background: smoking within students community of the medical sciences can negatively impact the attitudes of the society in future. the objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence and trends of smoking among students of tehran university of medical sciences. method: this study was conducted in four consecutive years from 2006 to 2009. the study sample was taken from the first- to fou...

conclusions our findings revealed that aerobic exercise increases self-esteem. an improvement in educational, family, social, and general self-esteem scores was seen only in the experimental group. results the results showed that although the self-esteem average score was not significant before the intervention, it increased significantly in the experimental group. in the experimental group, th...

background and purpose: basic medical sciences, not only in its traditional form as basic sciences, but also in its modern forms like biotechnology and genetics has indicated a highly applicable potential in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses. therefore it is essential to improve basic sciences education quality, and because clinical students are in direct contact with medica...

Introduction & Objective: Anxiety among medical students is a major psychological problem and in the newest meta-analysis, its global prevalence rate is estimated to be 33.8%. Accordingly and since spiritual intelligence training can affect to resolve fundamental issues and enhance individuals' adaptability by facilitating communication with a superior and sacred power and the development of re...

background:child health improvement is one of the most important indexes in health programs among all countries. one of the eight millennium development goals for 2015 is reduction of child mortality. based on who recommendation integrated management of childhood illness (imci) is one of the most effective strategies to reduce under five mortality rates. in this study, we tried to compare knowl...

to present a multiple-instructor, active-learning strategy in the undergraduate medical curriculum. this educational research is a descriptive one. shared teaching sessions, were designed for undergraduate medical students in six organ-system based courses. sessions that involved in-class discussions of integrated clinical cases were designed implemented and moderated by at least 3 faculties (c...

abstract   background: academic burnout is the state of negative emotions and low motivation in one’s education. understanding the status of academic burnout is the primary step to make proper decisions. the present study, therefore, was conducted to investigate comparative degrees of academic burnout among medical students in their first five semesters of medical education at shahid beheshti u...

background : the aim of this study was to identify factors affecting self-medication and its pattern among the students of tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 385 students of tabriz university of medical sciences in 2012. the data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. the validity of the questionnai...

background and purpose: research self-efficacy is an important subject in university education. research is considered essential to the development of societies. as such, postgraduate students require research courses in their curricula in addition to regular educational contents. materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on two groups of postgraduate students...