Mansoor Masjedi; Razieh Neshatavar; Shahla Dashti; Farid Zand; Mehrdad Askarian; Ali Mahbodi; Mahsa Samiee
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 84-89
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Background & Objective: Journal club is one of the classical methods of medical education dating back to 100 years ago This method can be used for teaching critical evaluation evidencebased medicine research design statistics and educational concepts to medical residents The purpose of this ...
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Background & Objective: Journal club is one of the classical methods of medical education dating back to 100 years ago This method can be used for teaching critical evaluation evidencebased medicine research design statistics and educational concepts to medical residents The purpose of this study was to investigate the anesthesiology residents attitude toward a new method of presenting journal club (with the presence of specialists in community medicine and/or statistics) Methods: This was a crosssectional interventional study performed in the adult intensive care unit of Namazi Hospital Shiraz Iran From among 50 faculty members and second year anesthesiology residents participating in the journal club through both the new and traditional methods 36 returned their viewpoints A questionnaire with 19 items was designed by the researcher with the collaboration of the Medical Education Development Office and the Anesthesiology Department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Iran The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by educational experts and its reliability was reported as over 90% using Cronbachs alpha coefficient Results: The intervention group (journal club sessions with the presence of community medicine or statistics professionals) scored significantly higher than the control group on all items of the questionnaire The participants in the experimental group reported that the most important effects of the new approach was their better understanding of statistical terms and research methodology a positive attitude toward the usefulness of interdisciplinary communication article reviews and the application of results in clinical practice development of article assessment skills creating motivation for further research causing desire to participate in other journal clubs and recommending colleagues to participate in such clubs Moreover Spearmans rank correlation coefficient showed that with the increase in the number of journal club sessions participated in the rate of knowledge and desire to participate in more sessions also increased Conclusion: Participants admitted that they had improved academically and were generally satisfied with this new approach Regarding the generalizability and implementation in other training centers this new approach can be exploited in other departments of specialized medical fields In case of achieving valid and reliable results the approach can be proposed as a national model
Alia Saberi; Shademan Nemati; Saba Fakhrieh Asl; Abtin Heydarzadeh; Ali Fahimi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 218-224
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Background & Objective: There are many reasons that it is necessary to change the culture educational environment and curriculum of medical education toward addressing and developing the fundamentals of medical professionalism The primary objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of residents ...
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Background & Objective: There are many reasons that it is necessary to change the culture educational environment and curriculum of medical education toward addressing and developing the fundamentals of medical professionalism The primary objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of residents about training professionalism in the School of Medicine in Guilan University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 189 residents of Guilan University of Medical Sciences based on a questionnaire adjusted to culture and ethical issues of Iran in 201112 The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was confirmed The data were analyzed by ttest and using the Stata statistical software Results: In this study 140 residents from 14 fields participated with mean age of 322 ± 449 years More than 50% of residents rated the success of medical professionalism education programs as medium to high More than 40% of them have considered the effect of role model educators in the education of these principles to be great 629% of residents agreed with the theoretical–practical teaching of these principles Conclusion: The degree of success of educational programs in various fields of medical professionalism was acceptable but needs improvement The residents acknowledge that they learn the principles of professionalism from their educators in a hidden educational curriculum but believe that they must also be taught in theoretical and practical units