The present study investigated the university practitioners’ attitudes towards using computer assisted language learning (CALL) in teaching English language at Islamic Azad universities of Khuzestan Province. This study was also to examine the English as foreign language (EFL) MA and PhD teachers’ computer literacy and its effects on using CALL facilities in English classrooms. The participants...

Most physicians believe that to provide the best possible care to their patients, they must commit to continuous learning. For the most part, it appears the learning activities currently available to physicians do not provide opportunities for meaningful continuous learning. At the same time there have been increasing concerns about the quality of health care, and a variety of groups within org...

Electronic health records (EHRs), and the policies and workflows around them, are inconsistently aligned with the needs of primary care patients and physicians. This results in substantial waste of physician and support resources, high rates of burnout (1, 2), and a decrease in primary care capacity precisely at the time when our nation needs a stronger primary care foundation (3). We propose a...

Purpose Adverse eVects by night-call duty have becomean important occupational health issue. The aim of thisstudy was to investigate whether the heart rate variability(HRV) diVered during recovery from day work and night-call duty between distinct physician specialities.Methods We studied the impact of a 16-h night-call dutyon autonomic balance, measured by HRV, amon...

Although video-based teleconferencing is becoming more widespread in the medical profession, especially for scheduled consultations, applications for rapid assessment of acute medical problems are rare. After regular business hours in the nursing home, physicians are often not immediately available at the bedside to evaluate patients with acute medical problems. Spontaneous videoconferencing be...

Background Aggression and Violence against primary care physicians is reportedly common in Pakistan but there is no any documented study to-date on this burning issue. Methods A formed written questionnaire was distributed among 769 primary care physicians aged 31 ± 7.68 years. Apart from the demographic data, the questionnaire included questions regarding the level of safety that primary car...

modern medicine owes much to the endeavours and contributions made by the ancients that are unfortunately anonymous or even neglected intentionally today. this study was done to give attention to “the ancient golden times”, as the author believes it deserves the nomination, to give credit to the manner our ancient physicians and masters practiced medicine and managed traumas in particular in a ...

BACKGROUND Sleep deprivation among junior physicians (house officers) is of growing concern. In developed countries, duty hours are now mandated, but in developing countries, junior physicians are highly susceptible to develop sleep impairment due to long working hours, on-call duties and shift work schedule. AIM We undertook the study to assess sleep quality among Pakistani junior physicians...