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...

introduction  self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. so the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. materials and methods  thi...

communication skills play a paramount role in clinical practice. in every clinical setting, medical doctors need to interview their patients efficiently and be persuasive toward their health issues. this study aimed at assessing the attitudes of medical students toward learning communication skills at hormozgan university of medical sciences in iran. in this cross-sectional study, the questionn...

dear editor clinical environments encounter is an important part of studying medicine (1). patient contact as an integral part of medical education occurs in various formats in the clinical settings (2, 3). during clinical training, medical students may experience high levels of stress, and some may not deal with it well. the abruptness of students’ transition to the clinical setting generated ...

background: due to unpredictability of events in psychiatry environment and replacement of routine clinical experiences with some assignments such as therapeutic communication with patients, clinical training in such environments has been associated with many problems which require continuous review and evaluation.  the purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of applying por...

introduction. medical education quality improvement is a main problem of medical education system in iran. one of the strategies for medical education quality improvement is internal evaluation. general instruction objectives are determining problems of clinical departments and introducing strategies in different levels of management for solving the problems and following up suggestions. method...

conclusions in general, the clinical training of anesthesia students is in a desirable condition. the large number of students and the lack of space and facilities appeared to be the main causes of concern. to improve the quality of clinical education, increasing the number of clinical education spaces or balancing the number of students is therefore desirable. background clinical education is ...

background: with regard to accelerated progresses in the world of science and technology, as well as changes in the needs of the society, medical education should be a developing process. one of the main factors that can promote education from a static to a dynamic and effective state is evaluation. purpose: the purpose of the present survey is to determine the rate of success of medical studen...

introduction: general medical education starts with basic sciences which usually continue about 2.5 to 3 years. in this period, the students study basic medical sciences and then start the clinical stage in which they deal with diagnoses, care, and cure of disease. the purpose of this study was to assess the integration of basic sciences period with the clinical period at shiraz university of m...