ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To study the attitudes of Iranian medical students towards the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decision. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 220 medical students (110 interns and 110 residents) of Tehran University of medical sciences were selected. They asked to answer to the questionnaire which included two items: first item consisted of demographic questions (age, sex, an...

OBJECTIVE The main objectives of the study were to determine the average waiting times of patients at each of the treatment stations in a large paediatric out-patient department, and to determine the average length of time for a patient visit with paediatricians and interns. DESIGN Data were collected over the period of 1 month, from 1 to 31 October 1994, on patient waiting times and length o...

OBJECTIVES The interest is focused on today's interns who will soon become an essential part of the health care system. Obstacles they perceive at the beginning of the career may encourage them or, inversely, impede their professional development, enhance professional burnout or even lead to change of the profession. International literature, comprising publications on the situation in ten Euro...

BACKGROUND Residents and interns are recognized as important clinical teachers and mentors. Resident-as-teacher training programs are known to improve resident attitudes and perceptions toward teaching, as well as their theoretical knowledge, skills, and teaching behavior. The effect of resident-as-teacher programs on learning outcomes of medical students, however, remains unknown. An intervent...

INTRODUCTION Identification of Educational Influentials (EIs) in clinical settings helps considerably to knowledge transfer among health and medical practice providers. The aim of this study was identifying EIs in diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) by medical students (clerks, interns and residents) and providing their relational pattern in this subject. METHODS Subjects were medical students at cler...

Blogging has been recommended as a suitable tool for learning during internship due to its associated usefulness in collaborative learning, reflection, communication, and social support. In this study, blogging was incorporated into the internship activities of two discipline-specific groups of interns: information management (n = 53) and nursing (n = 28). In examining the behavior, perceptions...

Objective: This study was designed to explore the potential association between severity of impact coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on perceptions and attitudes among medical interns. Material Methods: The carried out as qualitative key informant semi-structured interviews, were enrolled from September-October 2020 using a convenience sampling used recruit nine interns at King Faisa...

OBJECTIVE To scrutinize the knowledge, attitude, and antimicrobial practices in Saudi Arabian Dentistry. METHODS In this cross-sectional survey of dentists, a self-administered questionnaire comprising of 61 questions was dispersed to the participants randomly, which included their professional profile, awareness of the current scope of antimicrobial resistance, prescribing practice, frequenc...

OBJECTIVES Although JCAHO requires a standardised approach to handoffs, and while many standardised protocols have been tested, sign-out practices continue to vary. We believe this is due to the variability in workflow during inpatient duty cycle. We investigate the impact of such workflows on intern sign-out practices. DESIGN We employed a prospective, grounded theory mixed-method design. ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the experience of interns in sensitive area examination during their undergraduate medical course and identify factors interfering with such examinations. METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out from May to June 2010. Interns (n=315) at King Saud University College of Medicine were invited via email to complete a web-based questionnaire developed using surveymonke...