background: respiratory function in patients undergoing open heart surgery is disrupted after surgery.  patient education on managing complications can reduce occurrence or severity of them. a variety of educational tools has been introduced, but there are controversies about the most appropriate tools. aim: determine the effect of instructional videos on respiratory function of the patients af...

the objective of the study was to evaluate the position of patient education measuring knowledge, attitude, and practice (kap) among health care workers (hcws). it is also aimed to emphasize the need for a real position for patient education. this survey was performed among a group of hcws in iran. the scores had an acceptable level. however, nurses, females and younger people received higher s...

aims: hospital information system may offer a way to increased self-care management. the aim of this study was to determine the patients’ informational needs for self-care management and evaluation of different his software according to these needs.  materials & methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was done during 2011-2012 in kashan city, iran at two phases compiling the required in...

background because the quality of information on the internet is of dubious worth, many patients seek out reliable expert sources. as per the american medical association (ama) and the national institutes of health (nih) recommendations, readability of patient education materials should not exceed a sixth-grade reading level. the average reading skill of u.s. adults is at the eighth-grade level...

one of the advanced nursing care procedures emphasized by nursing organizations around the world is patient or nursing advocacy. in addition to illustrating the professional power of nursing, it helps to provide effective nursing care. the aim of the present study was to explain the concept of patient advocacy from the perspective of iranian clinical nurses. this was a qualitative study that ex...

INTRODUCTION Emergency department (ED) crowding negatively impacts patient care quality and efficiency. To reduce crowding many EDs use a physician-in-triage (PIT) process. However, few studies have evaluated the effect of a PIT processes on resident education. Our objective was to determine the impact of a PIT process implementation on resident education within the ED of an academic medical ce...

background : the purpose of this study was to explore nurses’ attitudes to the barriers of patient education as a right for getting information based on work situation of nurses, educational facilities in hospitals, and patients’ situation. methods : the study was conducted using a cross-sectional design. the populations consisted of 240 nurses affiliated in the educational hospitals. the data ...

Interprofessional education is broadly defined as a teaching and learning process that fosters collaborative work between two or more health care professions. Interprofessional education, as a proven, beneficial approach to collaborative learning that addresses the problems of fragmentation in health care delivery and separation among health care professionals, is frequently promulgated but not...

The primary goal of medical education is to produce physicians who deliver high-quality health care. Recent calls for greater accountability in medical education and the development of outcomes research methodologies should encourage a new research effort to examine the effects of medical training upon clinical outcomes. The authors offer a research agenda that links medical education and quali...