Tahereh Mazoochi; Tahereh Khamechian; Majid Mazoochi
Volume 9, Issue 1 , July 2012, , Pages 91-96
Abstract
Background & Objectives: With considering of significant role of Medical sciences in the health state of society special attention to Medical education is an importance matter In this line the contents of basic sciences courses in Medicine curriculum should guarantee the professional competence of ...
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Background & Objectives: With considering of significant role of Medical sciences in the health state of society special attention to Medical education is an importance matter In this line the contents of basic sciences courses in Medicine curriculum should guarantee the professional competence of future physicians The present study was designed to evaluate the viewpoints of Clinical Sciences professors in Kashan University of Medical Sciences about the role of basic sciences in professional competence of physicians Methods: This crosssectional study was carried out using a questionnaire with confirmed validity and reliability The questionnaire included items related to the effect of basic sciences education on 9item medical qualifications and acceptance in residency board exams and general opinion about basic sciences Professors were asked to score their views in a 3point ranking Data were analyzed through SPSSV13 software package and using Mann Whitney Kolmogorov Smirnov and Kruskal Wallis tests Results : Response rate was 957% Mean score for the effect of basic sciences education on professional qualifications was 1897(±351) from 27 The highest score 2125(±263) belonged to ENT Dept and the lowest 106(±207) belonged to the Psychiatry Dept There was a significant difference between mean scores given by specialists in different clinical fields (p=002) The best effect of basic sciences education was on social aspects of health cares and the poorest effect was in Doctor – patient communication Conclusion: According to the clinical professors viewpoints in Kashan University of Medical Sciences the efficiency of basic sciences education in professional performance of Medical doctors is moderate to above moderate
Hamid Najafipour; Sodaif Darvish Moghadam; Jalal Azmandian; Hamed Hosseini
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 157-164
Abstract
Background & Objective : Evaluating research indicators amongst clinical and basic science faculty members reveals that such indicators are lower in clinical faculty members Hence we decided to assess the effect of providing educationresearch services by founding a clinical research development ...
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Background & Objective : Evaluating research indicators amongst clinical and basic science faculty members reveals that such indicators are lower in clinical faculty members Hence we decided to assess the effect of providing educationresearch services by founding a clinical research development center on the research performance of clinical faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods : In this intervention field study 66 faculty members of Afzalipour teaching hospital and 45 ones in Shafa teaching hospital were recruited as cases and controls respectively After founding the research center in cases work place educationresearch services were provided for two years The research activities of cases and controls were compared two years before and two years after founding the center Results : 39 and 33 percent increase were observed in the cases total and per capita number of published articles respectively similar indicators showed 21% and 216% decrease in the controls accordingly The differences between two groups regarding both indicators were significant (P
