The purpose of this article is to introduce an advanced system for the support of processing of medical image information, and the terminology related to this system, which can be an important element to a faster transition to a fully digitalized hospital. The core of the system is a set of DICOM compliant applications running over a dedicated computer network. The whole integrated system creat...

There is a manpower crisis in academic radiology departments. These departments cannot sustain their academic missions from clinical revenues alone. Salaries can' t be competitive with private practice, and the recruitment and retention of faculty members are compromised. The education of medical students, residents, and fellows and the clinical and basic research that sustains the specialty su...

objective: dental profession is associated with a high level of stress experienced by clinicians in private practice as well as students and instructors in dental school environment. the purpose of this study was to detect the main stressors in dental students of school of dentistry, babol university of medical sciences in 2011-2012.   methods: in this descriptive, analytical study, data were c...

To examine students' perceptions and experiences of learning anatomy, an on-line Likert-style questionnaire was administered during 2006 to students reading a Bachelor of Medicine 4- and 5-year program (n = 256, 23.8%). Statistical analysis found that students predominantly felt that understanding anatomy and working with human cadaveric material were very important in becoming a doctor. Studen...

BACKGROUND Health Sciences students are exposed early to hospitals and to activities which increase their risk of acquiring infections. Infection control practices are geared towards reduction of occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases. OBJECTIVE To evaluate knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among Health Science students at University of Namibia. METHODS...