background: nowadays, quality of patient care is one of the major and important concerns of health care delivery which is extremely dependent on the medical staff. objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of work life (qwl) and quality of patient care. methods: this study was a descriptive-analytic study based on correlation which was conducted i...

the present study aims at locating the appropriate site for the training of medical students. it is argued that in community oriented medical education the training of medical students should take place where more patients come for consultation. this will result in students having a greater exposure to patients with a variety of medical problems. in order to find out the places where more patie...

conclusions the results indicated that suitable facilities and equipment, human resources, and infrastructure were available in the district hospitals in iran. these findings showed that there is potential for the district hospitals to provide care in a wider spectrum. results in this study, 100% of the studied hospitals had oxygen cylinders, running water, electricity, anesthesia machines, eme...

introduction: ambulatory care is an inseparable part of health care system. it is commonly considered as the entrance of the patient to the health care system. high qualify ambulatory care has an important role in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. on the other hand, quality of information has an important role in the quality and safety of ambulatory health care. it is hence necessary to p...

introduction: feedback cards are recommended as a feasible tool for structured written feedback delivery in clinical education while effectiveness of this tool on the medical students’ performance is still questionable. the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of structured written feedback by cards as well as verbal feedback versus verbal feedback alone on the clinical performance ...