OBJECTIVE Learning environment has a significant role in determining students' academic achievement and learning. The aim of this study is to investigate the viewpoints of undergraduate medical sciences students on the learning environment using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (RUMS). METHODS The descriptive cross-sectional st...

abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

qualification of clinical education of operation room in bachelor degree from the perspective of students and educators in this field at the university of medical sciences, in semnan khazaei jalil s1, zarouj hosseini r2, abbasi a*2 received:4/1/2015 accepted:6/24/2015 1. student research committee, school of nursing and midwifery, shahroud university of medical sciences, shahroud, iran 3. dept ...

background and purpose: decreased males’ motivation for entering universities has caused a low male/female ratio in different university majors. in 2005-2006 academic year, enrollment of female students in rafsanjan university of medical sciences reached 83.14%. this tremendous gender imbalance may lead to the development of a mono-sex system for health service providers and will.affect the soc...

OBJECTIVE A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thoughts and behaviors. This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 undergraduate medical and basic sciences students. Beck depression inventory (BDI) used for data gathe...

the effect of teaching the learning and studying strategies on unsuccessful college students' development in urmia university of medical sciences     feizipour h [1] , zeinali a [2] *     received: 16 dec , 2012 accepted: 20 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : educational failure is an important problem of most of the educational centers that needs urgent strategies. this study ...

the effect of active learning model on cognitive and clinical skills among icu nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, naderi a [3] , rasouli d [4] , sheikhi n [5]     received: 4 sep, 2011 accepted: 15 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the clinical education and evaluation of nursing education is a fundamental pillar. this study aimed to assess the achievement of ...

To present a multiple-instructor, active-learning strategy in the undergraduate medical curriculum. This educational research is a descriptive one. Shared teaching sessions, were designed for undergraduate medical students in six organ-system based courses. Sessions that involved in-class discussions of integrated clinical cases were designed implemented and moderated by at least 3 faculties (c...

INTRODUCTION Second National Medical Sciences Olympiad was done in Shiraz in August 2010 with aim of indentifying scientifically talented individuals, motivating students and orienting extracurricular activities. This Olympiad was done in 3 areas, basic sciences, clinical sciences and management. In clinical sciences, we used TOSCE (Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination). In this artic...

comparison of the effect of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students     rezaei k [1] *, kouhestani h [2] , nejat n [3] , ebrahimi fakhar h [4]     received: 12 oct , 2011 accepted: 20 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : the success of nursing students depends on the understanding of complex concepts and...