Atena Rahmati; Sakineh Sabzevari; Mahmoud Reza Dehghani
Volume 12, Issue 5 , February 2016, , Pages 718-724
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Background & Objective: An important individual difference among students is their learning approaches Learning approaches are styles through which the learner selects information and integrates them Identifying students learning approaches and educational planning result in the attainment of educational ...
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Background & Objective: An important individual difference among students is their learning approaches Learning approaches are styles through which the learner selects information and integrates them Identifying students learning approaches and educational planning result in the attainment of educational achievements by students The aim of this study was to evaluate learning approaches and determine their relationship with demographic characteristics of postgraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This was a descriptive analytical correlational study on 400 postgraduate students selected through random sampling The data collection tool consisted of a questionnaire with two sections of demographic characteristics and learning approaches Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency mean and standard deviation) and ANOVA and chisquare tests in SPSS software Results: The frequencies of deep surface and surfacedeep approaches among the students were 705% 235% and 60% Moreover among demographic characteristic the students occupation had a significant relationship with their approaches to learning (P = 0032) There was no relationship between learning approaches and other demographic characteristics of students Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of postgraduate students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences preferred the deep learning approach This learning approach had a significant relationship with their occupation It frequency was higher in unemployed people These findings are useful for the university and professors
Ali-Akbar Haghdoost; Behnam Sadeghirad; Mahasti Alizadeh; Mahmoud Reza Dehghani; Tahereh Eslaminejad; Hajar Shafian; Mahasti Alizadeh; Roqhayeh Ershad Sarabi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 120-129
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Background & Objective: In compatibility with the progress of universities and expansion of knowledge and science around the world Iran has also had significant academic progress in recent years However the vision of Iran for the following decades is very ambitious Much has to be achieved to reach ...
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Background & Objective: In compatibility with the progress of universities and expansion of knowledge and science around the world Iran has also had significant academic progress in recent years However the vision of Iran for the following decades is very ambitious Much has to be achieved to reach the highest position in the region in development economy science and technology This qualitative study was designed to explore the strengths and weaknesses of universities Methods: This qualitative study had three phases In the first phase we explored the topic in brain storming sessions Then the themes raised in phase one were discussed deeply in unstructured interviews with selective experts around the country In the last phase we asked 30 selective academic staff from different medical sciences universities to categorize the issues based on their importance and their solutions using Delphi method Results: Our findings showed that improvement of international affairs were frequently stressed by our respondents In this domain the English skills of academic staff and students big revision in rules and regulations and encouraging the establishment of close scientific communication with academic organizations around the world were highlighted In addition most respondents believed that problems were understandable but our main conflicts were in finding applicable solutions and implementing decisions Conclusion: Our results showed that for a better presentation of Iranian universities in the international environment a new approach to long term reform programs is necessary In this plan special attention must be paid to the educational and research infrastructures
Mahmoud Reza Dehghani; Abbas Kamyabi; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Azadeh Rooholamini; Zahra Hoseini Nejad; Nematollah Mousapour
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 67-76
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Background & Objective : Expensive medical educational cost long term education and difficult lessons all support this evidence that with unemployment of medical graduates in professional activities much national stock will be used vainly Due to lack of enough knowledge and documents about medical ...
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Background & Objective : Expensive medical educational cost long term education and difficult lessons all support this evidence that with unemployment of medical graduates in professional activities much national stock will be used vainly Due to lack of enough knowledge and documents about medical graduates career activities this study was conducted in order to evaluate their career status Methods : In a retrospective cohort study all 528 medical graduates who were graduated between 2001and 2007 from Kerman University of Medical Sciences were studied Necessary data latest career and educational status of medical graduates were collected by direct and indirect phone interviews In order to determine the impact of effective factors on career status and residency exam acceptance Logistic Regression and Survival analyses were applied Results : The access rate to graduates was 86% At least three years after graduation 62% of medical graduates were engaged in medical careers which were mostly in clinics military or social services personal offices and clinical specialties Among all subjects 40 persons (76%) were jobless and almost the same rate was doing non medical jobs Eighteen percent were engaged in working or studying in clinical specialties and others had left Iran Survival analysis showed that female physicians were employed faster and more in medical professions (median for female and male were 38 & 45 years respectively P=0009) Women were more successful than men in professional careers (12%) and residency exam acceptance (17%) which were not statically significant Mean score during education was effective factor on residency exam acceptance Conclusion : It seems that almost 20% of medical graduates in Kerman City were not employed in careers related to their education in long term prospect (more than three years after graduation) or left the country It is important to consider causes of male physicians failure in comparison with female physicians while there is a great need to male physicians services low income can somehow explain it
