1Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 2Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran 4Medical Education Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medi...

An unknown number of medical school faculty have disabilities, and their experiences have generally escaped notice and scrutiny. Although most medical schools offer long-term insurance and extended leaves of absence for disability, relatively few have policies explicitly addressing accommodations for faculty with disabilities as they perform teaching, research, and clinical duties. We discuss a...

More than ten years have passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandated that all employers provide "reasonable accommodations" for employees with disabilities. This mandate applies to medical schools, but no systematic information is available to assess the accommodations provided to medical school faculty with disabilities. This Issue Brief summarizes anecdotal evidence from s...

1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115 Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences...

Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair, Second Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Institute of Medical Biology and Genetics, Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Charles University, Second Medical Fa...

the barriers of e-learning implementation in medical sciences domain and provided the necessary solutions     rahimi b [1] , jebraeily m [2] , mehdi oghli r [3] , rashidi a [4] , masomi r [5]     received: 14 apr , 2013 accepted: 20 jun , 2013   abstract   background & aims : in today's world , e-learning as a knowledge acquisition tool have been developed and changed in a rapidly expanded...

Raheleh Janani, Abdollah Jannatdoost, Alehe Seyedrasuli, Leila Valizadeh, Parvin Sarbakhsh. Member of educational board of nursing and midwifery faculty of Tabriz University of medical sciences, Iran; Department of medical surgical, nursing and midwifery faculty, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Iran; MD neonatal nursing of Alzahra hospital and head of research of Alzahra research committ...

1. Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 2. Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 3. Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 4. Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Babol Uni...

introduction. today, computer and information technology serve an increasingly important role in medical education. since the faculty members have an essential role in medical education, this study was designed to assess their knowledge, attitude and computer skills. so, the results of this survey would help us to identify and manage the problems in the way of proper application of computer and...