among the various methods of clinical teaching, rounds and grand rounds are considered as the gold standards. clinical round includes some standard components and it plays an effective role in student's learning process. the aim of this study was to evaluate the content of teaching rounds in 40 clinical wards in 4 medical teaching hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences in...

background: breast cancer has been considered as a major health problem in females, because of its high incidence in recent years. due to the role of breast self-examination (bse) in early diagnosis and prevention of morbidity and mortality rate of breast cancer, promoting student knowledge, capabilities and attitude are required in this regard. this study was conducted to evaluation bse educat...

introduction: the increasing development of software in e-learning has opened a new horizon in education. the current research was conducted to assess the effect of web-based teaching of anatomy course on medical students’ attitude, perceived ease of use, perceived benefit and satisfaction with teaching method at kermanshah university of medical sciences. methods: the present study was an inter...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To test the interaction of perceived risk and benefits and how they impact stage of mammography readiness and adherence. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Community gathering centers and healthcare clinics across Indiana. SAMPLE 299 African American women who had not had a mammogram in more than 18 months. METHODS In-person interviews were used to collect data on ...

A new scale, the Hearing Aid Needs Assessment (HANA), was developed in order to examine the relationship between perceived communication needs/expectations with the actual benefit eventually achieved with newly fitted hearing aids. A serial sample of 82 patients completed the HANA prior to hearing aid consultation. A subgroup of 42 patients eventually completed the Hearing Aid Performance Inven...

the purpose of this research was identifying socio-economic characteristics affected on respondents’ participation in contract farming. the survey was conducted using structured questionnaire in populous states namely kedah, kelantan, terengganu, pahang, perak, selangor and johor in peninsular malaysia. a total of one-hundred and sixty seven ffv farmers were randomly selected and personally int...

Background: Overweight and obesity are the most serious public health challenges of developed and developing countries. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased worldwide. This study aims to identify the behavioral determinants of overweight and obesity among adolescents. Methods: This is a qualitative study with directed approach to content analysis of in-depth semi-structured intervi...