objective: the purpose of this study was to examine whether attitudes toward psychiatry improved during psychiatric attachment as well as the relationship between attitudes to psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career. it also assessed the relationship between students’ characteristics with their attitudes toward psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career before a...

this study was done to explore the views of patients and their companions concerning endotracheal intubation training on newly deceased patients and the necessity of obtaining their consent in this regard. in this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study, we used a questionnaire to collect data through structured interviews conducted by the researcher on patient discharge day. a convenient ...

aims: although several studies have confirmed the validity and the strength of the student-centered approach and most training centeres have put it as the heading of their agenda, there are still problems in the method of implementation, increasing the need for further research to review the mode of implementation. in this regard, the present study has been conducted to investigate students’ an...

Background: A main factor to change the education from static to dynamic situations is continuous evaluation of academic systems. This study is performed to analyze the students’ viewpoints in terms of the quality of clinical education in Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is a descriptive and analytical study. The statistical population consists of 135 individuals including ...

The MD degree is a broad undifferentiated degree attesting to general knowledge in medicine and the basic skills required for the practice of medicine. Essential abilities and characteristics required for completion of the MD degree consist of certain minimum physical and cognitive abilities and sufficient mental and emotional stability to assure that candidates for admission, promotion, and gr...

background: clinical training is an important part of the training courses of medicine during which students learn how to face the patients, diagnose the diseases and treat the patients. alongside clinical apprenticeship, related theoretical courses are presented so that the most training possible is covered. in the past the theoretical courses of pediatrics ward of birjand university of medica...

background: achieving a desirable clinical education requires continuous assessment of the current situations in clinical education and identifying the strengths and weaknesses. this study aimed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the clinical education fields. methods: this is a cross-sectional and descriptive study in which the strengths and weaknesses of clinical education settings wer...

a bstra ct   background: clinical education is the heart of the nursing education program. effective nursing clinical instructors are needed for graduating the future qualified nurses. there is a well - developed body of knowledge about the effectiveness of clinical teaching and the instructors. however, translating this knowledge into a context - based evaluation tool for measuring the effecti...

background: student-teacher relationship is a salient issue in nursing education and has long-lasting implication in professional development of nursing students. nowadays, this relationship in clinical settings is different from the past due to changing in nursing education paradigm. the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of students and teachers about student-tea...