Background & Aim: Physicians as human capital and resources are one of the main components of health production. The imbalance of physician supply and demand affects the health and economics. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate and forecast the supply and demand of physician working in Iranian medical universities. Materials and Methods: This a descriptive-analytical and applied study was ...

Introduction: A hospital is one of society’s most important social institutions; however, poor organizational performance results in delayed treatment, disease progression, or patient mortality. This qualitative study seeks to investigate organizational excellence in Iranian medical sciences universities from the perspective of hospital managers. Material and Methods: The present qualitative s...

Prescriptions written by general practitioners and medical specialists were studied and compared to determine the type, time of onset and clinical importance of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in an attempt to reduce further complications. In 2007, 28, 956, 638 prescriptions and 15, 610, 912 prescriptions in 2008 were filled by pharmacies affiliated with medical science universities. These prescr...

BACKGROUND In the scientometric, the main criterion in determining the scientific position and ranking of the scientific centers, particularly the universities, is the rate of scientific production and innovation, and in all participations in the global scientific development. One of the subjects more involved in repeatedly dealt with science and technology and effective on the improvement of h...

isi web of science (wos) is the world's most prestigious database that is used in order to evaluate and rank the countries, researchers, institutions, and universities. therefore, determining the status of iranian articles in this database in the field of poisonous and venomous animals is important. quantitative and qualitative assessments of scientific outputs are the main goals of this stu...

INTRODUCTION: Iran, as one of the most earthquake-prone countries in world, has been always presented with daunting challenges providing medical services to victims. The present study aimed achieve a model for community-based preparedness Iranian science universities provide health earthquake METHODS: This qualitative was performed based on grounded theory method defined by Strauss and Corbin. ...

graduate medical education is one of the stage of the continuum of medical education in iran. at present, near 5500 residents are being trained in 24 specialties and 21 subspecialties in 26 universities of medical sciences. based on a special act of national parliament in 1973, the iranian council for graduate medical education is responsible for supervision on the quality of graduate medical e...

of higher education into focus in the past few years. they have tried to improve the quality of their own higher education. the studies show that iranian universities are not at an accepted level in terms of quality. they have encountered several problems which have diminished their quality level. this study aimed at assessing the quality of medical education program as viewed by general practi...