purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     our study suggests that using mpcd method is an effective way to increase clinical reasoning skills of medical students. the attitude of students about the positive effects of mpcd increased significantly from the first day to the last day (p intervention. 120 third-year medical students at our medical university were randomly assigned to 1...

background: behavioral risk factors are responsible for a substantial portion of chronic disease. educating patients is a professional responsibility of medical practitioners. however, it has been observed that physicians did not practice what they preach. we aimed to study whether medical colleges inculcate health‑promoting lifestyle among medical students during their stay in medical colleges...

introduction. in order to understand the cellular and tissue damages or changes in various diseases, it is imperative to be knowledgeable about the normal structure of different tissues. the histology course, which is taught in the first year of medicine in iran, is supposed to provide such knowledge. in this study, we did evaluate this course for its methods of teaching as well as clinical rel...

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 E...

the effect of portfolio educational plan on the perception of nursing students in a clinical educational environment: based on dreem model     habibzade h [1] *, kazemi n [2] , mhammadpr y [3] , khalkhali hr [4]     received: 29 nov , 2012 accepted: 13 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : clinical education is a complex process with various factors. the portfolio program is considered...