Methods of Teaching Medical and Non-Medical Personnel to Provide First Aid during Disasters

Comparing Lecture and Problem-based Learning Methods in Teaching Limb Anatomy to First Year Medical Students

Introduction: Problem-based learning has replaced traditional teaching in most universities around the world but still there are many challenges in replacing traditional methods by this new method of learning. Two methods of lecture and problem-based learning (PBL) for teaching anatomy to junior medical students are compared in this study. Methods: Forty students of Artesh University of Medica...

Prioritizing Motivational and Satisfactorily Factors of Volunteer Medical and Health Personnel in Natural Disasters

Background: Currently, volunteer forces are among the main members of the healthcare services, particularly in the treatment sector, and play a key role in healthcare and treatment services. Since efficient human resources are the greatest and most important assets of all organizations, they constantly work to train, retain, and get the best of these valuable assets. The mai...

Teaching communication skills and medical ethics to undergraduate medical student

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to improve communication skills and knowledge of bioethics of last year medical students doing clerkship and to evaluate the effectiveness of using workshops for this purpose from students’ point of view, in order to continue such programs in future. Methods: After Ethical approval for the study a two-day workshop on teaching effective communication s...

The Medical Profession and First Aid

The Effectiveness of Three Methods of Teaching Medline to Medical Students: Online, Face to Face and Combined Educational Methods

Introduction: In order to enhance e-learning, the first online educational course for teaching Medline, was established in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of online, face to face and combined educational methods presented for medical students. Methods: In an experimental study, Medline was taught to 40 medical students by three meth...