introduction: electronic medical records has of practically paved the way to centralize information without being worried about physical space. although iran, from technological point of view, is able to compete with developed countries, it has fallen because of medical records technology. in this study, hospital information systems in educational hospitals in tehran province were compared with...

introduction: shahid motahari annual educational festival aims to improve the quality of medical education in the islamic republic of iran, and has held since 2008. the present study was performed to determine the satisfaction level of iranian medical universities’ faculty members about holding shahid motahari annual educational festival during the past six years, from 2008 to 2014. methods: th...

introduction: cancer research is one of the essential activities for its control and treatment. hospital based cancer registry system is an information system designed to collect, organize and analyze data on cancer. the objective of the present study was to compare hospital based cancer registry system in iran with that in the usa. methods: this research was a comparative study. studied popula...

introduction: community-orientated medicine (come) is a topical area for debate in the current discussion about medical education, but it can be agued that medical education has always been in the community because medical practice is located therein. in this study the status of come in all universities were evaluated by educational development center (edc) of ministry of health and medical edu...

background: english for specific purposes (esp) courses should empower students to satisfy their language needs. however, at many iranian universities, these courses are mostly taught based on the grammar translation method focusing on teaching grammatical rules and reading comprehension. the present study aims at proposing an innovative approach for teaching english to medical students that ca...