Abstract Despite numerous studies of Iran in recent decades, the country’s concerted efforts to expand its medical diplomacy have been largely overlooked by experts and observers alike. This is despite fact that Islamic Republic has sought employ as a viable tool for expanding soft power number years. Over course last two fact, Iranian authorities health professionals considered their advances ...

Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...

the purpose of present article is to study the application of teaching university indices such as teachable point of view, ideas, values, emotional energy and edge in iranian public universities. present study uses a descriptive - survey research method. the statistical population of research includes all the faculty members of public medical and non medical universities during 2006-2007 academ...

Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate web-based alcohol drinking preventative intervention efficiency among male students of universities of medical sciences in Iran. Methods: Overall, 150 newcomer and sophomore male college students participated in this study into two groups of intervention and control. This research was a longitudinal randomized pre-test and post-test series of con...

Defining strategic position of the organizations within the industry environment is one of the basic and most important phases of strategic planning to which extent that one of the fundamental schools of strategic planning is the strategic positioning school. In today’s knowledge-based economy and dynamic environment, it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creat...

BACKGROUND Technical, human, operational and organizational factors have been influencing the sequence of occupational accidents. Among them, organizational factors play a major role in causing occupational accidents. The aim of this research was to understand the Iranian safety experts' experiences and perception of organizational factors. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted in 2015...

BACKGROUND Since Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) has the oldest and highest number of research centers among all Iranian medical universities, this study was conducted to evaluate scientific output of research centers affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) using scientometric indices and the affecting factors. Moreover, a number of scientometric indicators were ...

different models with various approaches to strategic positioning have been employed to define it in various industries. as one of the powerful models, bsc analyses all aspect of organization evenly. in this study bsc is used as an instrument to make shiraz university more efficient in implementing strategic and performance or supporting their strategic plan. therefore this study aims to design...

BACKGROUND Universities of Medical Science and Health Services (UMSHSs) are among the main organizations in Iran's health-care section. Improving their efficiency in financial resource management through creating an appropri-ate coordination between consumption and resources is strategically vital. Investigating the financial performance as well as ranking the Iranian UMSHSs is the research obj...