objectives this study aimed to examine the effect of a hospital-based educational program based on the constructs of the health belief model (hbm) on self-care behaviors of patients with hf. methods this controlled quasi-experimental study consisted of 84 patients with hf (42 patients in an intervention group and 42 in a control group) who were admitted to two large, specialized, referral hospi...

introduction. despite the implementation of hospital autonomy in many developed (france, denmark) and developing countries(ghana, zimbabwe, kenya and indonesia) since the early 1980s , relatively little research has been directed towards evaluating the experiences of these hospitals .efficiency, equity, accountability and quality of care can be considered as four main evaluative criteria in ass...

History of the Experiment In 1936, the British Institute of Adult Education became interested in providing educational activities in hospitals and, with the help of a grant from the York Trust, they began organizing such activities in several different types of hospital. The work was on a voluntary basis. It ceased during the war, but, in 1948, the Mental Hospitals Committee of the London Count...

Towards a Safer Culture (TASC) aims to provide a safer culture in hospital departments by introducing clinical pathways for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes or stroke. Specific clinical pathways have been implemented for patients with different levels of risk to guide the most appropriate evidence-based medical care for each patient. Pathways facilitate continuity of car...

Dear Editor: We investigated the association between the educational environment and performance in the General Medicine Intraining Examination (GMITE) among postgraduate year (PGY)1 and 2 resident physicians in Japanese teaching hospitals since 2012. GMITE includes 100 questions designed by a committee comprised of experts organized by the Japan Organization of Advancing Medical Education Prog...

OBJECTIVE In this study, written educational materials related to breast cancer used for the education of patients were evaluated for their quality and suitability. METHODS In this descriptive study carried out between November 2010-March 2011, 17 examples of written educational materials used at 20 hospitals and outpatient clinics were evaluated using a Suitability of Written Materials form....