introduction. there is an obvious gap between traditional medical education and occupational expectations of medical graduates. so in order to eliminate this problem and promote students competence in clinical process, a new educational strategy, entitled “ambulatory care education (ace)” have been suggested which is based on integration of individual clinical expertise and the medical educatio...

BACKGROUND On their journey to "becoming" doctors, medical students encounter a range of health professionals who contribute to their socialisation into clinical practice. Amongst these individuals are registered nurses (RNs) in clinical practice who are often employed by medical schools as clinical tutors. These RNs will encounter medical students on campus and later in the clinical setting. ...

Background: Many studies suggest depression rate in medical students is higher in comparison to others. Such disorder can cause motivation loss and hopelessness. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the depression symptoms and their contributors amongst medical students who were studying the Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) in Sabzevar, Iran.   Methods: This cross-sectional study evalu...

objective: university students account for human resource of each society and will make the future of their country. psychological disturbances such as depression and hopelessness can affect daily life and scholastic process of university students. the authors intended to determine the prevalence of depression amongst students of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran. metho...

introduction: teaching medical professionalism is increasingly acknowledged as an important aspect of medical education. the professionalism mini-evaluation exercise (p-mex) is an assessment tool for evaluating medical professionalism, but no studies using it as a self-assessment instrument have been reported. this paper reports on a preliminary investigation of the finnish version of the p-mex...

introduction: quantitative and qualitative enhancement of educational activities is an essential issue. learners’ cooperation in the teaching process in order to increase teaching effectiveness and promotion is considered significant. the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of establishment of student working group on the teaching general embryology course to medical students. ...

results the overall perceived stress mean was 32.02 (sd = 5.08). eighty-three percent of the medical students perceived stress. students in clinical phase perceived more stress than basic sciences ones [or 2.25, 95% ci 1.809 - 4.032]. logistic regression analysis showed demographic (including gender and residential status), psychosocial and academic factors and the phase of study as sources of ...

Medical students are future doctors who are trained to treat all kinds of diseases including people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) without prejudice. Teaching basic scientifi c knowledge and technical skills is no longer adequate for today’s medical students. There is also a need for them to be provided with high personal and professional values. This study examined stigmatizing attitude towards ...

Introduction. The ability for practical skills is an important target for medical education. These skills are necessary for diagnosis of diseases and therapeutic procedures. This study is designed for evaluation of clinical skills. Methods. 92 medical student were selected randomly and data was collected by questionnaires. Results. 71.7% of stagers and 21.4% of internship students didn’t have...