background:   facing an unfamiliar environment is always one of the biggest concerns for medical students who are going to have clinical educations in medical fields. recently early clinical exposure (ece) for medical students has been proposed as an effective factor in reducing stress and motivating toward the rest of their education as a clinical student. this study aimed at evaluation of ece...

  This investigation was undertaken to evaluate the " effect of the student nurses" personal pain experience on assessment of pain intensity and selection of appropriate number of pain interventions. Participants in this research were 150 female student nurses who were studying in Razie Nursing and Midwifery college of Kerman university of medical sciences and health services. Data collection ...

background: social phobia is a pervasive and debilitating disorder, with relatively high prevalence, which is affected by different variables and influences many aspects of human life. this study was carried out with the aim to determine the relationship between social anxiety and personality dimensions among students of rafsanjan university of medical sciences, iran, in 2013. materials and met...

AIMS To review whether current New Zealand (NZ) medical student selection policies are likely to result in specialists prepared to work in areas of greatest health need in the future. METHOD This paper describes approaches used to select medical students, with some details about NZ medical student cohorts. It then discusses the evidence linking selection and career choice. RESULTS AND CONCL...

â  background irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastroâ­intestinal disorders characterized by non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and altered bowel habits with no known organic pathology. its prevalence varies in different communities. we performed this study to determine the prevalence of ibs in medical students who attended gilan university of medical scienc...

background & aim : a significant proportion of the women in reproductive ages suffer from problems such as menstrual irregularities. the aim of this study was to determine the association between menstrual cycle regularity and obesity-related anthropometric indices in students of kashan university of medical sciences in 2012. methods & materials : this cross-sectional descriptive study was cond...