background     method.     results.     conclusion     edical education , e valuation , a ccreditation , s tandardization . regarding the importance of quality improvement in medical education, it is expected that even if this process would not lead to international accreditation acquisition, it will result in improvement and essential changes in basic medical education. keyword: m   having pri...

The drive of this investigation is to diagnose the mediation effect of placement between program quality, industrial link, student satisfaction, and service quality in the circumstance of tertiary education in Malaysia. Using the Cue Utilization theory, the proposed model is tested employing data collected from 173 international students who are pursuing study at University Utara Malaysia throu...

CONTEXT Positive learning experiences for students on clinical placement in rural settings have the potential for supporting the recruitment of qualified nurses to these areas. Recruitment of such nurses is a global concern because current shortages have resulted in decreased healthcare quality for rural residents. By understanding the challenges faced by nursing students unfamiliar with rural ...

For many decades, medical educators have been struggling with assessment, as illustrated by the predominance of assessment in medical education research as well as the ongoing profound and sometimes heated discussions about how to best assess trainees’ competence and development [1–3]. In any event, efforts to change assessment systems are oriented towards the goal of improving health care qual...

Singapore can be proud of its many achievements in the last few decades. Amongst these is the very high standard of healthcare enjoyed by its population.1 In fact, its reputation for medical excellence has attracted many international patients and the numbers are growing. This achievement can be attributed to the hard work, dedication and commitment of those who developed healthcare delivery an...

graduate medical education is one of the stage of the continuum of medical education in iran. at present, near 5500 residents are being trained in 24 specialties and 21 subspecialties in 26 universities of medical sciences. based on a special act of national parliament in 1973, the iranian council for graduate medical education is responsible for supervision on the quality of graduate medical e...

background: health assessment in patients  with epilepsy (pwe) should  include  both  clinical outcomes and  health related quality of life (hrqol) measures. the quality of life (qol) in epilepsy-31 inventory  (qolie-31) is widely used for qol studies  in epilepsy. this study  aims to evaluate psychometrics  of the persian version of the inventory (qolie-31-p). methods:  following a  standard  ...