Mitra Amini; Aida Doostkam; Javad Kojuri; Gholam Reza Abdollahifard; Kamyar Iravani; Parisa Nabeie; Mohammad Morad Jafari
Volume 10, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 322-327
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Background & Objective: Master of public health (MPH) Course is designed for Increasing competency in family physicians employed in Irans health system The Contents of this course is based on society needs for increasing managing and public health This study was designed to evaluate the virtual education ...
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Background & Objective: Master of public health (MPH) Course is designed for Increasing competency in family physicians employed in Irans health system The Contents of this course is based on society needs for increasing managing and public health This study was designed to evaluate the virtual education in MPH Course in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Methods: This research was a qualitative and quantitative study The evaluation was according Kirkpatricks Model The study was done on 25 family physicians in Shiraz University of medical Sciences We used questionnaire which included goal attainment learning assessment compact disc (CD) quality and Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire Data was gathered and then analyzed with SPSS software Also an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was designed in education development center for third level evaluation according to Kirkpatricks Model For qualitative evaluation we did a semi structured interview with teachers Open questionnaires also were designed for students and data were extracted Results: 15 physicians full filled the questionnaires and 12 of them participated the OSCE The most interested and practical lessons were about geriatrics diseases out patient management and epidemiology basics The least interested lessons were about health promotion case management and managed health cares In OSCE the best scores were for obstetrics – gynecology and the least scores for pediatrics lessons Conclusion: According to participants viewpoints the disadvantages of the course were low quality compact discs future employment participants compact course and assessment methods The best advantages of this course were efficient learning and increasing knowledges of the students
Mohammad Reza Shakibii; Nouhi Esmat; Aliakbar Haghdoost; Shahrzad Moemenaii Kermani
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2004, , Pages 17-22
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Background: Continuous medical education has been accepted throughout the world as one of the most efficient strategies for upto dating physicians knowledge and information Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of three held workshops on “The best prescription” ...
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Background: Continuous medical education has been accepted throughout the world as one of the most efficient strategies for upto dating physicians knowledge and information Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of three held workshops on “The best prescription” Methods: Sample consisted of 82 general physicians participating in three held workshops on “The best prescription” Data collection was done by a questionnaire consisting of two parts of “demographic features” and “the assessment of prescription” The questionnaire administered before and after the workshops Results: From all participants 49% were female and 44% of subjects had been graduated from Kerman and 97% from Rafsanjan Medical Schools Mean score before workshop was 59514 with the minimum of zero and maximum of 9 and it increased to 762195 with the minimum of zero and maximum of 10 after workshop In whole there was a significant difference between the mean scores before and after the workshop (P005) Conclusion: According to the findings the held workshops on “the best prescription” have been efficient in increasing participants level of information Therefore continuous medical educational programs along with improving their quality is highly necessary
