the effect of portfolio educational plan on the perception of nursing students in a clinical educational environment: based on dreem model     habibzade h [1] *, kazemi n [2] , mhammadpr y [3] , khalkhali hr [4]     received: 29 nov , 2012 accepted: 13 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : clinical education is a complex process with various factors. the portfolio program is considered...

BACKGROUND Renal transplant recipients are known to be susceptible to viral infections, with more severe clinical presentations compared to healthy persons. Hepatitis E is generally a self-limited disease, which is caused by hepatitis E virus. Recently, hepatitis E has become more important in organ transplant recipients, because of new findings regarding the potential for chronic infections in...

INTRODUCTION Failure to thrive (FTT) in children is one of the most important health issues around the world, especially in developing countries. Lack of success in identifying and controlling this health problem may lead to dangerous health consequences for children. The aim of this research was to explore the risk factors for this health problem in infants under two years of age in Urmia, Nor...

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and S.enterica serovar Enteritidis are the most frequently isolated serovars from food-borne diseases throughout the world. According to their antigenic profiles, salmonella shows different disease syndromes and host specificities. It is necessary and important to discriminate salmonella serovars from each other in order to ensure that each pathogen and i...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is one of the fastest growing health problems around the world. Several factors can affect this silent disease. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis in women in Urmia, a city in northwestern Iran. METHODS This cross‑sectional study was performed on 360 non-pregnant women over the age of 15 who referred for bone density te...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Nasrollah Jabbari, Department of Medical Physics and Imaging, Faculty of Para medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Fax: +98 441 2770047 E-mail: [email protected] Background: Understanding of the incident electron energy and angular distributions from clinical electron accelerators (linacs) is important for dosimetry and treatment planning. Th...

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QOL) assessment in patients on chronic Hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) has rarely been carried out. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life during hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment in patients referred to teaching hospitals in Urmia, Iran. METHODS All chronic HD and PD patients in Taleghani and Imam Khomeini Teaching Hospi...

ObjectiveComprehensive functional, histomorphometrical and immunohistochemical assessment of sciatic nerve regeneration through an inside-out vein graft in rat. DesignExperimental in vivo study. AnimalsFiftyfour healthy male White Albino rats. ProceduresThe rats were divided into three experimental groups (n=18), randomly: Sham-operation (NC), Transected control (TC) and Inside-out vein graft (...

Introduction Medical knowledge is rapidly expanding and updating. It is very important that students can timely access to information and the latest scientific evidence without any time and place limitation. The smartphone is one of ICT tools that adopted greatly by healthcare professionals. Today, the most medical sciences universities have provided smartphone as an educational aid tool and ac...

a study on the academic motivation and its relation with individual state and academic achievement on basic medical students of urmia university of medical sciences     roshan milan s [1] , aghaii monvar i [2] , kheradmand f [3] , saboory e [4] , mikaili p [5] , masudi s [6] , motazakker m [7] *     received: 29july, 2011 accepted: 28august, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the learning ...