background: there is no doubt that improving quality in medical education is based on analysis of the current situation. medical students are considered one of the best resources whose viewpoints on the educational shortcomings can provide valuable information on where there is still work to be done. this study presents the students perspective on the eeducational problems in medical school of ...

introduction: education is defined as an art with scientific principle. it is described as a form of learning by which knowledge, skills and attitudes of an age group are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research and practice. method: this is a historical review about the philosophy of medical education and its changes during the time. results: it is unfor...

background : studies have shown a gradual decline in empathy of medical trainees with increasing years of education. methods to augment empathy show some promise, but the most effective methods are both expensive and time consuming.to assess effectiveness of communication skills training program as a distant learning method in improving empathy.   method s: fourteen first year residents of psyc...

Nisha V. Parmar,* G. Johny Asir, and Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India; Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Research in Medical Mycology, World Health Organization Collabor...

background:the aim of this study was to investigate the education board of mashhad university of medical sciences on the edo and edc, and their awareness of, attitude towards, and satisfaction with these centers. methods: in this descriptive study, all the members of the education board of mashhad university of medical sciences in the basic and clinical departments were taken as the target grou...

the aim of this study was to show the interaction between the society, applicants and medical schools in terms of medical student selection. in this study, the trends to implement social factors in the selection process were highlighted. these social factors were explored through functionalism and conflict theories, each focusing on different categories of social factors. while functionalist th...

since about four years ago, total quality management (tqm) has been informally introduced into our integrated healthcare and medical education system. with the aim of getting feedback/ learning from the experiences of the universities/schools of medical sciences in setting the ground for tqm implementation, an assessment was done. the survey results show that out of 31 universities/ schools of ...

INTRODUCTION For some time now the field of medical education has been criticized by many of its stakeholders. Countless debates have been presented in the literature regarding the quality of medical education research, adequacy of methodological rigor, and other concerns. METHODS At present, the views expressed have largely come from physicians and individuals with less familiarity with educ...

in this study, the attitudes of 150 nurses about smoking in tehran faculties of medical sciences belong to ministry of health and medical education has been investigated. samples were selected based on random sampling and data collection tool was questionnaire about the cognitive , emotional and behavioral attitudes . research findings showed that the majority of subjects have positive attitude...