Department of Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Medicine, Section of Clinical Sciences Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, M...

background fatigue is a common symptom and one of the most important issues in community psychology. this study aimed to compare the rate and severity of fatigue in male and female students of jiroft university of medical sciences and to present appropriate solutions. material and methods this descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 200 students who were selected randomly at jiroft univer...

background: local ethical committees in medical sciences in iran were established in 1999 in order to assess and evaluate the observance of ethical standards throughout the universities and research centers. the purpose of this study is to analyze the situation of local ethical committees in order to develop research ethics guideline. methods: for this cross-sectional study which has been condu...

background: mental health literacy is an individual’s knowledge and belief about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management and prevention. the aim of this study was to investigate mental health literacy among students of tehran university of medical sciences.   methods : in this cross-sectional study, data were collected by the anonymous self-administered questionnaires and final...

Advances in medicine in recent decades are in significant correlation with the advances in the information technology. Modern information technologies (IT) have enabled faster, more reliable and comprehensive data collection. These technologies have started to create a large number of irrelevant information, which represents a limiting factor and a real growing gap, between the medical knowledg...

The Department of Native Hawaiian Health (NHH) is one of 11 clinical departments in the University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). The department’s mission is to be a center of excellence in education, research, and quality healthcare practices, committed to the optimal health and wellness of Känaka ‘Öiwi (Native Hawaiians), their families and communities, while embracin...

International standardization of medical education requires Japanese medical schools to restructure their curricula to include "behavioral science." Two influential documents for Japanese medical education, the "Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education in Japan" and the "Scope of the Japanese National Examination for Medical Doctors" include some key terms regarding behavioral science. Howev...

Introduction. There is an obvious gap between traditional medical education and occupational expectations of medical graduates. So in order to eliminate this problem and promote students competence in clinical process, a new educational strategy, entitled “ambulatory care education (ACE)” have been suggested which is based on integration of individual clinical expertise and the medical educatio...

the effect of problem solving education in fourth-year nursing students’ views of success    orujlu s [1] , hemmati maslak pak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 20 jan, 2013 accepted: 8 apr, 2013      abstract  background & aims : problem solving skills in students education programs haven't been taught formally and organized. on the other hand, it is also necessary to assess and imp...