Resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide concern and community pharmacies can play a strategic role in controlling this issue through rationalizing antibiotic consumption. Considering that dispensing any type of antibiotics without a prescription is prohibited in according to Iran’s regulations, this study was conducted to quantify the rate of antibiotic dispensing without a prescription by pha...

The aim of this review was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the roles of real and simulated patients in undergraduate medical education. The literature was reviewed in relation to four patient roles: real patients as educational "resource" (passive role), real patients as teachers (active role), and simulated patients as educational resource and teachers. Each of the four patient rol...

Introduction Patient set-up optimization is required in radiotherapy to fill the accuracy gap between personalized treatment planning and uncertainties in the irradiation set-up. In this study, we aimed to develop a new method based on neural network to estimate patient geometrical setup using 4-dimensional (4D) XCAT anthropomorphic phantom. Materials and Methods To access 4D modeling of motion...

The first consultation with a patient is the beginning of a doctor-patient relationship. It is thus of major importance to conduct this in a correct and proper way. Consulting with a patient is a complicated skill that is gradually learned during medical training and perfected when one grows into one’s role as a doctor. The importance of an adequate consultation constitutes a strong argument to...

The cross-sectional RuO2/SiO2 composite films with different RuO2 and SiO2 and Ru2Si3 thin films, deposited by sputtering on silicon wafers and followed by the post-deposition annealing in the temperature range from 150 to 500 °C, will be investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The studies will provide important structural information on the as deposited films and their evolutio...

BACKGROUND The literature on interprofessional learning (IPL) has limited empirical evidence on the impact of simulated IPL sessions in promoting collaborative health care services in rural settings. This study aims to explore health care students' perception of the relevance of simulated IPL for rural health care services. METHODS Three focus group interviews were held with pre-registration ...

introduction patient set-up optimization is required in radiotherapy to fill the accuracy gap between personalized treatment planning and uncertainties in the irradiation set-up. in this study, we aimed to develop a new method based on neural network to estimate patient geometrical setup using 4-dimensional (4d) xcat anthropomorphic phantom. materials and methods to access 4d modeling of motion...