Blended learning is a pedagogical approach which is designed to enhance complementarity between face-to-face and online learning (Dziuban et al., 2004). According to Qian et al.’s (Qian et al., 2016, p. 8) systematic review and meta-analysis “Blended learning appears to have a consistent positive effect in comparison with no intervention and appears to be more effective than or at least as effe...

Older adults are often susceptible to confusing or forgetting medical instructions. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of causal knowledge on the learning and retention of medical information among younger and older adults. Participants were asked to read about a fictitious disease with or without explanations on the cause-and -effects of illness management. A multiple-...

background transferring research-based knowledge into practice would help to maximize the quality of health care. however, the role of knowledge producers and the organizational roles related to knowledge transfer have been largely ignored. objectives this study was accomplished with the aim of describing the organizational activities needed to transfer the findings of nursing research from the...

Background: Kidney failure patients with low health literacy are at increased risk for poor self-care and negative health outcome. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the role of health literacy in patient’s knowledge about kidney disease and medical care adherence and also to test the mediating role of kidney knowledge on the relationship between health literacy and medical adherence among...

BACKGROUND A prospective study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an educational reproductive health program on medical student peer educators and the secondary school pupils whom they taught. METHODS The Marseille School of Medicine and ten public secondary schools participated in the study. Medical students were recruited and trained as peer educators to promote sexual health in the se...

OBJECTIVE To explore the knowledge and perceptions of fourth-year medical students regarding the new models of primary health care (PHC) and to ascertain whether that knowledge influenced their decisions to pursue careers in family medicine. DESIGN Qualitative study using semistructured interviews. SETTING The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario in...

o bjective: to compare and evaluation of scores of trauma research center of shiraz university of medical sciences in iran with other trauma research centers in iran. m e thods: the assessment scores of each center were gathered from iran medical research and ministry of health and medical education website. each score is recorded in helical year which is defined from the 21th of march of every...