background:  elbow surgery is shared by several subspecialties. we were curious about the most common elbow surgeries and their corresponding diagnoses in the united states.   methods:  we used the national hospital discharge survey (nhds) and the national survey of ambulatory surgery (nsas) data gathered in 2006-databases that together provide an estimate of all inpatient and ambulatory surgic...

background: improvement of medical education is necessary for meeting health care demands. participation of private practice physicians in ambulatory care training is an effective method for enhancing medical students' skills. purpose: this study was undertaken to determine clinical professors' views about participation of physicians with private office in ambulatory care training. methods: par...

background and purpose:: although it will be one of the most critical duties and skills of a general practitioner to manage outpatients in his office or at ambulatory care centers, our present medical education is based upon ward-based teaching and ambulatory care, as one important part of medical education, has been overlooked. we evaluate attitudes of faculty members of zahedan university of ...

the present study aims at locating the appropriate site for the training of medical students. it is argued that in community oriented medical education the training of medical students should take place where more patients come for consultation. this will result in students having a greater exposure to patients with a variety of medical problems. in order to find out the places where more patie...

background: examining educational environment (academic and clinical) by means ofa valid, reliable and comprehensive questionnaire is a major key inachievinga highly qualified student – oriented curricula. the persian translation of ambulatory care learning education environment measure-acleem questionnaire has been developed to support this goal, and its psychometrics has beenexplored in this ...

introduction: ambulatory care is an inseparable part of health care system. it is commonly considered as the entrance of the patient to the health care system. high qualify ambulatory care has an important role in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. on the other hand, quality of information has an important role in the quality and safety of ambulatory health care. it is hence necessary to p...

introduction: feedback cards are recommended as a feasible tool for structured written feedback delivery in clinical education while effectiveness of this tool on the medical students’ performance is still questionable. the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of structured written feedback by cards as well as verbal feedback versus verbal feedback alone on the clinical performance ...

the aim of the present study was to provide a clear picture of the prescribing pattern of corticosteroids in zanjan, iran. a retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the pattern of corticosteroids prescription at beheshti pharmacy (zanjan, iran) over a period of six months between march 21 and september 22 of 2013. descriptive analyses were stratified by gender, age, typ...

background many diagnostic and treatment procedures are done in hospitals and clinics. offering services in these areas have a prominent role in promoting patients’ satisfaction levels and their prospective about health services. objectives this study is going to assess the satisfaction levels of patients referring to the six military hospital clinics in iran. materials and methods in this cros...