background and purpose: the importance of training basic and advanced life support for undergraduates and graduated physicians are now widely recognized. graduates of medical schools in iran immediately get license to practice medicine without any supervision. therefore, clarification of the best phases for training cpr and the optimum mastery level in each phase is very important. this study i...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Simulation-based skill trainings are common; however, optimal instructional designs that improve outcomes are not well specified. We explored the impact of just-in-time and just-in-place training (JIPT) on interns' infant lumbar puncture (LP) success. METHODS This prospective study enrolled pediatric and emergency medicine interns from 2009 to 2012 at 34 centers. Two ...

introduction. the curriculum of every program is designed to achieve its goal. the educational objectives are the reflection of the students’ theoretical knowledge and the practical skills they have learnt during this period. the collection, the presentation and the evaluation of the program depend on the educational objectives. the anesthesia educational rotation has been conducted in shiraz m...

BACKGROUND Internship training offers an important opportunity for personal development and career planning. However, there are many factors affecting the efficiency of training, and the views of interns are rarely considered. The main objective of this study was to explore the views of interns enrolled in Jazan University internship program during the year 2015. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A web-ba...

INTRODUCTION Many doctors are leaving Nepal to work abroad. To understand this problem better, we decided to study the attitude and plans of young doctors and medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at Kathmandu Medical College involving 65 first year medical students, 100 interns and 100 house officers. The data collected was entered in Microsoft exce...

aim: education is a service, which is influenced by the provider. nowadays, there are a lotof challenges in health care systems, which requires a proper preparation to meet them.medical interns are one of the future components of health care system, who should beprepared very well to meet these challenges. we preformed this survey to assess themedical interns’ satisfaction in shahid beheshti un...

CONTEXT Attitude of fresh graduates toward psychiatric patients is important to bridge the treatment gap due to mental illness. Psychiatry as a subject has been neglected in the undergraduates of MBBS. AIMS (1) To compare the attitude of medical students and interns in a medical college toward mental illness and psychiatry. (2) To assess the impact of psychiatric training on attitude toward t...

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To study the attitudes of Iranian medical students towards the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decision. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 220 medical students (110 interns and 110 residents) of Tehran University of medical sciences were selected. They asked to answer to the questionnaire which included two items: first item consisted of demographic questions (age, sex, an...

OBJECTIVE The main objectives of the study were to determine the average waiting times of patients at each of the treatment stations in a large paediatric out-patient department, and to determine the average length of time for a patient visit with paediatricians and interns. DESIGN Data were collected over the period of 1 month, from 1 to 31 October 1994, on patient waiting times and length o...

OBJECTIVES The interest is focused on today's interns who will soon become an essential part of the health care system. Obstacles they perceive at the beginning of the career may encourage them or, inversely, impede their professional development, enhance professional burnout or even lead to change of the profession. International literature, comprising publications on the situation in ten Euro...