Most, but not all, sellar abnormalities are pituitary adenomas. We recently reviewed our series of transsphenoidal procedures done between 1998 and 2009 to determine the incidence and characteristics of non-pituitary sellar lesions (1). Over this period, 1,469 transsphenoidal procedures were performed. One hundred sixteen cases (7.9%) were not pituitary tumors. These were divided into four majo...

Objectives To evaluate barriers for production of scientific dental articles by Iranian dental faculty members. Methods An anonymous self-administered questionnaire distributed among faculty members of all dental schools in Iran during June-December 2010. The respondents rated their level of agreement with eleven sentences regarding what they perceive as barriers on scientific dental article p...

BACKGROUND Drug abuse is now-a-days one of the gravest social harms. Recent years have experienced a drastic rise in drug abuse among school and university students. Thus, the need for special attention to the issue is deemed important. The present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of life skills training on promotion of drug abuse preventive behaviors. METHODS This fie...

INTRODUCTION There is paucity in the research on transfer validity of arthroscopic simulator training. The aim of this article is to determine whether skills derived from arthroscopic simulation are transferrable to the operating theatre and retained over time. METHODS A systematic review with rigorous criteria to identify the highest level of evidence available was carried out. The studies w...

OBJECTIVES Basic surgical skills are frequently taught to surgical interns in simulation centers. Faculty recruitment for teaching of these sessions can be difficult. The goal of this study was to determine whether senior surgical residents can effectively teach basic surgical skills to provide an alternative to faculty-led instruction. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Academic medical cente...

with shorter periods of hospitalazation, fewer patient beds and more health care facilities in the society, patients are now more acutely ill and highly dependent, causing less opportunities for medical students to practice and learn basic clinical skills. on the other hand, enhanced patient rights and other learnig limitations require that professional education provide not only knowledge and ...

introduction. students’ satisfaction reflects the effectiveness of all aspects of education. achieving clinical skill is a key process about medical education. for this reason it is necessary to build up a place similar to the hospital called clinical skill lab (csl). the aim of this study was to evaluate the medical students’ satisfaction from clinical skill lab of tabriz for finding education...