introduction: hospital managers are always concerned about provision and careful control of financial resources. in this study the deductions applied by khadamat-e-darman insurance company on patients' bills at university hospitals affiliated to isfahan university of medical sciences were investigated. methods: in this cross–sectional study, data were collected in a checklist consisting of nine...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the infant oral health (ioh) related knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) of parents in udaipur, india. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 470 parents visiting the department of pediatrics, rabindranath tagore medical college and hospital. a 32-item questionnaire covering socio-demographic characteri...

introduction: continuing medical education (cme) is part of the process of lifelong learning that all physicians undertake. it has traditionally viewed by the medical profession in terms of updating their knowledge. nowadays, in order to practice effectively in the national health system, doctors need skills that extend their medical knowledge beyond updating. educational need assessment is the...

firefighting is extremely strenuous and physically demanding work and involves ability to cope with emergency life-or-death situations. because of the high physical demands of firefighting, successful job performance and minimizing of morbidity and mortality depends on fitness for duty. the firefighting department of tehran does not perform periodic medical assessment for firefighters. the aim ...

objective: to evaluate reproductive health education which is essential to the prevention of sexual risk behavior and its associated adverse outcomes of unwanted pregnancy, aids and other sexually transmitted disease in adolescents. little is known about youth educational needs about reproductive health in iran. the aim of this study is evaluation of female youth educational needs about reprodu...

conclusions knowledge, attitude and performance of the communication skills of health staff are improper and it would lead to not using the communication skills to establish perfect communication with patients, so it seems that it is necessary to make the training courses during the service for health staff about communication skills and observing on performing the acquired skills. patients and...

during the human history, there was a great struggle against illness and pain, and physicians have always been vanguard in this fight, but some physicians, in addition to treating patients, have been doing their actual duty, namely the maintenance of human health. in the ancient medical history resources, issues of health protection have been shown to be one of the most significant subjects of ...

the aim of the present study was to appraisal the prose and cone of shiraz city in terms of its potential in the context of health tourism.the statistical sample included medical and health tourism sector in the city of shiraz in the northwest of fars province, south of iran. the efficient authorities on the topic were identified through the hospitals engaging in medical tourism. the research w...

background: medical education and training can directly contribute to the development of psychological distress in medical students. this can lead to catastrophic consequences such as impaired academic performance, impaired competency, medical errors and attrition from medical school. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological morbidity among iranian medical students. methods: t...