para-veterinarians are professionals in having a liaise between veterinary doctors and livestock owners beside their ability to achieve some of the veterinarians activity such as collecting information about sick animals, using thermometer, using needles and syringes, calculating, diluting and using antiseptic, knowledge about live and inactive vaccines, oral treatment of animals, herbal medici...

BACKGROUND Students can improve the learning process by developing their own multiple choice questions. If a similar effect occurred when creating OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) stations by themselves it could be beneficial to involve them in the development of OSCE stations. This study investigates the effect of students developing emergency medicine OSCE stations on their te...

OBJECTIVE To determine the attitude of high school students majoring in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) towards Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine and Nursing as professions at university. DESIGN A cross sectional study of a representative sample of high school students using a pretested attitudinal questionnaire. Attitude components tested were degree of liking, degree o...

background and objectives: stress among students of the health sciences can lead to reduced performance of future healthcare human resources. to address this threat there is a need to develop a robust understanding of the nature and intensity of stress in these professionals. to help approaching this goal, the present study assessed stress-induced life change in students of tehran university of...

BACKGROUND Q fever is an occupational risk for veterinarians, however little is known about the risk for veterinary medicine students. This study aimed to assess the seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii among veterinary medicine students and to identify associated risk factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study with questionnaire and blood sample collection was performed among all veterinary med...

OBJECTIVE To compare the academic performance of students who entered family medicine residency programs with that of students who entered other disciplines and discern whether or not family physicians are as academically talented as their colleagues in other specialties. DESIGN Retrospective quantitative study. SETTING University of Calgary in Alberta. PARTICIPANTS Three graduating class...

History of medicine is an extensive and very complex science. In a simple and classical understanding, it has an informative and associative role. Although it is not easy for students to understand the multiple implications of the history of medicine, its importance becomes more evident during their academic formation. The students must be persuaded particularly about the ethical and cultural v...