introduction: given the crucial role of financial aids and grants in research progress, the present communication attempts to study the research funding situation in iran during 2008-2011. research method: the present paper applies a scientometric method to study the data related to iranian scientific productions extracted from science citation index expanded. the data are analyzed using excel ...

Hypertension is both a disease and a risk factor. Long-term research objectives are to understand blood pressure homeostasis and the pathogeneses of the various forms of hypertension. Short-term research objectives center around enhancing methods for detection, evaluation, treatment, and control of high blood pressure because, even in the absence of precise knowledge of the etiology of hyperten...

INTRODUCTION This article outlines the meaningful participation of eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members employed as community researchers investigating the impact of pandemic influenza in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation is now a requirement of health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

An argument for adopting a Living Educational Theory Research approach to the processof continuing educational, professional development is presented. A living-educational-theory(a term coined by Whitehead 1989) valid, values-laden and evidence-based explanation of practitioner their educational influence in own learning, learning others social formations. educational-practitioner develops livi...

Background: Evidence-based medical education is playing an increasingly important role in the choice of didactic methods and the development of medical curricula and assessments. In Germany, a growing number of educational research projects has accompanied an ongoing change in the medical education process. The aim of this project was to assess medical education research activities at one medic...

Translational research plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between fundamental and clinical research. The importance of integrating research training into medical education has been emphasized. Predictive factors that help to identify the most motivated medical students to perform academic research are unknown. In a cross-sectional study on a representative sample of 315 medical students, ...

clinical research usually involves patients with a certain disease or a condition. the generalizability of clinical research findings is based on multiple factors related to the internal and external validity of the research methods. the main methodological issue that influences the generalizability of clinical research findings is the sampling method. in this educational article, we are explai...