materials and methods this was a three-armed parallel-group randomized clinical trial in which 168 pregnant women (25-28 weeks) in their first and second pregnancies were divided into three groups of 56 (holy quran with translation, holy quran without translation, and control group) by randomized blocking. the intervention was implemented once a week for three weeks in the health center, and on...

uring the 20th century, enormous progress was made in improving the health and therefore the life span of all Americans. The average life expectancy at birth increased by nearly 30 years between 1900 and 2000. Although the largest gains were made in the early part of the century, we still managed to add another 1.5 years between 1990 and 2000. Much of our continued success in extending life exp...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT) and evidence-based practice are widely referenced in clinical medicine, with parallel calls for clinical teaching to better reflect best educational practice. How clinical teachers use medical education theory and evidence is largely unknown. AIMS To explore anaesthetists' attitudes to clinical teaching and medical education theory and evidence: whether t...

Published research evidence does not automatically diffuse into clinical practice but requires active processes of translation that start with clinicians' awareness of the science and end with patient adherence to the recommended care. Many barriers thwart the uptake of valid and clinically important research into practice, with cognitive, motivational and sociological factors on the part of he...

the present article reports a study carried out to investigate whether or not awareness of functional translation theories has any impact on the translation quality of translator trainees. 2oo iranian undergraduate students took part in this study. they were divided into four groups -two- experimental and two control groups. after homogenizing the participants by a toefl test, a translation pre...

Veterinary clinical trials generate data that advance the transfer of knowledge from clinical research to clinical practice in human and veterinary settings. The translational success of non-regulated and regulated veterinary clinical studies is dependent upon the reliability and reproducibility of the data generated. Clinician-scientists that conduct veterinary clinical studies would benefit f...