BACKGROUND Simulation technology is widely used in undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as for personnel training and evaluation in other healthcare professions. Simulation provides safe and effective opportunities for learners at all levels to practice and acquire clinical skills needed for patient care. A growing body of research evidence documents the utility of simulation te...

many medical universitiesaround the world have donestunning changes in the recent years.some of these changes have been performed with the support of international organizations.they changed the traditionaltrainingprograms based on teacher- centered learning and disciplined approach to the educational course based on community needs responsivity and student-centered learning. this process is ai...

introduction. the capability of the academic staff in teaching has a significant relationship with their awareness of educational process and curriculum. taking the necessity of the curriculum and precise implementation of its parts as a system into account, reveals the academic staff’s thinking system and educational process. education experts believe that the university student is the center ...

in sociolinguistics, the role of factors such as level of education in different aspects of language has always been the focus of attention. the present research, which was conducted in mashhad, seeks to study phonological processes among educated and uneducated speakers compared to standard persian. the data was gathered through field method and interview to analyze processes such as assimilat...

AIMS Reforming and improving the patient education process need more insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education process. There is little documentation on patient education in National Diabetes Prevention and Control Program in Iran, so the present study aimed to describe patient education process in diabetes centers in one of the provinces of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHO...

AIM Clinical assignments in nursing education provide opportunities for students to develop thinking skills vital to the effective delivery of patient care. The purpose of the present study was to examine students' perceived levels of confidence for using thinking skills when completing two types of clinical assignments. BACKGROUND Clinical educators and managers are challenged to develop tea...

BACKGROUND The National Institutes of Health's Clinical and Translational Sciences Award program emphasizes the need to speed up the process of putting evidence-based practices into place. One strategy they promote is community engagement; however, few studies describe a process for meaningfully engaging communities in the translation process. OBJECTIVE This article describes steps taken by a...

BACKGROUND The role of knowledge in postgraduate medical education has often been discussed. However, recent insights from cognitive psychology and the study of deliberate practice recognize that expert problem solving requires a well-organized knowledge database. This implies that postgraduate assessment should include knowledge testing. Longitudinal assessment, like progress testing, seems a ...