background: the counselors are responsible for academic counseling to students and help them to solve their educational problems. the aim of the present study was to determine the viewpoints of students about the status of academic counseling provided by the faculty advisers in four schools at university of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the opinions of 244 students a...

establishment of boards of trustees for all universities was legalized in 1988. it is crucial to assess the performance of the boards and to adjust them to the mandates raised by new visions of the country.subjects were members of boards of trustees and officers in charge of board's affairs at medical universities. furthermore, a sample of 860 resolutions adopted by the boards was selected to a...

backgroud: web 2.0 tools and environments are a new trend in sharing information and communication. its significant characteristic is concentrating on website users′ and developers′ interaction. this study aimed to determine the knowledge of medical science university students’ about web 2.0 environments in west of iran by emphasizing on use of these environments in learning- teaching process. ...

background: with the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. this study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences.   methods: this was an applied survey study...

background: continuous improvement of quality in higher education is the ultimate goal of any medical school. evaluation of research and educational status makes it possible to judge about the quality of educational achievements in a system. thus we evaluated the educational and research status of microbiology and virology department, faculty of medicine in mashhad university of medical science...

background today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. the present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences (mums).   methods this descriptive, cross-secti...

introduction: governments’ tendency toward operating budget is because this process results in the reformation of budgeting systems, and thus, assists countries’ economy. iran has also prioritized the changing of traditional budgeting to operating budgeting to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations. the aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of stabilizing oper...

introduction: nowadays, without utilization of information technology, it is impossible to have effective access to required information. inappropriate use of new technology for professional knowledge transmission leads to inadequacy of technology as well as cost wasting. therefore, it is necessary to enhance general understandings about information technology (it) abilities and also end-user n...

background: to achieve development goals in a country, having a research plan is necessary. need assessment in health is the first stage of research priority aiming improves health condition in a population. the objective of this study was to determine a list of research projects according to the health problems priority in ramadan province, iran. methods: to determine research priorities in th...