incidence, causes and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit    amri meleh p [1] , bayani m [2] *, nikbakhsh n [3] , pourhassan a [4] , marzban m [5] , shirkhani z [6] , damavandi f [7] , soleimaniyan ss [8]     received: 15 may , 2013 accepted: 14 aug , 2013    abstract  background & aims : ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most common h ospi...

Background: Continuous improvement of quality in higher education is the ultimate goal of any medical school. Evaluation of research and educational status makes it possible to judge about the quality of educational achievements in a system. Thus we evaluated the educational and research status of Microbiology and Virology Department, faculty of medicine in Mashhad University of Medical Science...

assessing the preparedness rate againest earthquake risk in hospitals affiliated to urmia university of medical sciences 2011     hekmatkhah a [1] , rahimi h [2] , kamali aghdam m [3] , taghavi shahri sm [4] , sadeghifar j [5] , hamouzadeh p [6] *     received: 22 nov, 2011 accepted: 15 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims : the necessity for providing appropriate services in hospitals du...

Background: The counselors are responsible for academic counseling to students and help them to solve their educational problems. The aim of the present study was to determine the viewpoints of students about the status of academic counseling provided by the faculty advisers in four schools at University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the opinions of 244 students a...

Background: Accreditation process has notable effects on quality assurance in medical education and faculty development. This process determine if an institution meets or exceeds minimum standards of quality. At present, there is a lack of a standardized model of accreditation for medical University in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to design an accreditation model for North...

INTRODUCTION Patient's satisfaction with health care in ambulance services is an important quality indicator and a helpful tool for managers of prehospital emergency services. This study aimed to measure patient satisfaction with health provided by prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) in Lorestan, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients (n=450) transferred b...

345 Article History: JKBEI DOI: 649123/11047 Received Date: 17 Sep. 2015 Accepted Date: 29 Feb. 2016 Available Online: 10 Apr. 2016 General Relativity Search Algorithm for Optimization in Real Numbers Space Hamzeh Beiranvand1*, Esmaeel Rokrok2 and Karim Beiranvand3 1MS of Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Lorestan University, Iran 2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical...