INTRODUCTION It has been found that the decision-making process in medicine is affected, to a large extent, by one's experience, individual mentality, previous models, and common habitual approaches, in addition to scientific principles. Evidence-based medicine is an approach attempting to reinforce scientific, systematic and critical thinking in physicians and provide the ground for optimal de...

Practicing medicine according to the best evidence is gaining popularity in the medical societies. Although this concept, which is usually called Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has been explained in many resources, it has not been addressed enough in pediatrics. In this review, we briefly explained Evidence Based Medicine approach and its applications in pediatrics in order to help the pediatric...

effect of evidence-based nursing training on nursing students ability in executive skill of nursing process in urmia university of medical sciences, 2013     habibzadeh h [1] ,khajehali n [2] *,khalkhali hr [3] ,mohammadpour y [4]     received: 2 mar, 2013 accepted: 4 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : nursing process is the important pivot of nursing, and it is an icon of the art and s...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To meet a need for primary care teachers, the Bureau of Health Professions funds faculty development programs for primary care preceptors. The purpose of this study was to determine how graduates of our faculty development program identified its long-term effect on professional outcomes. METHODS Our program was a year-long series of five weekend workshops focusing on...

INTRODUCTION Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has established itself as a strong predictor of future medical practice by medical students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of EBM in pre-clinical years and reflect on self-assessment skill of 4th semester medical students regarding the understanding of EBM and its various determinants. METHODS All of the 4th semester (M...

background and purpose: problem based medical education had been useful in education of medical sciences students. the objective is the determination of effects of problem based medical education on occupational health students' learning. methods: this study was a semi-experimental study. by using the curriculum of ministry of health, occupational toxicology course had been taught based on a pr...

background: problem-based learning (pbl) is one of the most commonly used educational methods in medical schools of different countries. by working through this method, students think critically, generate ideas, and acquire the knowledge and skills required to become a doctor. objectives: this study aimed to compare problem-based learning with lecture-based learning in the education of medical ...

dear editorevidence-based dentistry (ebd) is anapproach to oral health care which helps to decision making in clinicalpractice. ebd is an integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevantscientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition andhistory (1). it is a new model for dental educationwhich is designed to increase current research into student education a...

background and purpose: studies have shown the advantages of e-cme programs. developing case-based e-cme activities, one of the popular formats of e-cme programs, is difficult and time consuming. in this article we describe our experience of performing instructional system design for creating case-based e-cme contents.  methods: we performed a five-step instructional system design (i.e. system ...