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...

dear editor regarding to development of basic science and new methods in biochemistry in recent years, practical biochemistry contents should be optimized (1). therefore, re-attitude biochemistry course contents in medical schools has paralleled worldwide trends a moved from current status is needed (2, 3). as reported by investi­gators many medical schools around the world have reformed their ...

communication skills play a paramount role in clinical practice. in every clinical setting, medical doctors need to interview their patients efficiently and be persuasive toward their health issues. this study aimed at assessing the attitudes of medical students toward learning communication skills at hormozgan university of medical sciences in iran. in this cross-sectional study, the questionn...

background:electronically -learning has created a new horizon in the world of education. the purpose of this is improving the quality of education and conserving (saving) time for teachers and students; this training can facilitate and strengthen the process of review. since mashhad university of medical sciences trains the applicants for family medicine as mph virtually, we decided to study th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the scientific production from the surgical areas from the State University of Para (UEPA), Federal Universities of Para (UFPA) and of Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil. METHODS The scientific productions of professors in the last five years were classified according to the Qualis system of CAPES-Medicine III (http://qualis.capes.gov.br/webqualis/publico/pesquisaPublicaClassificacao....

background: in order to evaluate educational courses, usually different criteria of student and academic staff are being used. these criteria for students include their number, fields, the ratio of post-garaduate students to all students, and for staff, they are composed of their number, their rank in the academic pyramid, as well as the ratio of students to academic staff classified based on t...

background the objective structured clinical examination (osce) has been introduced as an efficient method for the assessment of medical students. objectives the aim of the present study was to determine the satisfaction level of undergraduate medical students of internal medicine department with the osce. materials and methods this was a descriptive cross-sectional study, performed on all avai...

1Reaserch Center for Non-Communicable Diseases, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Para-Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 3Medical Ethics Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 4Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Para-Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sc...