â  background irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastroâ­intestinal disorders characterized by non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and altered bowel habits with no known organic pathology. its prevalence varies in different communities. we performed this study to determine the prevalence of ibs in medical students who attended gilan university of medical scienc...

introduction: medical emergencies can frequently happen in dental settings and inability to cope with them can lead to tragic outcomes. the of aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of medical emergencies in dental settings in babol, iran and dentists’ self-perceived need for practical training in this field. materials and methods: a descriptive-ana-lytical study was performed by usin...

introduction: stress is an important factor in the educational process. teaching and learning are stressful processes. this stress can affect one’s ability and change his/her performance. the purpose of this study was to investigate stressors of clinical education from the perspective of medical students in yazd university of medical sciences. methods: this descriptive-analytic study was conduc...

the goal of medicine is to prevent harm as hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. has this fact been taken into account in developing medical education curricula in asia? frequency of diseases in asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  it is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to ...

background & aim : a significant proportion of the women in reproductive ages suffer from problems such as menstrual irregularities. the aim of this study was to determine the association between menstrual cycle regularity and obesity-related anthropometric indices in students of kashan university of medical sciences in 2012. methods & materials : this cross-sectional descriptive study was cond...

conclusions preventable accidental poisoning is a significant cause of morbidity in children in developing countries. the study provided information on evolving trends and the need for increasing awareness about potential toxins as well as appropriate storage of toxins in the house to reduce the occurrence of accidental poisoning. patients and methods records of 170 patients from 1998 and 147 f...

the formal study of human error is relatively recent, especially in medical domain, and is tied closely to a several other relatively new fields. organizational root cause of human error is less considered. despite growing social, industrial and scientific interest in the organizational causes of incidents, the concept of organizational failure and related tools are still less considered in man...

introduction: hospital managers are always concerned about provision and careful control of financial resources. in this study the deductions applied by khadamat-e-darman insurance company on patients' bills at university hospitals affiliated to isfahan university of medical sciences were investigated. methods: in this cross–sectional study, data were collected in a checklist consisting of nine...

introduction: organizational justice is a variable that predicts many organizational variables. one of these variables that have an important role in many organizations today is organizational citizenship behavior. so this study aimed to study the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior among medical record staff in selected hospitals of isfahan in 20...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders, characterized by non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and altered bowel habit without any organic pathology. its prevalence varies in human communities. we performed this study to determine the prevalence of ibs in medical students of gilan university of medical sciences (gums). materials...