introduction: the information literacy status and the use of information technology among students in the globalization age of course plans are very momentous. this study aimed to evaluate the information literacy status and use of information technology among medical students of shiraz university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: this was a descriptive-analytical study with crosssectional ...

in the last few years, medical education policy makers have expressed concern about changes in the ethical attitude and behavior of medical trainees during the course of their education. they claim that newly graduated physicians (mds) are entering residency years with inappropriate habits and attitudes earned during their education. this allegation has been supported by numerous research on th...

introduction: the drive for health care and medical sciences to become evidence-based has been accelerated during recent years and therefore quick access to relevant information without the use of information and communication technology seems impossible. the aim of this study was to evaluate medical students' knowledge of computers and information science in urmia university. methods: this sur...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to improve communication skills and knowledge of bioethics of last year medical students doing clerkship and to evaluate the effectiveness of using workshops for this purpose from students’ point of view, in order to continue such programs in future. methods: after ethical approval for the study a two-day workshop on teaching effective communication s...

background: academic failure of medical and medical sciences students is one of the major problems of higher education centers in many countries. this study aims to collect and compare relevant researches in this field in iran. methods: the appropriate keywords were searched in the national and international databases, and the findings were categorized into related and non-related articles acco...

patient satisfaction of emergency medical services in abadan and khorramshahr hospitals, 2009 tahery n* , feraidoonimoghadam m , cheraghian b , khazni s received: 22 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: patient satisfaction is a concept that today has gained high importance in medical care. some experts believe that it is impossible to improve business processes and h...

BACKGROUND Physicians dedicate approximately a quarter of daily work to documentation. Completeness and speed of medical documentation processes are important parameters, because they can affect quality of healthcare. OBJECTIVES A generic method to monitor these quality parameters is proposed and its utility is demonstrated in two examples. METHODS Based on a generic event-driven process ch...