background: tuberculosis (tb) continues to pose a major global health problem and thus intensive action is needed to control and ultimately eliminate the disease . methods: an active case finding (acf) survey was conducted in the urban slum areas of the r-south municipal ward of mumbai city for a period of two months from june to july 2012. micro planning for survey was done by district tubercu...

examination malpractice is any act carried out by anybody that defies the rules that guides a student whose knowledge or ability is being tested in a particular knowledge or skill with the aim of distorting the student’s true knowledge or ability. this article employs three classical major sociological perspectives in analyzing examination malpractice in nigerian universities. the structural-fu...

background and aims: examination score is important for destination of students due to educational and occupational issues. this study was conducted to investigate the effect of inhaling the vapor of lavender on summative examination scores in nursing students. methods: this single-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 33 nursing students at summative examination session...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The present study aims in assessing the compliance in diagnosis of oral hygiene by means of clinical examination, oral photography, and Global Oral Health Scale criteria.METHODS: The total number of 100 patients referring to the school of dentistry was examined regarding the teeth decay, cavities, as well as gum and periodontal conditions. Finally, 20 patients were selected ...

background and purpose: biochemistry is extremely difficult in preclinical medical education because of the monotonous use of lectures, tutorials, practical and end of semester load with end of semester examination. although several studies have been carried out on learning biochemistry in europe and america, asian studies are very few and literature in the sri lankan context is lacking. we aim...

background the aim of this study was to examine the correlation of the clinical examination, mri and arthroscopic findings in cruciate ligaments and meniscal injuries of knee and to evaluate the accuracy of clinical examination and mri with the gold standard arthroscopy. methods a prospective diagnostic double-blind study was conducted on 104 consecutive patients admitted to the outdoor/casualt...

objective: in aug 2004, for the first time, a psychiatric osce was piloted in iran. the objective of current study was to explore the view and opinion of both candidates and examiners after they took part in the exam. method: two focus groups were formed. there were 10 participants in each group. each group was asked to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the osce. the discussion was ta...

in this study a base-scale is prepared for the evaluation of the personality grounds of the tehran university of medical science students. such a scoring scale may be useful to help the medical science students in career development, psychosocial consultations, and appropriate supportive care plans. a sample of 205 female and male students resident in dormitories were evaluated using “bernreute...