Original Article
Aliakbar Haghdoost
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 1-9
Abstract
Background: Iran experienced a big jump in higher education in 1990s In compatible with this jump the number of PhD students was increased considerably particularly those who were sponsored to study abroad It is incredibly important to explore the issues around the study of these students which its findings ...
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Background: Iran experienced a big jump in higher education in 1990s In compatible with this jump the number of PhD students was increased considerably particularly those who were sponsored to study abroad It is incredibly important to explore the issues around the study of these students which its findings can be used for further planning Objective: To assess the education duration of Iranian PhD students graduated from universities in UK and Irland between 1995 and 2001 Also to compare the durations of studies of students in medical fields with that in other students Methods: The data of Iranian PhD students were collected from the Deputy of Science in the Embassy of Iran in UK In order to minimize the selection bias introducted by sensored data only the information of students who started their studies before 1997 was analysed Results: Around 30% of students were sponsored by the Health Ministry of Iran to study in medical fields In average the durations of studies in students of medical fields was not statistically different with the durations in other students (425 months versus 42 months respectively p=023) Less than 15% of students finished their studies within 3 years however it was around 10% greater in students of medical fields The diversity of the durations of studies was greater in medical field students The correlation coefficients between the duration of studies and age the number of children and English score of students in the beginning of their courses were 01 002 and 017 respectively the last two coefficients were not statistically significant In addition the students in large cities and in small towns finished their courses more or less with the same length Conclusion: Most of students could not finish their studies within three years which is the duration of scholarship in Iran therefore it is suggested that the system revises its regulations In addition it is suggested that the scholarship system chooses younger students because age had a positive association with the length of study
Original Article
Nouzar Nakhaee; Hadi Nikpour
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 10-17
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Background: Tomorrow doctors or today students should be honest in all the aspects of academic work including conducting a research project and writing the thesis Objective: This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of research fraud among medical students according to their subjective ...
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Background: Tomorrow doctors or today students should be honest in all the aspects of academic work including conducting a research project and writing the thesis Objective: This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of research fraud among medical students according to their subjective experiences and to clarify the attitudes of them towards the issue Methods: A questionnaire which its reliabiltiy and validity were confirmed was distributed among 104 interns It consisted 7 items concerning major types of research fraud which were determined based upon an extensive literature review and a focus group discussion with interested medical students They were asked about the prevalence of each type of the research misconducts and their prevalence among medical students Results: The response rate was 100% Fifty four percent of the repondents were female Fabrication of data and falsification of the findings were reported to be as high as 37 and 40 percent respectively The subjectively estimated prevalence of plagiarism was between 25 to 50 percent About 58 percent of them approved copying others work whilet 71 percent of them disapproved unethical research behavior towards the patients Conclusion: If the results could be generalized to the whole country they might be regarded as a major educational and ethical problem The result warrant further research and concern about the mandatory research system and alternative approches
Original Article
Zahra Jalili; Esmat Nouhi; Batool Ahmadpour
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 18-24
Abstract
Background: Exact and objective evaluation of professional competency is one of the most important aspects in medical students clinical educationObjective structural clinical exam (OSCE) evaluates a large spectrum of technical and basic skills in an experimental setting Objective: To determine the ...
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Background: Exact and objective evaluation of professional competency is one of the most important aspects in medical students clinical educationObjective structural clinical exam (OSCE) evaluates a large spectrum of technical and basic skills in an experimental setting Objective: To determine the satisfaction of medical stagers and interns in Kerman University of Medical Sciences on evaluation based on OSCE Methods: All the medical students experienced the OSCE were selected as the population of this cross – sectional research To gather the data a researcher – made questionnaire with a proper validity and reliability was used Results: The findings indicated the respondents having experienced OSCE totally got 764%of the total scor of satisfsction so they were satisfied with this evaluation method The students agreed or completely agreed on 731% of the statements and 139% selected disagreed or completely disagreed Most of the students (938%) agreed on doing this method in other wards A significant relationship (P
Original Article
Ashraf Adhami; Hamed Reihani; Zahra Fattahi; Nouzar Nakhaie; Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 25-32
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Background: Investigation of the opinions of individuals involved in education (faculty and student) makes the assessment of the faculty educational performance more valid and helpusimprove quality as an objective of evaluation A method to decrease subjectivity in evaluation of teachers by student is ...
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Background: Investigation of the opinions of individuals involved in education (faculty and student) makes the assessment of the faculty educational performance more valid and helpusimprove quality as an objective of evaluation A method to decrease subjectivity in evaluation of teachers by student is self – assessment especially when evaluation aims to find shortages & help to improve education Objective: This survey is to compare the self – assessment of the faculty with student assessment about the faculty teaching method Methods: To do this descriptiveanalytical study two questionnaires with ten questions in four categories designed in EDC were randomly distributed among 600 students and 160 faculty members teaching theory lessons 1530 questionnaires were returned by students and 137 questionnaires by the faculty members Data were analyzed using t and ManWhitney U tests and Spearmans correlation confident Results: The mean of self – assessment score of the faculty was more than mean of student evaluation score about their teachers (428 ± 049 vs 339 ± 051 P < 00001) There was a significant although poor relationship between students and teachers assessment on evaluation by student (r = 025 P
Original Article
Roghayeh Ershad Sarabi; Kambiz Bahaadini
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 33-39
Abstract
Background : The rapidly expanding use of information technology (IT) in medicine and biomedicine has changed the medical education methods So that information literacy the ability to use computer is an essential skill for students Knowing about the computer literacy level of students and the level of ...
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Background : The rapidly expanding use of information technology (IT) in medicine and biomedicine has changed the medical education methods So that information literacy the ability to use computer is an essential skill for students Knowing about the computer literacy level of students and the level of their interest in learning information technology help make the students to use computers and information technology better Objective : The aim of this study was to assess the level of computer literacy amongst three classes of Kerman Universitys medical students (students accepted during 19982000) Methods: All students accepted during 19982000 (180 students) were studied in this cross – sectional research The questionnaire was used before in similar research in America Response rate was 74% The internal consistency of the questionnaire was computed after the gathering and was 086 Results : 292 percent of the respondents were male and 708% were female Most of them (656%) had personal computer 208% of them had passed at least an educational class on hardware 432% on software class and 94% on system design and analysis before accepting to university In total the students got 56% of computer literacy score The computer literacy of males was significantly higher than females (P
Original Article
Hossein Safizadeh; Maryam Azimi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 40-49
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Background : Inappropriate nutrition has an important role in many pathological conditions including such common diseases as diabetes cancer and cardiovascular diseases Despite the recognition that physicians are often called upon to provide counseling in nutritional aspects of diseases nutrition does ...
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Background : Inappropriate nutrition has an important role in many pathological conditions including such common diseases as diabetes cancer and cardiovascular diseases Despite the recognition that physicians are often called upon to provide counseling in nutritional aspects of diseases nutrition does not hold the place it deserves in medical schools curricula especially in clinical and casebased teaching Objectve: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge attitude and practice of interns in Kerman Medical University regarding the nutrition Methods: Selfadministered questionnaires including 29 questions and in a crosssectional study were completed by 105 interns Results: The mean knowledge attitude and practice scores were 693 ± 189 (out of 14) 1550 ± 354 (out of 40) and 148 ± 158 (out of 7) respectively There were no significant differences in knowledge and practice scores between males and females but male interns had higher score in attitude (P
Original Article
Maryam-o-S Sadat Motahari; Shirin Hejazi; Jaseman Shahnazari; Mahmood Mahmoodi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 50-55
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Background : Inappropriate nutrition has an important role in many pathological conditions including such common diseases as diabetes cancer and cardiovascular diseases Despite the recognition that physicians are often called upon to provide counseling in nutritional aspects of diseases nutrition does ...
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Background : Inappropriate nutrition has an important role in many pathological conditions including such common diseases as diabetes cancer and cardiovascular diseases Despite the recognition that physicians are often called upon to provide counseling in nutritional aspects of diseases nutrition does not hold the place it deserves in medical schools curricula especially in clinical and casebased teaching Objectve: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge attitude and practice of interns in Kerman Medical University regarding the nutrition Methods: Selfadministered questionnaires including 29 questions and in a crosssectional study were completed by 105 interns Results: The mean knowledge attitude and practice scores were 693 ± 189 (out of 14) 1550 ± 354 (out of 40) and 148 ± 158 (out of 7) respectively There were no significant differences in knowledge and practice scores between males and females but male interns had higher score in attitude (P
Original Article
Esmat Nouhi; Ashraf Adhami; Aliakbar Haghdoost
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, Pages 56-62
Abstract
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
