OBJECTIVE To compare students' test scores and perceptions of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecture-based learning (LBL) by applying a PBL-variant. METHOD For the transition from LBL to PBL, PBL was varied for one discipline only and for a large group of students. Two hundred forty nine second year medical students were taught a topic of Biochemistry by the LBL method and then 141 of these...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of this study was to explore how metacognition, as implicated in Wells and Matthews' metacognitive theory of emotional disorder, might relate to the concept of mindfulness, and whether metacognition or mindfulness best predicted symptoms of emotional disorder. METHODS Data was collected from 224 community controls on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of curriculum reform in medical education is to improve students' clinical and communication skills. However, there are contradicting results regarding the effectiveness of such reforms. METHODS A study of internal medicine students was carried out using a static group design. The experimental group consisted of 77 students participating in 7 sessions of communication train...

BACKGROUND To develop and psychometrically assess a multiple choice question (MCQ) instrument to test knowledge of depression and its treatments in patients suffering from depression. METHODS A total of 63 depressed patients and twelve psychiatric experts participated. Based on empirical evidence from an extensive review, theoretical knowledge and in consultations with experts, 27-item MCQ kn...

Mapping and exploration of a Martian terrain with an aerial vehicle has become emerging research direction, since the successful flight demonstration Mars helicopter Ingenuity. Although autonomy navigation capability state art proven to be efficient in open environment, next area interest for on are caves or ancient lava tube like environments, especially towards never-ending search life other ...

Background: The Iranian radiation oncology board examination (IROBE) includes a multiple-choice question (MCQ) and an objective structured clinical (OSCE). current mission of IROBE is to qualify the graduated residents (GRs) in terms competence. However, lack active monitoring its construction administration can impair evaluation GR competencies. Objectives: To determine strengths limitations I...

OBJECTIVE The present study tested the extent to which age and obesity predicted impulsive choices for food and monetary outcomes and tested how a brief mindful-eating training would alter delay discounting for food and money choices compared with control groups. METHOD First, 172 adolescents (Mage = 13.13 years) and 176 (Mage = 23.33 years) adults completed the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ...

The present study aims to examine the correlation of body dysmorphic disorder, with metacognitive subscales, metaworry and thought-fusion. The study was conducted in a correlation framework. Sample included 155 high school students in Isfahan, Iran in 2013-2014, gathered through convenience sampling. To gather data about BDD, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for BDD was applied. T...

OBJECTIVE To compare the Problem-based learning (PBL) with the traditional lecture-based curricula. METHODS The single best answer Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) were used to compare performance of the lecture-based curriculum with the PBL medical student groups. The reliability for the MCQs and OSCE was calculated with Kuder-Richardso...