introduction: medical emergencies can frequently happen in dental settings and inability to cope with them can lead to tragic outcomes. the of aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of medical emergencies in dental settings in babol, iran and dentists’ self-perceived need for practical training in this field. materials and methods: a descriptive-ana-lytical study was performed by usin...

introduction: stress is an important factor in the educational process. teaching and learning are stressful processes. this stress can affect one’s ability and change his/her performance. the purpose of this study was to investigate stressors of clinical education from the perspective of medical students in yazd university of medical sciences. methods: this descriptive-analytic study was conduc...

the goal of medicine is to prevent harm as hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. has this fact been taken into account in developing medical education curricula in asia? frequency of diseases in asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  it is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to ...

Sir, the recent report on “Quality Assessment of Medical Education at Faculty of Medicine of Sarajevo University” is very interesting (1). It is interesting that the new system seems to be challenging and can result in satisfaction of the students and outcome. Indeed, the continuous assessment of the medical education and curriculum is needed. This is according to the concept of continuous qual...

introduction lumbar puncture (lp) is a commonly needed procedure in pediatric medicine. in teaching hospitals, it is usually taught to junior residents by senior residents. objectives the goal of this study was to determine the dexterity of pediatrics residents in performing this procedure. patients and methods all pediatric residents of shiraz university of medical sciences were enrolled in th...

background: the modern electronic technologies have had a deep impact on traditional methods of education and brought forth new methods for effective education. electronic portfolio is one of the newest methods of teaching. therefore, the purpose of the present research was to study the impact of using e-portfolio on nursing students' learning in physiology course. methods: the design of t...

The time is now ripe for the development of broad standards of educational content of postgraduate work, standards that will emphasize objectives and stimulate higher achievement without inhibiting widespread experimentation with means and methods. To make this postgraduate work most effective and of good educational content, it should be considered as a continuation of undergraduate and gradua...

in order to improve the quality of education in universities of medical sciences (ums), and because of the key role of education development centers (edcs), an accreditation scheme was developed to evaluate their performance.a group of experts in the medical education field was selected based on pre-defined criteria by edc of ministry of health and medical education. the team, worked intensivel...