abstract background and objective: helicobacterpylori(hp) is the most common bacterial infection in the world and it may be associated with chronic gastritis, pepticulcer disease, and gastricadenocarcinoma. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hp in student of golestan university of medical sciences (goums). material and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on s...

to study the prevalence of low back pain in medical and nursing undergraduate students in our institutes and its association with physical activity, smoking, depression, use of computer and other variables.it was a comparative cross sectional study carried out at two institutes of dow university of health sciences, karachi, pakistan during october to december 2011. two hundred and fifteen under...

Introduction: Clinical reasoning as a critical and high level of clinicalcompetency should be acquired during medical education, and medicaleducators should attempt to assess this ability in medical students. Nowadays,there are several ways to evaluate medical students’ clinical reasoningability in different countries worldwide. There are some well-known clinicalre...

introduction: triage is a response to the problem of overcrowding in emergency departments (eds) and accuracy of decisions made by the triage unit affects the ultimate outcome of eds. this study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of triage among last year medical students in shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: this is a cross-sectional analytical study whose subjects were all t...

background: although irritable bowel syndrome is a common problem in europian countries, it's prevalence in asian countries is unclear. the aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of ibs and to assess the symptom subgroups based on the predominant bowel habit in a young adult population of iran. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study on medical students at the golestan univ...

introduction: research shows that there is a relationship between students’ perceptions of classroom and learning environment and their cognitive, affective, emotional and behavioral outcomes, so, in this study the relationship between medical students’ perception of learning environment and academic emotions was examined. methods: the research method used was descriptive-correlative. the stati...

introduction: critical thinking as a process of purposeful self-regulatory judgment leads to problem solving and correct decision making in individuals. in the modern world, health care faces rapid change and burgeoning amount of knowledge. possessing critical thinking is essential for individuals in health care centers, specially when they are forced to solve clinical problems. the aim of this...

assessment of communication skills level among medical college students: verbal, listening, and feedback skills     barati m [1] , moeini b [2] *, samavati a [3] , salehi o [4]     received: 23 oct, 2011 accepted: 19 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims: communication skills are among the most important characteristics that a medical student requires. since, communications skills have not...

the effect of teaching the learning and studying strategies on unsuccessful college students' development in urmia university of medical sciences     feizipour h [1] , zeinali a [2] *     received: 16 dec , 2012 accepted: 20 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : educational failure is an important problem of most of the educational centers that needs urgent strategies. this study ...