this article elaborates on the experience of higher medical education evaluation in iran. although institutional evaluation in iran started in about a decade ago, recent policies of the government to increase quality of higher medical education have contributed to a special effort in designing and implementing evaluation mechanisms in university systems in iran. among these a process of interna...

background and objective: quality control is one of the most important components in order to improve quality assurance in laboratories during analytical steps. for this purpose, coefficient of variation plays an important role. due to the fast improvement in technology, application of inferential statistics for the comparisons of laboratory techniques, including instrument and chemicals and fa...

background: electronic portal imaging devices (epids) play an important role in radiation therapy portal imaging, geometric and dosimetric verifications. a successful utilization of epids for imaging and dosimetric purposes requires a reliable quality control process routine to be carried out regularly. in this study, two in-house phantoms were developed and analyzed for implementation in a qua...

Any facility or program operated by the Office of Mental Health shall restrict the use of personal cell phones, recording devices, and wireless devices on the grounds of such facility or program, as set forth in this policy directive, provided, however, that the use of personally owned cell phones, recording devices, and wireless devices within forensic and secure facilities or units shall be i...