Nozar Nakhaee; Ali Reza Saeed
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 99-103
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Background & Objective : The 360degree evaluation method is used to assess residents performance by means other than attends opinions Resident evaluation instruments such as questionnaires for 360degree assessment should be feasible reliable and valid The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility ...
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Background & Objective : The 360degree evaluation method is used to assess residents performance by means other than attends opinions Resident evaluation instruments such as questionnaires for 360degree assessment should be feasible reliable and valid The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility and psychometric properties of the 360degree assessment questionnaires Methods : At first questionnaires were developed based on an extensive literature review and expert panel Sixitem questionnaires were distributed to a consecutive sample of residents (self & peers) medical students nurses and patients Mean scores of respondents in each category were calculated Cronbachs alpha was computed to examine the internal consistency Factor analysis was used to clarify the factoral structure of the data Spearman correlation coefficient was computed to examine the correlation between the evaluators scores Results : Except for faculty members and to some extent patients all evaluators completed the questionnaires The cronbachs alpha for all of the five instruments were above 095 Content validity was acceptable according to the literature reviews and expert panel Factor analysis revealed all six items loaded on a single factor A majority (80%) of correlation coefficients were not significant for evaluators scores Conclusion : Based on this pilot study 360degree assessment tools are feasible reliable and valid measures to evaluate core competencies of residents
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
Nozar Nakhaee; Seyyed Vahid Seyyed Hosseinie
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 57-63
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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 ...
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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
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
Zahra Fattahi; Yadolah Javadi; Nozar Nakhaee
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2004, , Pages 32-40
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Background: Dental and oral diseases are among the most important health problems of the country Therefore the training of dutiful interested and skilled dentists is one of the educational priorities of Ministry of Health Treatment and Medical Education Attention to the quality of training programs related ...
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Background: Dental and oral diseases are among the most important health problems of the country Therefore the training of dutiful interested and skilled dentists is one of the educational priorities of Ministry of Health Treatment and Medical Education Attention to the quality of training programs related to the community health services is of a great importance Objective: To evaluate Kerman dentistry students satisfaction with their discipline Methods: This descriptive – cross sectional study was performed on dentistry students of Kerman Dentistry School In order to gather data a researcher – made questionnaire was used Data analysis was done through MannWhitney U test and Spearmans correlation coefficient Results: In this study 557% of subjects were male and the rest were female From all subjects 743% showed a great interest 171 a moderate interest and the rest little interest in their field of study In regard to discipline satisfaction 86% intended to quit their study while 757% showed complete satisfaction The most effective reasons of discipline satisfaction were “the possibility of giving service to people” (76%) “good social statue” (657%) and “being interested in discipline” (656%) Conclusion: The majority of subjects were satisfied with their discipline and showed an increasing interest As one of the important educational factors is being interested and satisfied with disciplin this point should be considered as a priority in the planning of educational programs
