Original Article
Nozar Nakhaee; Seyyed Vahid Seyyed Hosseinie
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 57-63
Abstract
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
Original Article
Zahra Moaddeli; Mahrokh Ghazanfari Hesamabadi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 65-72
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Background: Nowadays since a hard educational competition can be seen among students exam anxiety is increasing Anxiety causes concentration deviation so that data processing will decrease Also previous studies have shown pessimistic thoughts make the students to expect failure so that the student can ...
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Background: Nowadays since a hard educational competition can be seen among students exam anxiety is increasing Anxiety causes concentration deviation so that data processing will decrease Also previous studies have shown pessimistic thoughts make the students to expect failure so that the student can not concentrate on the exam and as a result he will not get a positive result Objective: To determine the level of students exam anxiety in Fatemeh (PBUH) College of Nursing and Midwifery Methods: This analytic descriptive study was done on 317 students educating in Fatemeh College of Nursing and Midwifery A questionnaire consisting of 24 background questions and Spilbergers anxiety test with 32 questions were used to gather the data These questionnaires were given to the students in the exam salon before the final exam Measures of central tendency dispersion index ttest and one way ANOVA were used to analyze the data Results: The findings showed that 909% of the students had anxiety in low level 64% had in medium level and 17% had a high level anxiety The mean ( ± standard deviation) of exam anxiety of the students was 2576% (±1659) The mean (±standard deviation) of exam anxiety among the nursing students was 252 (±1645) and among the midwifery students it was 2678 (±169) but no significant difference was found between exam anxiety in terms of major (P>005) A significant difference was observed in anxiety level in terms of sex marital status parents education and the number of siblings Conclusion: Using consultation strategies and making a friendly intervention between students and teachers is recommended for the students with high level of test anxiety to identify the problems and try to solve them To relieve anxiety consultation interventions by specialists relaxation using comics and jokes in exams will be helpful
Original Article
Aliakbar Haghdoost
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 73-84
Abstract
Background: From two centuries ago scholarship systems in many countries have supported postgraduate students to continue their studies abroad Nonetheless due to the fundamental revolution in the concepts of scientific development in last decades scholarship systems have modified their missions particularly ...
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Background: From two centuries ago scholarship systems in many countries have supported postgraduate students to continue their studies abroad Nonetheless due to the fundamental revolution in the concepts of scientific development in last decades scholarship systems have modified their missions particularly in developed countries Objective : To express some practical guidelines to improve the scholarship system in Iran this study compared scholarship systems in developed and developing countries in terms of their rules and regulations The main questions were about the objectives of scholarship systems the selection methods of eligible students and how they encourage students to come back their home countries Methods : This was a qualitative study data were collected by exploring written documents websites and interviewing 40 PhD students from 16 countries who were studying in UK universities Results : Obtaining certificate to get higher academic position was the main objective of developing country students however scholarship systems in developed countries were aimed to push students to understand others cultures and scientific styles and address research questions during their studies In addition there were well established collaborations between developed countries and their organization in supporting students These types of collaborations were not seen developing countries Conclusion : By looking at the advantages of scholarship systems in developed countries it is suggested that we need to amend the objectives of scholarship system in Iran and formulate a new plan to optimize the method in selecting students decreasing brain drain and activating private section and NGOs
Original Article
Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Hazavehei; Yadollah Fathi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 85-93
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Background: According to the educational policy and regulation offering academic advising to the students is one of the essential faculty members responsibilities and medical universities must guide the students during their education in order to prevent any academic problems and barriers and improve ...
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Background: According to the educational policy and regulation offering academic advising to the students is one of the essential faculty members responsibilities and medical universities must guide the students during their education in order to prevent any academic problems and barriers and improve academic achievement Objective: To Compare the effect of two educational methods on academic advisors knowledge attitude and practice Methods: Eightyseven advisors participated in this experimental study The participants were randomly divided into two groups The first group (N=43) receiving selflearning educational materials participated in a oneday workshop The second group only received selflearning educational materials A reliable and valid questionnaire was distributed to gather data Results: The findings indicated the knowledge of the advisors about advising and counselling in the first group ( =1477 SD=31) was higher than the advisors in the second group ( =1154 SD=276) so that a significant difference was observed between the two groups (P
Original Article
Masoud Roudbari; Saeed Movahed
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 94-103
Abstract
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
Original Article
Mohammad Reza Zareie; Nader Navabi; Hossein Akhavizadegan; Mehdi Naimi Khorasanizadeh; Mehdi Yazdani
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 104-112
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Background: Oral cancer is the 5th prevalent cancer and one of the main reason for mortality all over the world It is a serious risk for health The high mortality may be happened because of dentists inexact examination or the lack of enough information Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess ...
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Background: Oral cancer is the 5th prevalent cancer and one of the main reason for mortality all over the world It is a serious risk for health The high mortality may be happened because of dentists inexact examination or the lack of enough information Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge and diagnostic skill of a group of Iranian dentists in oral cancer prevention and early detection Methods: The Pretested questionnaires were distributed among 412 general dental practitioners who voluntarily participated in the 40th international congress of Iranian Dental Association (IDA) in 2000 Results: Most of the respondents were male (602%) and aged lower than 37 years old (633%) Respondents totally replied 55% of knowledge ( =559) and 55% of diagnostic skills ( =165) questions correctly A significant correlation was found between the knowledge and diagnostic skills scores (r=04 P
Original Article
Rostam Jalali
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 113-120
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Background: Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) is considered as proper reply to the rapid changes in health care delivery and promoting professional standards of current practice among the nurses It is an active process that can take place through a variety of activities such as reading the professional ...
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Background: Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) is considered as proper reply to the rapid changes in health care delivery and promoting professional standards of current practice among the nurses It is an active process that can take place through a variety of activities such as reading the professional journals or textbooks listening to the lectures or observing other nurses practicing Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the nurses opinion about continuing nursing education and to determine the educational resources as well as nurses educational needs Methods: This descriptive crosssectional study was conducted in the teaching hospitals in Kermanshah For data collection a questionnaire based on five item likert scale was distributed among one hundred nurses who participated in this study Results: 37% of the participants were male and 63% were female and their mean age was 3415 years old They experienced nursing for more than ten years (1097) 36% of them were single and 64% were married “To improve patient care” was considered as the most important factor to take part in continuing education programs ( =389) “Obstacles to participation” indicated similar importance with a low difference (the lowest mean=319 and the highest mean=339) “Disease process” was mentioned as the most important field requiring continuing education ( =31) Conclusion: Continuing education should play an important role in nursing To increase nurses motivation and decrease the obstacles we recommend increasing the personnel number decreasing workload considering workshop participation as factors of job improvement and allocating special times to education
Original Article
Ashraf Adhami; Nozar Nakhaee; Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi; Zahra Fattahi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 121-129
Abstract
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
