Introduction: In today's world with a vast amount of information and knowledge, medical students should learn how to become effective physicians. Therefore, the competencies required for lifelong learning in the curriculum must be considered. The purpose of this study was to present a desirable general medical curriculum with emphasis on lifelong learning. Methods: The present study was Mixe...

Introduction: Husband’s addiction often leads to the disruption of family roles and duties. In this process, women as wives in families with addicted husbands may tolerate pressures from everywhere and are emotionally, physically, mentally, and behaviorally at risk.  Objective: Armed with a qualitative approach, the present study tries to recognize the nature of the problem, defines and invest...

Background & Aim:Despite the high prevalence of the problem in the society, people with pelvic floor disorders are less likely to seek medical services. Various studies stated that one of the important problems in providing medical services to people with pelvic floor disorders is not paying attention to their preferences and expectations. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of exp...

  Background and Aim: Although self-care is known to affect favorably the control and treatment of osteoporosis, the effective factors from the patients’ viewpoint have not been investigated. The aim of this study was to explore factors affecting self-care from the viewpoint of women suffering from osteoporosis.   Materials and methods: This was a qualitative study conducted with a conte...

 Uncontrolled hypertension in the elderly causes various diseases and disability. This study was aimed to explore the challenges in self-management empowerment from the perspective of Iranian elderly patients with hypertension. Using exploratory descriptive approach, on 30 hypertension patients in Bushehr by purposive and convenience sampling method. First, qualitative data were collected throu...