Esmat Nouhi; Ashraf Adhami; Aliakbar Haghdoost
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, , Pages 56-62
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Background: Teaching Methodology workshop aimed at development of education therefore it must offer the best developed methods of teaching Objectives: To determine the quality of the teaching methodology workshops held in Kerman University of Medical Sciences based on the views of the participators Methods: ...
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Background: Teaching Methodology workshop aimed at development of education therefore it must offer the best developed methods of teaching Objectives: To determine the quality of the teaching methodology workshops held in Kerman University of Medical Sciences based on the views of the participators Methods: The views of all 171 faculty members participated in six teaching methodology workshops were evaluated using the questionnaire approved by The Ministry of Health and Medical Education The questionnaire consisted of two sections: demograophic features & statements on the views based on a 5 Likert scale (from strongly agree to strongly disagree) Its validity was 09 measured by the views of experts Findings: 673 percent of the participators were male and assistant professors 624% 697% of the participants were strongly agreed or agreed upon the statements The most agreement was on proper planning of aims (84%) then giving introductory information in the beginning (81%) sequential outline (82%) respectively The least agreement was found on the facilities (404%) enough time allocated to individual & group discussion (472%) A significant difference was observed between the views based on different workshop sessions (P
Roghaieh Ershad Sarabi; Ali Mirzazadeh
Volume 4, Issue 1 , July 2007, , Pages 57-63
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Background & Objective: The rate of using new information services such as Internet is an important criterion for the assessment of development This study was designed to determine the rate of using internet and biomedical databases by academic staffs of Kerman Medical University (KMU) and their ...
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Background & Objective: The rate of using new information services such as Internet is an important criterion for the assessment of development This study was designed to determine the rate of using internet and biomedical databases by academic staffs of Kerman Medical University (KMU) and their attitude towards the available services Methods : In this crosssectional study 120 individuals referring to the KMU Information Center during a period of three months (the first semester of 2006) were selected by convenience sampling and examined by a selfreported questionnaire consisted of 4 sections related to the demographic features subjects opinions about the availability of soft/hardware and subjects attitude and practice in regard to using Internet Results : The response rate was 74% About 64% of the subjects had personal computers at home of whom only 535% had internet connection Only 35% of male respondents and 20% of female respondents had access to KMU Internet connection (P=012) Among 97% of subjects who had active email addresses only 213% used KMU email service About 73% of the subjects were using the subscribed fulltext databases of KMU Science direct Ovid Blackwell Image MD and MD Consult were respectively the most used sources According to the subjects Internet connection at home had a significant positive effect on their professional communications and use of email services (P
Forougheh Montajeb; Zahra Atai; Hosein Safizadeh
Volume 6, Issue 1 , July 2009, , Pages 57-65
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Background & Objective: Maintaining the international standards and research elements in dissertations leads to clearly showing the results in a scientific way It also facilitates indexing abstracting and easily using them in information sources This study aimed to assess ISO 7144 standards ...
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Background & Objective: Maintaining the international standards and research elements in dissertations leads to clearly showing the results in a scientific way It also facilitates indexing abstracting and easily using them in information sources This study aimed to assess ISO 7144 standards and research elements in dissertations of different schools from 1999 to 2004 in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: In this crosssectional study 602 dissertations in schools of medicine dentistry pharmacy and nursing (masters degree) were evaluated Data was collected using a checklist Results: Results of this study showed that there was a general ascending trend in maintaining ISO standards and research elements in the dissertations The mean rate of maintaining ISO standard and research elements in references (9081%) results (7787%) figures and tables (7729%) were higher than the other parts In literature review (484%) thesis statement (502%) and abstract (5518%) it was lower than other parts This score was the highest in the dissertations of the School of Nursing (709%) in comparison with the other three schools Conclusion: Our results suggest that although an ascending trend in maintaining ISO standards and research elements in the dissertations is met but the general status is not satisfactory Hence it is suggested that maintaining international standards become obligatory so internal dissertations would be applicable and documented in international spectrum together with improvement in quality
Akram Sanagoo; Leila Joibari
Volume 7, Issue 1 , July 2010, , Pages 57-69
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of academic staff is conducted in different ways One of these methods which are commonly applied nowadays is asking students (the only group that experience the direct effect of teaching during the course) about their opinions Hence this study was conducted to present ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of academic staff is conducted in different ways One of these methods which are commonly applied nowadays is asking students (the only group that experience the direct effect of teaching during the course) about their opinions Hence this study was conducted to present the students viewpoints about the evaluation of academic staffs performance using evaluation forms Methods: In this qualitative using phenomenology 40 students of nursing midwifery medicine and allied health sciences from different semesters were participated in individual semistructured interviews and group discussions in order to understand their viewpoints and experiences about evaluation of academic staff in theoretical courses The interviews were taperecorded and transcribed verbatim The data was analyzed using the content analysis method Results: Our findings suggest that although the students are in agreement with evaluating the academic staff they are reluctant to fill in the forms and stated that the current situation is not satisfactory Change relativity a student as a judge noneffective time open doors effective question and noneffective question represent students viewpoints and experiences about evaluating academic staff in theoretical courses using evaluation forms The participants emphasized the evaluation should be used as a positive reinforcement for improving education quality Conclusion: Academic staff is the main elements in students learning and could act inhibitors and facilitators By teaching evaluation one can make changes or corrections in further programs Meanwhile creative interventions are essential to satisfy students
Mohsen Shams; Arash Rashidian
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2006, , Pages 58-68
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Background: The aim of continuous medical education is to improve physicians performance Unfortunately most of the efforts which have been done in recent years for achieving this goal have been ineffective Using ineffective educational methods and techniques are probably the major cause of this deficiency ...
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Background: The aim of continuous medical education is to improve physicians performance Unfortunately most of the efforts which have been done in recent years for achieving this goal have been ineffective Using ineffective educational methods and techniques are probably the major cause of this deficiency Consumerbased models such as social marketing model can be used efficiently in the field of medical education Social marketing is “the use of commercial marketing concepts and tools in programs designed to influence individuals behavior to improve their well being and that of the society” In this paper the main concepts and principles of social marketing model have been explained Consumer analysis market analysis and channel analysis are the main concepts of social marketing that can be used in the field of continuous medical education Conclusion: Although planning educational programs based on the mentioned principles seems to impose more expenses it increases the probability of success and can affect physicians behavior more than other applied programs
Kayghobad Tahernezhad; Fatemeh Javidan
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 58-70
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Background: Assessment of clinical competencies is one of the complicated and hard tasks in medical education Nowadays assessment of clinical performance is significantly patient centered and student centered Traditional methods consisted of faculties observations oral examinations and multiplechoice ...
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Background: Assessment of clinical competencies is one of the complicated and hard tasks in medical education Nowadays assessment of clinical performance is significantly patient centered and student centered Traditional methods consisted of faculties observations oral examinations and multiplechoice tests Increased faculties workload discontent with traditional methods of clinical skill assessment and developments in the fields of psychology and education have led to the formation of new modalities in performance assessment methods with special definition Clinical competency is defined as the ability to gather information from the patient by history taking and physical examination integrating this information in order to make a diagnosis selecting appropriate laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis and efficient disease management At the present time several fields for future direction of performance assessment in medical education are suggested including: a) Evidencebased locally developed assessments b) Understanding educational outcomes and noncognitive assessment factors c) Increase in studentdriven aspect of assessments Attempting to introduce new and advanced medical students clinical performance assessment methods according to the world accredited centers this article analyzed three mentioned directions in field of clinical performance assessment Conclusion : Improvement of performance assessment in local or national level is a complex issue which needs time cooperation recourses and fundamental attempts However this is the price to pay if we believe that clinical competency can improve quality of patient care
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
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.
Fatemeh Robati; Mohammad Mohammad-Bagheri; Fatemeh Hasani
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 64-75
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Background & Objective: Hidden curriculum is a relatively new and very enlightening concept raised by curriculum experts in recent years The aim of the present study was to investigate the hidden curriculum of the doctoral degree and hidden factors of choosing a supervisor Methods: ...
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Background & Objective: Hidden curriculum is a relatively new and very enlightening concept raised by curriculum experts in recent years The aim of the present study was to investigate the hidden curriculum of the doctoral degree and hidden factors of choosing a supervisor Methods: This was a qualitative research performed using the phenomenological method The study data were collected through semistructured interviews In this study all doctoral graduates who had passed the research period (n = 45) were selected using purposive sampling method For data analysis the Strauss and Corbin (1997) method was used (open coding and axial coding) Results: In this study 230 themes were obtained and divided into 5 main categories ( negligence of main tasks lack of social and economic justice inequality of universities lack of communication across borders and lack of equal facilities) and several subcategories Conclusion: The results showed that numerous factors can affect the academic process in universities during this period Therefore more contemplation is necessary during this period
Ali Asghar Arabi Mianroodi; Zahra Asgari Baravati; Nages Khanjani
Volume 9, Issue 1 , July 2012, , Pages 65-76
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Background & Objectives: Nowadays improvement of teaching quality is one of the basics for a credible higher education system and without doubt evaluation and monitoring of teaching quality are important for reaching this goal However different studies have shown that academic evaluation is one of ...
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Background & Objectives: Nowadays improvement of teaching quality is one of the basics for a credible higher education system and without doubt evaluation and monitoring of teaching quality are important for reaching this goal However different studies have shown that academic evaluation is one of the most controversial topics in Medical Education and deserves more research and attention Meanwhile the experience of academics as the subjects of these assessments can be very helpful Methods: The current study is a qualitative (phenomenology) study Interested academics were invited to participate in 4 focus groups each including 6 to 8 participants Open unstructured questions were asked Participants suggested different methods of academic assessment and commented on the pros and cons of each The focus group discussions ended when the conductors felt data saturation has been met Results : Data were analyzed through theme analysis method A total of nine different data sources including seven subjective sources (asking from students head of faculty head of department and colleagues as well as selfassessment twoway assessment and assessment by a third party) and two objective ones (students scoring and the academics output) were mentioned and their pros and cons were explored thoroughly and the methods for increasing data quality from each source were also proposed Conclusion: In order to acquire more fair results academic assessment should rather be done through an appropriate combination of different information sources and by considering the current situation and the shortcomings of each source
Hosein Karimi-Moonagi; Roza Montazeri; Mahnaz Amini; Mohammad-Taghi Shakeri; Mehri Yavari; Mohammad Khajehdaluee; Mojgan Afkhamizadeh
Volume 11, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 65-74
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Background & Objective: Communication skills assessment requires the use of valid instruments The present study has done to investigate concurrent validity of the simulated patient meaning relationship between test results by the simulated or real patient and possibility to generalize the ...
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Background & Objective: Communication skills assessment requires the use of valid instruments The present study has done to investigate concurrent validity of the simulated patient meaning relationship between test results by the simulated or real patient and possibility to generalize the results by simulated patient and in simulated environment for real patient and in bedside Methods: In this correlation study 32 medical externships were enrolled by purposive sampling method The students were divided randomly into two equal and homogeneous groups Using crossover design first group were assessed by real patient initially and then simulated patient and second group were measured conversely Communication skills assessment was done using a checklist retrieved from CalgaryCambridge interview skills checklist The data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics Results: In first assessment comparing scores by simulated and real patient in first group second group and total students showed significant differences In second assessment between two groups the statistics results was not significant with very minor differences (P = 0064) There were positive correlation between scores of total students by simulated and real patient (r = 063) Conclusion: According to the results communication skills of each student in simulated position cannot be generalized to real situation and cannot be claimed that simulated patient can be used instead of real patient
Mohammad Reza Ahanchian; Hoshang Garavand; Azam Mohammadzadeghasr; Seyed Ali Akbar Hosseini
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 70-77
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Background & Objective: Selfdirected learning readiness scale (SLRS) proposed by Fisher et al (2001) is a selfevaluation tool containing 50 questions The aim of the present study was to standardize SLRS for use among Nursing and Midwifery students Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive ...
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Background & Objective: Selfdirected learning readiness scale (SLRS) proposed by Fisher et al (2001) is a selfevaluation tool containing 50 questions The aim of the present study was to standardize SLRS for use among Nursing and Midwifery students Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive psychometric study included all undergraduate students of Nursing and Midwifery of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (N = 550) Study samples were 224 students (27% males and 73% females) The research instrument was selfdirected learning readiness scale Validity was confirmed by determining content validity and construct validity (exploratory factor analysis) and reliability was confirmed by calculating the coefficient of internal consistency (Cronbachs alpha) Results: Three factors of s elfmanagement willingness to learn and selfcontrol were extracted from the SLRS that could explain 345% of the total variance Cronbachs alpha for the entire questionnaire and the mentioned factors were respectively 092 088 082 and 079 The ttest results showed no significant difference between male and female students in regard to the total score In addition multivariant ANOVA demonstrated no significant difference between male and female students in regard to selfdirected learning factors Mean and standard deviation of selfdirecting for all students were 17699 and 2541 respectively Conclusion: R esults showed that selfdirected learning readiness scale has the required validity and reliability to identify selfdirected learning capabilities in Nursing and Midwifery students
Zeinab Shabouni; Esmat Nouhi; Maryam Okhovati
Volume 13, Issue 1 , April 2016, , Pages 75-83
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Background & Objective: Teambased learning (TBL) is an effective method of interpersonal skills training which results in the higher satisfaction of students with learning Moreover cooperative learning results in attainment of problem solving skills resolving of learning issues and critical thinking ...
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Background & Objective: Teambased learning (TBL) is an effective method of interpersonal skills training which results in the higher satisfaction of students with learning Moreover cooperative learning results in attainment of problem solving skills resolving of learning issues and critical thinking Therefore the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of TBL of medical information systems course on academic achievement in postgraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This quasiexperimental interventional study was conducted using pretest and posttest method during two semesters The study population consisted of graduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences The participants (30 subjects in the intervention group and 30 in the control group) were selected through census and purposive sampling The subjects were randomly allocated to the intervention and control groups The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software Results: All subjects were admitted to the postgraduate program in 2014 The mean age of participants was 29 ± 41 years in the range of 2346 Moreover 550% of the participants were women and 617% were single and living in the dormitory The mean critical thinking score before and after the intervention was 262 ± 2876 and 271 ± 249; the difference was statistically significant (P < 0013) A statistical significant difference was observed between the mean total score of students in the intervention and control groups (P = 0001) Conclusion: The results illustrate that TBL is more effective in the increasing of training skills communication techniques critical thinking and satisfaction among students in comparison to the lecture method These results illustrate the students tendency toward active and cooperative learning in comparison to traditional unilateral and passive teaching methods TBL is effective in promoting critical thinking and academic achievement among students in comparison with conventional methods
Sakineh Sabsevari
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 116-124
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Background: Metaevaluation is a process that design collect and use information for judging about evaluation and generally determine weak and strong Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation believed that quality of evaluation is depended on utility feasibility propriety and accuracy A ...
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Background: Metaevaluation is a process that design collect and use information for judging about evaluation and generally determine weak and strong Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation believed that quality of evaluation is depended on utility feasibility propriety and accuracy A utility standard means that evaluation meets informational needs for users Feasibility standards are intended to ensure that an evaluation will be realistic prudent diplomatic and frugal Propriety standards are for doing evaluation at legal and ethical manner with considering welfare of those involved in evaluation and as well as those affected by its results Finally accuracy standards collect adequate information about the features that determine worth or merit of the program being evaluated Conclusion: Metaevaluation try to find a proper method for doing evaluationsIt can include program student project product system institute theory personnel evaluation
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
Ashraf Adhami; Nozar Nakhaee; Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi; Zahra Fattahi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 121-129
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Background: Teachers performance evaluation is one of the most important tools in the education process It is used to determine weaknesses and strengths of education so that by reinforcing the strong points we can improve the education quality Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of practical ...
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Background: Teachers performance evaluation is one of the most important tools in the education process It is used to determine weaknesses and strengths of education so that by reinforcing the strong points we can improve the education quality Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of practical and theoretical teaching evaluation questionnaires regarding the faculty by the students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: The validity and reliability of the existing EDC questionnaires were reevaluated At first the content validity and weight of each item were calculated using the faculty members views then the internal consistency of the questionnaires was determined by alpha chronbach Results: Theoretical and practical teaching methods categories including six and seven items showed the highest validity (095 and 097 respectively) The evaluation category in questionnaire on the theoretical courses indicated the lowest validity (069) The questionnaires having 091 and 097 reliability were considered proper for teacher evaluation according to the students Conclusion: The results of this research showed that only one item should be omitted because of the absence of the suitable content validity However to final confirmation of validity and reliability it is better to use construct validity and test retest methods respectively
Mehrdad Azarbarzin
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 125-132
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Background & Objective: Nursing is a combination of knowledge and art and all aspects of theoretical and practical teaching of nursing must emphasize on these two points but practically the gap between what is theoretically taught at university and what is practically experienced at work is very ...
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Background & Objective: Nursing is a combination of knowledge and art and all aspects of theoretical and practical teaching of nursing must emphasize on these two points but practically the gap between what is theoretically taught at university and what is practically experienced at work is very big Therefore in this study it is aimed to evaluate the application of some academic nursing lessons in practical work from recruiting nurses point of view Methods : This research is an analytical descriptive one Some hospitals in Isfahan were selected using random sampling method All recruiting nurses in mentioned hospitals were 78 and all of them were questioned by the research questionnaire which was in two sections: demographic information and a section about the application of nursing lessons in clinical practice Results : The findings indicated that most of the subjects were female (846%) graduated from Azad universities (641%) had a 612 months career experience (474%) and were working at emergency wards(205%)In addition the highest mean( ±SD) of the applied lessons at work was for medicalsurgical nursing lessons 3468( ± 243) and the lowest one was for maternity child nursing lessons 1158( ±434) there was no significant difference between the mean application of different lessons and it was the same regarding gender but the increase in career experiences showed the decrease in clinical application mean in community health nursing and psychiatric nursing (P=0025 and P=004 respectively) According to Azad universities graduates point of view medical surgical nursing and maternity child nursing lessons were more applicable in clinical practice (P=003 and P=0016 respectively) Conclusion : According to the above findings and studies which were already conducted it seems that there is a noticeable gap between nursing theoretical lessons and nursing clinical practice Therefore this gap must be filled by changing the outlines of university lessons and nursing educational curriculums
Leili Mosalanejad; Saeed Sobhanian
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2009, , Pages 128-134
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Background & Objective : Developments in science and technology together with rapid obsolescence in findings and previous information necessitates a type of education in which students are continuously engaged in learning and problem solving and enjoy interfacing changes This study was aimed to assess ...
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Background & Objective : Developments in science and technology together with rapid obsolescence in findings and previous information necessitates a type of education in which students are continuously engaged in learning and problem solving and enjoy interfacing changes This study was aimed to assess critical thinking in students of virtual and traditional education Methods : In this crosssectional study two groups including 40 senior computer students from Shiraz University (virtual education) and 40 ones from Islamic Azad University (traditional education) participated Data was collected using Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Test including 80 questions in five subscales including inference recognition of assumptions deduction interpretation and evaluation of arguments Results : The mean score ( ± SD) of critical thinking which was 3677( ± 359) in virtual education happened to be higher than traditional educations mean score which was 3515( ± 694) while there was no significant difference In all five subscales of critical thinking the mean score of interpretation skill was significantly higher in virtual education (79) compared to 695 for traditional education (p=00001) Conclusion : Considering improvements of critical thinking in virtual education and according to its multiple advantages like adding to ones self confidence self esteem and independent learning it is suggested to use this type of education alongside the traditional method or as a replacement for teaching theoretical lessons in university courses
Ashraf Khorrami Rad; Kobra Akhond Zadeh; Zahra Abedini; Saiedeh Heydari
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 134-140
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Background & Objective : The most important aim of each educational approach is to promote learners level of knowledge and attitude Undoubtedly Service Learning educational methods are more efficient than others The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of Service Learning ...
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Background & Objective : The most important aim of each educational approach is to promote learners level of knowledge and attitude Undoubtedly Service Learning educational methods are more efficient than others The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of Service Learning Method on knowledge and attitude of nursing students in regard to AIDS Methods : In a quasi experimental study 34 nursing students in the 2nd semester of 2009 were selected by census sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups Educational program of AIDS was thought to the experimental and control groups by service learning and traditional methods respectively Knowledge and attitude of the two groups as well as a target group (51 employed nurses) were determined before and after the intervention Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and Chisquare test Results : Mean post test knowledge and attitude scores of experimental and control group showed significant difference (p
Narges Bahri; Talat Khadivzadeh; Nasrin Bahri
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 165-172
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Background & Objective : Evidences reveal that continuing education courses for employees have not really influenced the improvement of clinical skills and patient care This implies the need to alter educational methods of such courses Hence this study was conducted to assess the effect of ...
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Background & Objective : Evidences reveal that continuing education courses for employees have not really influenced the improvement of clinical skills and patient care This implies the need to alter educational methods of such courses Hence this study was conducted to assess the effect of integrated teaching on learning clinical skills among rural trained birth attendants participating in a continuing midwifery education course Methods : In this experimental study 63 participants of a continuing education course were randomly divided into two groups of integrated education and conventional one Data was collected using a questionnaire and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) After pre test an 8 hour specific educational program for each group about midwifery emergencies was conducted for two days The participants skills were evaluated instantly and one month after the course by OSCE Results : The pretest mean score was not significantly different between two groups but the mean scores of integrated method were significantly higher than the conventional one regarding posttest (6009 versus 4823) and consistency test (5116 versus 4055)(P=00001 in both cases) The skill score difference between pretest and posttest and the same difference in consistency test in integrated teaching was significantly higher than the conventional method (P=00001 in both cases) Conclusion : Our findings suggest that consistency in learning and a higher level of skills was observed in the integrated method Hence it is proposed to apply such methods in continuing education workshops to teach clinical skills
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
Ali Mardaninezhad; Ida Farhadi; Tahereh Khanjani; Marjan Amirimoghadam
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2013, , Pages 179-190
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Background & Objective: Current approach to the education is open learning Universities in line with the new technologies tend to provide distance and semidistance education and they are engaged in elearning through setting up websites Analyzing the existing data in intended websites can be beneficial ...
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Background & Objective: Current approach to the education is open learning Universities in line with the new technologies tend to provide distance and semidistance education and they are engaged in elearning through setting up websites Analyzing the existing data in intended websites can be beneficial in improving distance education and elearning The aim of this study was to evaluate the qualities of virtual websites of medical science universities in the world Methods: In this descriptive qualitative and quantitative study 40 web sites of medical science universities were evaluated through website quality evaluating tools (Cronbachs alpha = 095) Results : “Specific purpose for data range” and “audiences and websites goal” were in excellent conditions Also “ease of searching” “graphic” “updating” “internal links” writers academic background” “stability of the structure” and “speed of website loading” were in good conditions Conclusion: The findings of this study can be used by medical science university website managers to improve the quality of the related websites
Morteza Karami; Somayeh Ebrahimi Kooshk Mahdi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 184-199
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Background & Objective: The aim of this article was to explore the use of new information and communication technology (ICT) in medical education in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as a single case study Methods : The research method was descriptive The study population consisted of students ...
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Background & Objective: The aim of this article was to explore the use of new information and communication technology (ICT) in medical education in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as a single case study Methods : The research method was descriptive The study population consisted of students and faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran Stratified sampling was used to investigate information technology in academic environments To investigate the ideal situation a random sampling method was applied Questionnaires observation survey and other methods were used to study ICT in higher education Results : There was a significant difference significantly higher than the mean between ICT use and the ideal condition in some cases and lower than the mean in others (P < 001) In some cases the difference was not significant which showed the moderate use of ICT The use of ICT is mainly in areas such as Word However its other possibilities like communication are not used Both groups had a positive attitude toward ICT and assessed their skills as moderate (P < 001) Conclusion : Results indicated a significant positive relationship between these three variables in both groups (P < 001) The ideal situation according to teachers and students included ICT training online library and improving infrastructure particularly internet speed They believed the main challenges to be their lack of skills educational policy and financial managerial cultural and infrastructural issues
Marzieyeh Kargar; Zahra Bagheri; Rezvan Mahfoozi; Mostajab Razavinejad; Zahra Bagheri
Volume 13, Issue 2 , June 2016, , Pages 192-199
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Background & Objective: Nursing staff can prevent asphyxia and neonatal mortality by learning the correct resuscitation principles Therefore this study was performed with the aim to determine the effectiveness of teaching through simulation and filming of the performance of nurses in neonatal resuscitation ...
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Background & Objective: Nursing staff can prevent asphyxia and neonatal mortality by learning the correct resuscitation principles Therefore this study was performed with the aim to determine the effectiveness of teaching through simulation and filming of the performance of nurses in neonatal resuscitation Methods: In this experimental study 40 nursing staff were divided into teams of 2 nurses through simple randomization The level of knowledge before and after the intervention was evaluated using a written exam To assess performance before and after the intervention simulated environment and scenario building were used All stages of resuscitation of the teams were filmed Before training the experimental group participants viewed their videos and were trained through error analysis practicing on manikin and viewing educational videos of resuscitation (2011) The videos were evaluated and scored by two instructors through doubleblind techniques and using a standard checklist Data were analyzed in SPSS software using independent sample ttest paired ttest repeated measurement and Pearson correlation coefficient Results: The level of knowledge in the control and experimental groups increased by 9 and 10 scores respectively This difference was not statistically significant (P = 0830) Before the training no statistically significant difference was observed in terms of performance (P = 0109) However one month after training a significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of performance (P < 0001) This reflects the effect of training on performance of the experimental group Conclusion: The results showed that the simultaneous use of simulation and filming for training will be more effective in the learning process Thus it is better that both techniques be used for training to be more effective
Soleiman Ahmadi; Fatemeh Javidan; Mohammad Sadegh Dehghan
Volume 11, Issue 2 , August 2014, , Pages 205-213
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Background & Objective: In addition to teaching predesigned courses physicians are usually expected to participate directly in designing curriculum during their professional life Today traditional education systems are not sufficient for developing the expected competencies in physicians One ...
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Background & Objective: In addition to teaching predesigned courses physicians are usually expected to participate directly in designing curriculum during their professional life Today traditional education systems are not sufficient for developing the expected competencies in physicians One of the applications of new advancements by cognitive sciences in curriculum design is the development of strategies for improving the quality of the undergraduate medical education curriculum Educational strategies are “fundamentaloriented decisions in teaching which are aimed to achieve educational goals” Methods: This was a narrative review that introduced and explained the most important educational strategies in undergraduate medical curriculum through surveying valid electronic and library resources Results: Now the most important educational strategies in undergraduate medical curriculum are: a series of studentcentered problembased learning integrated or interprofessional teaching communitybased electivedriven and systematic strategies (SPICES) and also a set of strategies that are productfocused relevant interprofessional short courses multisite locations and symbiotic (PRISMS) and a group of realistic integrated feedback learning and evaluation strategies (RIFLE) as well Conclusion: Each strategy is represented as a spectrum In each spectrum the educational planner must define the position of every component of the curriculum In order to apply these strategies the curriculum must be intervened according to the selected strategy so that the results of the evaluations and evidence of interventions ensure the planners that the quality of the curriculum is improved
