background: the purpose of this study was to describe the first attempts and performance of health system in iran in training specialist nurses in the field of diabetes- related care and education. materials and methods: this was a qualitative content analysis. three diabetes management planners in the ministry of health and medical education, three provincial executive authorities of diabetes ...

background: despite clear reasons for necessity of sexual health education for adolescents, it is a contested issue and has faced challenges in most cultures. providing sexual education for non-married adolescents is culturally unacceptable in most muslim societies. objective: this qualitative study addressed socio-cultural challenges to sexual health education for female adolescents in iran. m...

conclusions this study revealed the main components of knowledge storage. an enhanced preservation of explicit knowledge is recommended in the nursing educational system so that in the future, students and educators can easily access the same knowledge from storage sources and not from individuals who might be carrying only a single experience of the subject. results data analysis showed that n...

Universities are knowledge based organizations whose functions are largely confined to teaching and research. They are designed to operate to discover and disseminate knowledge by possessing significant and relevant expertise in all disciplines. India has a very vast structure of education and its higher education sector is now highly advanced, compared to its neighboring countries. The vast ne...

The new predoctoral dental education program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, officially began on August 26, 2002. Key concepts identified as foundations for the UNLV clinical curriculum model include Student Active Integrated Learning (SAIL), the need to actively link oral health to systemic health, a sophisticated practice management model, a focus on culturally sensitive statewide out...

Background: Evidence-based medical education is playing an increasingly important role in the choice of didactic methods and the development of medical curricula and assessments. In Germany, a growing number of educational research projects has accompanied an ongoing change in the medical education process. The aim of this project was to assess medical education research activities at one medic...