Mostafa Rad; Kazem Hassanpour; Nematullah Shomoossi
Abbas Heydari; Mostafa Rad; Mohammad Reza Ghasemi
Volume 12, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 366-376
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Background & Objective: One of factors influencing students academic achievement is academic engagement The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive investigation on conceptual dimensions of academic engagement and the factors affecting it Methods: A comprehensive search of ...
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Background & Objective: One of factors influencing students academic achievement is academic engagement The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive investigation on conceptual dimensions of academic engagement and the factors affecting it Methods: A comprehensive search of literature published during 20012014 was performed using Persian and English databases including Magiran SID Scopus and PubMed As a result 190 texts were obtained After a close study 22 papers with the keywords of student engagement and academic engagement time were selected Selection criteria were the existence of any dimension of the concept of academic engagement and factors affecting it in the paper Results: After assessing 22 articles the dimensions of academic engagement concept and its influencing factors were made clear Academic engagement consists of the educational behavioral cognitive and psychological dimensions Factors which affect academic engagement are the education institutions characteristics teaching methods servicebased learning technology and various levels of academic engagement Conclusion: Through the recognition of dimensions of academic engagement and by applying factors that influence students academic engagement the wasting of their time and energy can be prevented and a valuable work force can be developed Since university engagement has been less studied in medical sciences in our country it is recommended that qualitative and quantitative research be performed in this field
Mohammad Reza Ahanchian; Mostafa Rad; Mojtaba Rad
Volume 11, Issue 2 , August 2014, , Pages 214-226
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Background & Objective: Since fewer educational problems lead to improvement in educational quality and eventually student performance in the delivery of emergency medical services at the clients bedside this study was conducted to evaluate the educational problems of emergency medical students ...
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Background & Objective: Since fewer educational problems lead to improvement in educational quality and eventually student performance in the delivery of emergency medical services at the clients bedside this study was conducted to evaluate the educational problems of emergency medical students Methods: This study used qualitative conventional content analysis Data were collected by semistructured interviews Sixteen participants including 12 new graduate paramedic in associate degree and 4 instructors by purposeful sampling in Khorasan province Iran were selected Data analysis was conducted by content analysis Results: After data analysis three themes have emerged including the lack of appropriate teaching methods theory and practice gaps and curriculum reform Conclusion: According to the results educational problems in paramedic education were inappropriate teaching approaches not applying classroom content in practice scene and incomplete curriculum Therefore paramedic educational leadership must try to solve these problems until paramedics can provide high quality services to community
Abbas Heydari; Mostafa Rad
Volume 10, Issue 4 , February 2014, , Pages 459-466
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of methodological research reports increases the trust by the readers and users from application of results This paper aimed to verify the accuracy of methodology in medical education interventional articles published in approved domestic journals ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of methodological research reports increases the trust by the readers and users from application of results This paper aimed to verify the accuracy of methodology in medical education interventional articles published in approved domestic journals Methods: This crosssectional study was used with a broad literature review in medical education interventional articles published in approved domestic journals by a review of medical journals archives and search databases Thirty articles archived and its methodological accuracy was evaluated by special forms The reliability of the study was confirmed with internal consistency and its validity has been confirmed in previous studies Results: Over 90% of the suitability of the design was appropriate Inclusive and exclusive criteria of subjects were found only in 268% of the cases Blindness in 70% of the cases was observed The reliability and validity of the instrument were not found in 667% of the cases Fallow up length was not determined in 70% and informed consent was not obtained in 80% of the subjects Conclusion: There was inaccuracy in cases such as the instruments reliability and validity sample selection blindness groups matching etc Journal writers are recommended to pay more attention to accuracy of research methodology in publishing medical education interventional articles
Hossein Karimi Monaghi; Mostafa Rad; Mahmoud Bakhshi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 271-280
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Background & Objective: Introduction of modern methods of teaching has created challenges in education especially in medical education Each of these methods has an application several advantages and disadvantages and a position The aim of this review was to examine the effectiveness of teaching methods ...
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Background & Objective: Introduction of modern methods of teaching has created challenges in education especially in medical education Each of these methods has an application several advantages and disadvantages and a position The aim of this review was to examine the effectiveness of teaching methods in medical education Methods: This was a systematic review SID Magiran IranMedex IRANDOC SCOPUS Web of Science and published Iranian magazines were searched by two people manually with the keywords teaching learning and medical sciences They searched and selected articles by applying the quality criteria and research methodology 32 interventional studies (experimental and semiexperimental) were selected Sensitivity analysis was performed in respect to sample size study design and the impact of the intervention Synthesis of articles quality and sensitivity analysis were performed Results: Increased learning satisfaction interactions between learners data retention increase collaboration receive feedback and ideas via group discussion and themes such as professional communication skills discover solutions scientific knowledge increase learning and student satisfaction popularity and acceptance skills meditation and reflection on the problem considering various solutions and choosing the best solution a positive vision of their increase rising inner motivation creating interest in learning enjoyment of learning developing critical thinking study skills higher satisfaction improving teaching quality durability and increased efficiency in learning resulted from problem solving techniques metacognition packages and concept mapping Conclusion: The new methods of teaching that consist of problem solving techniques group discussion concept mapping and metacognition packages increase learning student satisfaction student participation and the durability of learning