introduction and aims: we noticed in our practice that the patients with ulcerative colitis (uc) who have developed primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc) experience a milder course of colonic disease. our objective in this study was to define whether there is any difference between uc activity and its course in patients with and without psc. materials and methods: 19 patients with uc and psc (8 ...

BACKGROUND In 2007, we initiated a health information management (HIM) track of our biomedical informatics graduate program, and subsequent ongoing program assessment revealed a confluence of topics and courses within HIM and clinical informatics (CI) tracks. We completed a thorough comparative analysis of competencies derived from AMIA, AHIMA, and CAHIIM. Coupled with the need to streamline co...

Automatic off-line classification and recognition of bird vocalizations has been a subject of interest to ornithologists and pattern detection researchers for many years. Several new applications, including bird vocalization classification for aircraft bird strike avoidance, will require real time classification in the presence of noise and other disturbances. The vocalizations of many common b...

objective: to evaluate the effect of advance trauma life support (atls®) training on general surgery residents clinical reasoning skills using the national boards-style objective structured clinical examination (osce). methods: this cross-sectional single-center study was conducted in shiraz university of medical sciences including 51 surgery residents that participated in a mandatory national ...

Background Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are the most common third congenital heart defects. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical course of ASDs and the relationship between its complications, location closure and size. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted...

after years of trying to make independent phd course, nursing could create two independent course including research-focused course (phd) and clinical practice -focused (dnp). phd focused more on research and dnp emphasis more on clinical activities and innovative clinical application of evidence-based research results. presence or absence of dnp is still a debate as a challenge in nursing. in ...

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 r...