results it was found that mothers of the case group had a greater susceptibility to depression than those of the control group, that is, breastfeeding status was directly associated with susceptibility to depression (p = 0.001, or = 5.48). furthermore, there was a significant association between basic characteristics such as maternal occupational status (p = 0.04) or their educations (p = 0.006...

most contemporary clinical reasoning tests typically assess non-automatic thinking. therefore, a test is needed to measure automatic reasoning or pattern recognition, which has been largely neglected in clinical reasoning tests. the puzzle test (pt) is dedicated to assess automatic clinical reasoning in routine situations. this test has been introduced first in 2009 by monajemi et al in the oly...

background: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the best methods of evaluating the achievement of domains such as educational objectives and cognitive, emotional, and psycho-motor aspects of medical students. according to available evidences, no study has been conducted  on the evaluating of osce in midwifery students. the main purpose of this study was the evaluation of ...