Introduction: Unlike the face-to-face courses offered on campus, online courses are predominantly asynchronous, where students basically decide when they can attend online courses. There is also an intermediate method referred to as blended learning (BL) that combines the merits of both methods. This study investigates the effect of blended learning on attitude and learning applied Biostatistic...

BACKGROUND The cleansing of the colon for a colonoscopy exam must be complete so as to allow the visualization and inspection of the intestinal lumen. The ideal cleansing agent should be easily administered, have a low cost, and minimum collateral effects. Sodium picosulfate together with the magnesium citrate is a cathartic stimulant and mannitol is an osmotic laxative, both usually used for t...

background: final exam is one of evaluation methods of students. we can utilize indexes such as difficulty index and discrimination index in order to analyze each test questions or to determine questions taxonomy. however, these methods have inter- testing look and do not consider the relationship between various tests results. inter correlation between final exam score and the average indirect...

Dobson JL. The use of formative online quizzes to enhance class preparation and scores on summative exams. Adv Physiol Educ 32: 297–302, 2008; doi:10.1152/advan.90162.2008.—Online quizzes were introduced into an undergraduate Exercise Physiology course to encourage students to read ahead and think critically about the course material before coming to class. The purpose of the study was to deter...

OBJECTIVE To determine which methods best prepare psychiatry residents for the certification exam, and ultimately for practice, to facilitate appropriate residency program curriculum changes. METHOD We sent an anonymous survey to all final year (that is, PGY5) Canadian university-affiliated psychiatry residents, regarding frequency and diversity of observed interviews, form of feedback delive...

The preparation of future health care providers—doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and others—is considered a high-stakes responsibility in civil society because these graduates become autonomous health care providers entrusted with the care of patients and families. In Canada, we place our collective trust in university programmes to prepare physiotherapists for practice at the ma...

background and purpose: course-based assessment is a method to gather, analyze, disseminate, and use course data to improve student learning. we assessed the associations between medical students’ scores in basic sciences and general courses in a university in iran and compared these scores with their scores in comprehensive exam. methods: we collected the scores of medical students in their co...