background: development in students' training management that emphasizes on using objective methods and more faculties' engagement in students evaluation, were motivation for application tools such as flowchart, checklists and rating scales. this study examined the effectiveness of performance rating tables (prts) in evaluation of medical interns in mashhad, iran. methods: internship ...

Introduction. The assessment of learning needs is one of the basic stages in education which leads to a change in medical education curriculum. Such assessment can be conducted based on different reasons. Therefore it should be defined, and the methods of application of the findings must be analyzed. One of the known methods of need assessment is the analysis of the differences between the p...

background and purpose: the thesis provides an opportunity for the students to conduct a study and thus to get ready for future research cases. medical students have faced numerous challenges for their thesis including the selection of the subject, the study approval, equipment and supplies shortage and etc. we have conducted the present study to determine the attitude of medical interns toward...

background and purpose: acquiring clinical skills is one learning goal for medical students. clinical skills are essential to diagnose diseases and to accomplish therapies. the aim of this study is to review status of clinical skills among interns in birjand university of medicine methods: this was a cross sectional study, in witch all interns of birjand university of medicine articipated. a qu...

BACKGROUND Despite limited preparation and knowledge base, surgical interns have important teaching responsibilities. Nevertheless, few faculty development programs are aimed at interns. METHODS Succinct teaching skill content was electronically distributed over time (spaced education) to interns in academic year 2010/2011. The interns in the previous year served as historic controls. Electro...