchers experts and policy makers in the field of parasitology