introduction: an evaluation of the curriculum elements can be recognized as a necessity in curriculum dynamic and improvement. this study aimed at evaluating five main elements of a physiopathology curriculum in internal medicine (objectives, content, methods, evaluation, and management). method: the present study is of a descriptive-analytical type, and the study population consisted of a tota...

introduction: in e-learning, people get involved in a process and create the content (product) and make it available for virtual learners. the present study was carried out in order to evaluate the first virtual master program in medical education at shiraz university of medical sciences according to p3 model. methods: this is an evaluation research study with post single group design used to d...

there is a trend in health systems around the world to place great emphasis on and faith in improving ‘leadership’. leadership has been defined in many ways and the elitist implications of traditional notions of leadership sit uncomfortably with modern healthcare organisations. the concept of distributed leadership incorporates inclusivity, collectiveness and collaboration, with the result that...

the objective of the present paper is to shed some light on peer feedback in efl writing courses. in recent years, with regard to teaching writing, there has been a total shift of approach, from product-orientation to process-orientation. a key component of the latter is peer assessment in which learners read each other's compositions and provide feedback to the writer, based on the teache...

invasive aspergillosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among solid organ transplant recipients, especially in lung transplantations. diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis is one of the current challenges due to nonspecific clinical symptoms and broad differential diagnosis. definitive diagnosis usually requires invasive procedures, including bronchoscopy and ctguided biopsy

objective this survey evaluates the necessity of biochemical and imaging findings for patients with initial diagnosis of febrile convulsion, and also aims at determining the degree to which results of paraclinical examinations delineate management of patients. materials & methods data of 302 patients referred to mofid children hospital during two years (2005-2006) for febrile convulsions (fc), ...