Original Article
Masoud Bahreini; Fazlollah Ahmadi; Shohre Shahamat; Soodabeh Behzadi
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 107-114
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Background & Objectives: Portfolios as new educational tools can play an important role in improving clinical competence of nurses However scientific evidences about the impact of portfolios on nurses clinical competence are limited and few studies have been done in Iran This study aimed to determine ...
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Background & Objectives: Portfolios as new educational tools can play an important role in improving clinical competence of nurses However scientific evidences about the impact of portfolios on nurses clinical competence are limited and few studies have been done in Iran This study aimed to determine the impact of professional portfolio on nurses clinical competence in a hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Methods: In this quasiexperimental pretest intervention posttest study from 22 units of the selected hospital 4 general units were selected randomly Nurses of 2 units were studied as experimental group and participated in a 12month portfoliobased Professional development program Nurses of 2 other units were considered as control group and participated in the routine professional development programs of their units Data were collected by a valid and reliable scale measuring clinical competence of nurses Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics independent and paired ttest Results : After intervention mean clinical competence in experimental group showed a significant increase from 7672 (± 645) to 8568 (± 643) (p
Original Article
Shahnaz Mojahed; Khdije Nasiriani; Tahere Salimi; Hasan Lotfi; Mahsa Khodayarian
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 115-123
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Introduction: Professors have important responsibilities in education and training of students among them advising students for overcoming some preventable problems leading to educational failure is of a great importance This study was performed with the purpose of surveying the viewpoints of students ...
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Introduction: Professors have important responsibilities in education and training of students among them advising students for overcoming some preventable problems leading to educational failure is of a great importance This study was performed with the purpose of surveying the viewpoints of students in Yazd University of Medical Sciences on the process of selecting supervisor professors and the scope of advisers duties and assigning supervised students Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 385 students in Yazd University of Medical Sciences selected by random stratified sampling Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software Statistical significant level was considered as p
Original Article
Tayebehi Negahban Bonab; Ali Ansari
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 124-131
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Background and Objectives: Rapid development of information and communication technology and increasing rate of using electronic media have influenced peoples studying behaviors and change of studying behaviors toward studying in digital environments has become a controversial issue In regard to the ...
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Background and Objectives: Rapid development of information and communication technology and increasing rate of using electronic media have influenced peoples studying behaviors and change of studying behaviors toward studying in digital environments has become a controversial issue In regard to the variety of theories about the efficacy of digital and printed sources in learning process the present study was performed to survey the opinions of students in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences about studying in digital and printed environments Methods: In this crosssectional study studying behaviors of 368 students in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in printed and digital environments were surveyed through a researchermade questionnaire Sampling was done by stratified random method and based on the number of students in each faculty and field of study The inclusion criterion was using digital sources for at least one academic semester Data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics χ2 and Fisher Exact tests Statistical significant level was considered as p
Original Article
Fariba Haghani; Bahareh Aminian; Tahereh Changiz
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 132-140
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Background & Objective: In order to achieve an efficient teaching in all fields including Medicine effective teachers are needed and to evaluate the efficiency of teachers students comments are a remarkable indicator Since during the recent decades Emotional Intelligence has been mentioned as one ...
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Background & Objective: In order to achieve an efficient teaching in all fields including Medicine effective teachers are needed and to evaluate the efficiency of teachers students comments are a remarkable indicator Since during the recent decades Emotional Intelligence has been mentioned as one of the characteristics of distinguished teachers this study aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence and its components among professors of basic sciences level of Medicine field selected as distinguished teachers by senior students in comparison to other professors in this level Methods: In this descriptive study all Medicine students of the selected university in the final semester of basic sciences phase (n=65) were asked to name their five top distinguished teachers Finally 8 teachers who had the highest votes were considered as the distinguished group To assess teachers emotional intelligence the standard questionnaire of BarOn is distributed among all teachers of basic sciences (53 cases) and their emotional intelligence in 15 different components was evaluated Data were analyzed through SPSS software and by using correlation and independent ttest Results: Mean total score of Emotional Intelligence of distinguished teachers (35213) was higher compared to that of the other teachers (33788) but the difference was not significant The scores of distinguished group in the subscales of happiness optimism selfconfidence and flexibility were significantly higher compared to the other teachers (P
Original Article
Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh; Seyed Davoud Nasrollah pour Shirvani; Mohamad Reza Maleki; Shahram Tofighi; Mohammad Javad Kabir; Nahid Jafari
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 151-158
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Background & Objective : Education and improvement of human resources is a kind of investment in organizations and have a key role in improving their performance and productivity This study was conducted to determine the rate of managerial trainings among managers and chief experts in health deputies ...
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Background & Objective : Education and improvement of human resources is a kind of investment in organizations and have a key role in improving their performance and productivity This study was conducted to determine the rate of managerial trainings among managers and chief experts in health deputies of Iran Medical Sciences Universities and its relation to demographic and institutional factors Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted in spring 2011 Sample population was managers and experts of Health Deputies of Medical Sciences Universities in Iran Thirteen universities were selected by random systematic and stratified sampling and their managers and chief experts were interviewed by using a questionnaire consisted of demographic and organizational variables as well as 40 managementrelated topics Results: A total of 293 managers and chief experts were studied Among 40 studied management topics only in 8 topics over than 40% had been trained and in 32 remained topics the rate of trained individuals varied from 1% to 40% The rate of education showed significant relationship with the grade of university and subjects sex age work experience educational level and field taking MPH courses and current work location and position (p
Original Article
Atefeh Ghanbari; Fariba Asgari; Mahdokhat Taheri
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 159-166
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Background & Objectives: In the world of information technology tendency toward using electronic learning as a novel learning style is increasing The contribution to electronic learning is dependent on the knowledge and attitude of faculty members toward this issue The aim of this study was to find ...
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Background & Objectives: In the world of information technology tendency toward using electronic learning as a novel learning style is increasing The contribution to electronic learning is dependent on the knowledge and attitude of faculty members toward this issue The aim of this study was to find the knowledge and attitude of faculty members in Guilan University of Medical Sciences toward electronic learning Methods: In this descriptive crosssectional study by using census sampling all faculty members in Guilan University of Medical Sciences were studied of whom 220 ones eventually responded to the questionnaire Data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisted of 4 sections of demographic features (5 questions) computer knowledge (6 questions) attitudetesting items (10 questions based on Likert scale) and questions related to the facilities (8 yes/no questions) Competency (9 questions) Content validity and reliability were determined by α cronbach Data analysis was performed by SPSS 16 software package Results: The majority of respondents had sufficient knowledge (683%) and positive attitude (894%) From all 695% asserted that they have the required computer skills but 95% said that they do not have enough facilities in home and university for using electronic sources Conclusion : Positive attitude of faculty members toward electronic learning requires implementation of continuous education programs for faculty members in order to improve their knowledge about information technology and uptodate electronic learning skills
Original Article
Zahra Chinipardaz; Mehri Ghafourian Boroujerdni; Parvin Pasalar; Abofazl Shiravy khozany; Athefe Keshavarz
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 167-172
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Background and Objectives: Emotional intelligence (EI) is a social intelligence identifying the ability of an individual to understand others emotions establish sympathy with others and adjust his emotions with others In fact EI enables individuals to have a proper understanding of their own and others ...
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Background and Objectives: Emotional intelligence (EI) is a social intelligence identifying the ability of an individual to understand others emotions establish sympathy with others and adjust his emotions with others In fact EI enables individuals to have a proper understanding of their own and others emotions and use it in their human relationships effectively The purpose of this study was to determine mean of emotional intelligence in stager medical students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and its relationship with their academic achievement Methods: In this analyticdescriptive study a total of 70 stager medical students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 20072008 were selected and their EI was determined by using a standard questionnaire ( a cronbach=0937) consisted of 90 questions Moreover the relationship between EI and variables of age sex students rank in the university entrance exam grade point average and satisfaction of the field of study was determined Data analysis was done through SPSS 16 software package Results: Mean EI of the subjects in all 15 domains of the questionnaire were lower than the standard values Minimum score belonged to the interpersonal relationships and maximum score belonged to the goodview None of the studied variables showed significant relationship with emotional intelligence (p >005) Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize on the necessity of more educational planning for increasing emotional intelligence of stager medical students during their educational period In this way they can achieve better academic achievement and do their internship responsibilities more efficiently However lack of enough information about emotional intelligence requires further studies
Original Article
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
Original Article
Habibeh Ahmadipour; Mohammad Javad Zahedi; Seyed Ali Mohammad Arabzadeh
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 182-188
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Background & Objectives: Even so much of the knowledge and skills of medical students is aquiered during clinical course in many educational systems students are kept away from clinical setting during their first academic years Methods: This study was an interventional study carried out by Educational ...
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Background & Objectives: Even so much of the knowledge and skills of medical students is aquiered during clinical course in many educational systems students are kept away from clinical setting during their first academic years Methods: This study was an interventional study carried out by Educational Development Office in the school of Medicine in 2009 All Second semester students were selected through census method Students attitudes towards medical profession were evaluated using a questionnaire The validity of the questionnaire confirmed by a number of experts and its reliability was determined using Cronbachs Alpha 0 65 Early clinical exposure course was held for subjects and within two weeks after the course they were asked to complete the questionnaire again Each question was rated using Likert scale and mean scores of each student before and after the intervention were calculated and compared by using paired ttest Results: From 85 students 62 ones completed the questionnaire before and after the course From all 36 ones (58 %) were female and 26 ones (42 %) were male Mean age of students was 1912(± 073) years and their mean average of the first semester was 1624(± 11) There was no significant difference between the students attitude toward medical profession before and after the course Conclusion: Although the present study couldnt detect significant change in students attitude toward medical profession the results of other studies show that early clinical exposure provides an opportunity for the students to learn subjects practically and beyond mere theory
short communication
Reza Dehnavi; Mahmood Reza Dehghani; Hossein Ebrahimipoor; Somayeh Noori Hekmat; Mohamad Hossein Mehrolhasani; Somayeh Sorodi Nasab; Fatemeh Karimdadi
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 189-194
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Background & Objectives: A proper and effective consultation requires using efficient communication skills during the consultation process The aim of this research was to determine communication skills of undergraduate students advisors in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: This descriptive ...
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Background & Objectives: A proper and effective consultation requires using efficient communication skills during the consultation process The aim of this research was to determine communication skills of undergraduate students advisors in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: This descriptive crosssectional study was performed from March 2010 to August 2010 Study population included undergraduate students of four colleges of whom 379 students were selected by stratified sampling A selfdesigned 17item questionnaire was used to collect data Questions were designed based on different communication skills of advisors and modified by getting the opinions of 8 experts in the field Validity was approved by testretest and data were analyzed by using descriptive and analytic statistics and through SPSS software Results: Mean scores of oral and written communication skills providing feedback understanding others being a good listener and the ability to influence others were 546% 5095% 5562% 5776% 5835% and 5549% respectively Conclusion: Considering the importance of communication skills in the success of an appropriate counseling improving advisors communication skills is essential and it is necessary to consider different aspects of communication skills such as oral and written communication skills providing feedback Understanding others being a good listener and the ability to influence others
short communication
Abbas Abbaszadeh; Nahid Jamshidi; Majid Najafi Kalyani
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 195-199
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Background and objectives: It is believed that any discrepancy between learning style of students and their field of study leads to their dissatisfaction and consequently dropping out of school The aim of this study was to compare the learning styles of Nursing students in Kerman Razi Nursing School ...
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Background and objectives: It is believed that any discrepancy between learning style of students and their field of study leads to their dissatisfaction and consequently dropping out of school The aim of this study was to compare the learning styles of Nursing students in Kerman Razi Nursing School in 2009 Methods : In this crosssectional study performed in 2009 all undergraduate and postgraduate Nursing students of Razi Nursing School (n=148) were asked to complete Kolb learning style inventory (KLSI) Version 31 Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics Results : From all students 878% were studying in undergraduate and 122% in master programs Among undergraduate students assimilator learning style (485%) and among master students convergent learning styles (444%) had the highest frequencies There was a statistically significant difference between learning styles of undergraduate and master students (P=0028) Conclusion: Since nursing is an occupation requiring interaction and communication with people attention of nursing teachers to the learning styles of their students is very essential for promotion of community health It is suggested that nursing teachers use a variety of teaching methods based on students educational level and preferred learning style
Letter to editor
Fatemeh Khorashdizadeh
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, Pages 200-203
