background: teaching epidemiology of occupational diseases is an important course for occupational health students. if these courses are taught with problem based learning or other new educational methods they will be more beneficial. the objective of this study was the determination of the effects of three educational methods on learning of epidemiology of occupational diseases. methods: this ...

could be endowed and named after its benefactor for sums varying from £5,000 to £10,000; a full-time chair could similarly be endowed and named for £30,000; a full-time lectureship for £15,000, or a part-time lectureship for £3,000 to £5,000. In this latter category the medical school presents many opportunities. There is no lecturer in radiology, mental hygiene, psychotherapy, fevers, or tuber...

background around 30% of suicides are committed by burning. the problem of self-immolation remains a crisis even after population based interventions and still a considerable proportion of admissions of burn ward is belonged to suicide cases. objectives this study was designed to present the epidemiologic profile of these patients and compare completed self-immolation and attempted ones. patien...

lorestan and other part of iran are one of the important endemic focuses for the major zoonotic parasitic diseases like cystic hydatid disease where several species of intermediate host are commonly infected with echinococcus granulosus . meat inspection records in a slaughtered house were used to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep, cattle, and goats in lorestan province (aleshtar...

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background india’s economic growth rate in recent years has been fairly impressive. but, it has been consistently failing to make considerable progress in achieving health related millennium development goal (mdg) targets. lack of coherence between provisions and utilization becomes the face of the problem. inadequacies in outreach, access and affordability coupled with escalating healthcare co...