OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate gender differences in depression scores of Iranian and German medical students. METHODS Two hundred Iranian medical students (100 men and 100 women) and 200 German medical students (100 men and 100 women) were selected randomly and completed the English form of the self-rating Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). RESULTS Analysis gave a mean rating of 10.7 ± 6....

URINARY INCONTINENCE MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS Sakineh Hajebrahimi, Alireza Mahboub-Ahari, Neda Kabiri, Fariba Pashazadeh. Department of Urology, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence(RCEBM), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Ph.D. Stu...

abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

Sara Forootan, Mohammad Reza Forootan, Yalda Mousazadeh. Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Medical Student in Bushehr University of Medical Science, Bushehr, Iran; Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of...

Shirin Nosratnejad, Elham Shami. Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. (*Corresponding author); MSc of Health Services Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabr...

Neda Kabiri, Ali Jannati, Nafiseh Vahed, Mina Mahami Oskouei. Ph.D. Student in Health Policy, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Research Center for Evidence Based Medicine Iran (RCEBM), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Associated Professor in Health Management,...

Nafiseh Vahed, Neda Kabiri, Mina Mahami Oskouei, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Azam Asghari Khatooni, Nahid Sadooghi. M.Sc, Medical Library & Information Science, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management; School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Research Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz ...

IRANIAN PATIENT RIGHT CHARTER FROM THE MEDICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Soraya Samadi, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani. Faculty member and head Department of Library and Information Science, Institute of Nabi Akram(SW), Tabriz, Iran; Associate Professor of Medical Library & Information Science, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management; Department of Medical Library & ...

Morteza Arab-Zozani, Zahra Vahdatimanesh, Edris Kakemam, Mobin Sokhanvar, Djavad Ghoddosineghad, Edris Hasanpoor. Ph. D. Student of Health Policy, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of management and medical informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ; MSc of Health Economics, Performance Monitoring and Budgeting Center, Hamedan university of Medical...

background: english for specific purposes (esp) courses should empower students to satisfy their language needs. however, at many iranian universities, these courses are mostly taught based on the grammar translation method focusing on teaching grammatical rules and reading comprehension. the present study aims at proposing an innovative approach for teaching english to medical students that ca...