graduate medical education is one of the stage of the continuum of medical education in iran. at present, near 5500 residents are being trained in 24 specialties and 21 subspecialties in 26 universities of medical sciences. based on a special act of national parliament in 1973, the iranian council for graduate medical education is responsible for supervision on the quality of graduate medical e...

OBJECTIVE Teaching intrapartum care is one of the most challenging tasks in undergraduate medical education. High-fidelity obstetric simulators might support students' learning experience. The specific educational impact of these simulators compared with traditional methods of model-based obstetric teaching has not yet been determined. STUDY DESIGN We randomly assigned 46 undergraduate medica...

abstract the aim of this paper is to illustrate the role of metaphor in education. the main thesis is that the metaphors shape our attitude towards education implicitly.  with this aim in mind, first, the concept of metaphor is briefly introduced, and then three of the most famous metaphors that have been used in education (factories, gardening and travel), and their differences are discussed. ...

Medical educators attempt to create reliable and valid tests and questionnaires in order to enhance the accuracy of their assessment and evaluations. Validity and reliability are two fundamental elements in the evaluation of a measurement instrument. Instruments can be conventional knowledge, skill or attitude tests, clinical simulations or survey questionnaires. Instruments can measure concept...

BACKGROUND In medical education, information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge and skills have become a necessity and an integral part of preparing tomorrow's doctors to be sufficiently competent to use informatics resources effectively and efficiently for the best practice of medicine. OBJECTIVE This research aimed to study the literacy of the preprofessional students in ICT befor...

BACKGROUND In medical education, feedback from students is helpful in course evaluation. However, the impact of medical students' feedback on long-term course development is seldom reported. In this project we studied the correspondence between medical students' descriptive evaluations and key features of course development over five years. METHODS Qualitative content analysis was used. The c...

BACKGROUND Although medical programmes are often thoroughly evaluated, these evaluations more seldom include workplace points of view. The present study focuses on how well a Swedish medical programme was judged to prepare students for work as a physician. METHODS Thirty-two competences in physicians' work were identified through interviews. A subsequent questionnaire was completed by 123 pro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate impact a multicultural interclerkship had on students' perception of knowledge, interview skills, and empathy towards serving culturally diverse populations and role student demographics played in learning. METHODS Data extracted from students' self-reported course evaluations and pre/post questionnaires during multiculturalism interclerkship across 11 academic years. In...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perspectives and preferences of medical students and residents regarding professionalism and ethics education. METHODS A new written survey with 124 items (scale: "strongly disagree" = 1, "strongly agree" = 9) was sent to all medical students (n=308) and PGY 1-3 residents (n=233) at one academic center. RESULTS Of the 336 participants (200 students, 65% response; 136...

OBJECTIVE Balint work in the United States has suffered from a lack of written material on how Balint group leaders structure and guide group process. This study identified characteristics of effective Balint group leadership by gathering information from experienced Balint leaders. METHODS We used evaluations of the leadership methods used by 21 Balint group leaders assembled at an American ...