Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It provides recent information regarding active marine natural products which can be utilized in pharmacy and medicine. Copyright © 2014, School of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences; Published by DOCS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,...

BACKGROUND Hospitals are the most costly operational and really important units of health system because they consume about 50%-89% of total health resources. Therefore efficient use of resources could help in saving and reallocating the financial and physical resources. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to obtain an overview of hospitals' performance status by applying different technique...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common infection among hospitalized patients and have been increased during the recent decades (1). Out of several microorganisms that are associated to UTIs including, yeasts are one of the most important organism that cause UTIs. The presence of Candida species in urine is considered as candiduria and it is varying from asymptomatic candiduria to c...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HB vaccination is an essential step in the prevention of the disease and its consequent complications. OBJECTIVES Immune status of medical personnel in teaching hospitals of Khuzestan is not well known. Since these personnel are usually at risk of needle stick and oth...

background aids is one of the most important communicable diseases in recent years. while there is no vaccine for it, awareness is the most effective way to prevent this disease. medical staff including anesthesia staff are potentially expose to the disease. therefore first, it is necessary to evaluate knowledge and attitude of medical staff to elevate awareness. material and methods this is a ...

Background: Longevity of basic medical sciences is a major concern of medical educators and physicians. It has been shown that different learning styles can affect the half-life of the material. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of partially tests during renal physiology course on "the student’s retention of renal physiology knowledge" and "knowledge loss" in pharmacy and medical students...