Introduction. In order to understand the cellular and tissue damages or changes in various diseases, it is imperative to be knowledgeable about the normal structure of different tissues. The Histology course, which is taught in the first year of medicine in Iran, is supposed to provide such knowledge. In this study, we did evaluate this course for its methods of teaching as well as clinical r...

objectives: cerebral hemispheres functioning have been found to be abnormal in children with asd. the role of lateralization in implicit and explicit motor learning has received little attention in asd researches. the main goal of this study is investigating the differences between two hands implicit and explicit motor learning in children with asd and typical matched group. methods: in the pre...

The purpose of this study was to compare academic performance between distance-learning and on-campus health informatics students. A quantitative causal-comparative research design was utilized, and academic performance was measured by final GPA scores and Registered Health Information Administrator certification exam scores. Differences in previous academic performance between the two groups w...

background: today, mobile phone technology has provided an opportunity for teachers and students to improve their continuous teaching/ learning process. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of learning via mobile phone in the course of clinical pharmacology of medical students at pediatric ward. methods: in this semi-experimental study, 40 medical students at their last ...

The application of machine learning to clinical data from Electronic Health Records is limited by the scarcity of meaningful labels. Here we present initial results on the application of transfer learning to this problem. We explore the transfer of knowledge from source tasks in which training labels are plentiful but of limited clinical value to more meaningful target tasks that have few labels.

communication skills play a paramount role in clinical practice. in every clinical setting, medical doctors need to interview their patients efficiently and be persuasive toward their health issues. this study aimed at assessing the attitudes of medical students toward learning communication skills at hormozgan university of medical sciences in iran. in this cross-sectional study, the questionn...

Introduction: The phenomenon of knowledge explosion has led teachers to feel the necessity of training students so that they become reflective thinkers. This issue is more important for nursing students who are responsible for providing care for patients.This study is a part of another study arming at exploration of Nursing Students’ views on reflection on practice. Methods. 20 senior nursing...