Educational Technologies in Medical and Health Sciences Education

Educational Technologies in Medical and Health Sciences Education

Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education

The proposed study will measure and characterize early retinal vessel changes in persons with diabetes and persons at high risk of diabetes (impaired fasting glucose [IFG], impaired glucose tolerance [IGT], and the metabolic syndrome) in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab), a population-based study of risk factors and complications of diabetes. Specifi c Aims of the s...

Applied Education of Spiritual Health in Iranian Medical Sciences

Introduction: Spiritual health in medical education literature is considered as an intrinsic and essential element of a culture-centered concept which exclusively occurs in every society. Applying spiritual health in the education and health systems is subject to proper training in this area. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explain the factors affecting the applied education of spiri...

Evaluating Educational Programs of Center for Consultation and Education of Mental Health in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: One of the main criteria for a complete care system in mental health is using evaluation data to identify and focus on potential capacities for future planning. The goal of this study was to evaluate educational programs of center for mental health education and consultation in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this evaluation study, the participants of educatio...

The 'medical humanities' in health sciences education in South Africa.

A new masters-level course, 'Medicine and the Arts" will be offered in 2014 at the University of Cape Town, setting a precedent for interdisciplinary education in the field of medical humanities in South Africa. The humanities and social sciences have always been an implicit part of undergraduate and postgraduate education in the health sciences, but increasingly they are becoming an explicit a...