background performance evaluation is essential to quality improvement in healthcare. the current study has identified the potential pros and cons of external healthcare evaluation programs, utilizing them subsequently to look into the merits of a similar case in a developing country.   methods a mixed method study employing both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniqu...

background it is believed that self-evaluation can empower students; help them to pick higher goals and to try harder to realize these targets. however, the nursing students’ self-evaluation on clinical skills has rarely been studied. objectives to investigate the correlation of nursing internship trainees’ self-evaluation of clinical skills with their teachers’ evaluation. conclusions the stud...

introduction: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is used for the evaluation of the clinical competence in medicine for which it is essential to measure validity and reliability. this study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of osce for residents of obstetrics and gynecology at kermanshah university of medical sciences in 2011. methods: a descriptive-correlation stud...

This special issue captures several threads in the ongoing evolution of sexual violence prevention. The articles that follow examine an empowerment evaluation process with four promising programs dedicated to preventing first-time male perpetration of sexual violence, as well as evaluation findings. Both the evaluation approach and the programs examined shed light on how sexual violence prevent...

Increasing numbers of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks for preventing sexual violence are appearing in the research- and practice-based literatures. The consensus of this work is that although important lessons have been learned, the field is still in the early stages of developing and fully researching effective models, particularly for the primary prevention of this problem in com...

Background: The international drug abuse standards were achieved by review of a vast meta-analysis in the world and released 2 years ago in Vienna. Review of national programs in recent 20 years and conformity of them is the main objective of this presentation. Methods: Based on research that was supported by UNODC and DCHQ, the demand reduction program in Iran at the mentioned time was studied...

objective: social phobia is considered as one of the most common anxiety disorders. the researchers have been looking for the basic mechanism behind it, since determining these factors can be influential in prevention and treatment. in recent years, some of the most important personality and cognitive correlates of social phobia including neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensit...