MD, Corresponding author, academic member, Iranian Institute for Encyclopedia research, Department of Medical Sciences, MSRT, Allameh Tababataei University, Tehran, Iran, PO Box 19615-866, E mail: [email protected] MD, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. MSc, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran MSc, Biology Department, Science and Research Branch, Islami...

OBJECTIVES To compare learning outcomes and perceptions of facilitator behaviours and small-group process in problem-based learning (PBL) groups led by students and those led by faculty. DESIGN A prospective, Latin-square cross-over design was employed. Second-year medical students participated in 11 PBL cases over the course of the academic year. For each case, half the student groups were l...

Improving medical practice begins with the improvement of medical education. In this process, most academic medical faculty assume the dual roles of both teacher and researcher, often without intending to or realizing that they are. With the increased tightening of regulation and supervision of biomedical research in the United States, academic medical institutions and their individual faculty ...

a study on the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and some maternal and neonatal factors    amirshahi m [1] *,shiri s [2] ,salehin sh [3] ,mohamad rezaei zh [4]     received: 19 feb, 2013 accepted: 25 apr, 2013    abstract   background & aims : breastfeeding has many benefits for mother and preterm infant. identify factors affecting breastfeeding, have an effective role in supportin...

PURPOSE Few researchers have explored the negotiation experiences of academic medical faculty even though negotiation is crucial to their career success. The authors sought to understand medical faculty researchers' experiences with and perceptions of negotiation. METHOD Between February 2010 and August 2011, the authors conducted semistructured, in-depth telephone interviews with 100 former ...