introduction: research shows that there is a relationship between students’ perceptions of classroom and learning environment and their cognitive, affective, emotional and behavioral outcomes, so, in this study the relationship between medical students’ perception of learning environment and academic emotions was examined. methods: the research method used was descriptive-correlative. the stati...

introduction: critical thinking as a process of purposeful self-regulatory judgment leads to problem solving and correct decision making in individuals. in the modern world, health care faces rapid change and burgeoning amount of knowledge. possessing critical thinking is essential for individuals in health care centers, specially when they are forced to solve clinical problems. the aim of this...

objective: university students account for human resource of each society and will make the future of their country. psychological disturbances such as depression and hopelessness can affect daily life and scholastic process of university students. the authors intended to determine the prevalence of depression amongst students of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran. metho...

introduction: teaching medical professionalism is increasingly acknowledged as an important aspect of medical education. the professionalism mini-evaluation exercise (p-mex) is an assessment tool for evaluating medical professionalism, but no studies using it as a self-assessment instrument have been reported. this paper reports on a preliminary investigation of the finnish version of the p-mex...

introduction: quantitative and qualitative enhancement of educational activities is an essential issue. learners’ cooperation in the teaching process in order to increase teaching effectiveness and promotion is considered significant. the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of establishment of student working group on the teaching general embryology course to medical students. ...

results the overall perceived stress mean was 32.02 (sd = 5.08). eighty-three percent of the medical students perceived stress. students in clinical phase perceived more stress than basic sciences ones [or 2.25, 95% ci 1.809 - 4.032]. logistic regression analysis showed demographic (including gender and residential status), psychosocial and academic factors and the phase of study as sources of ...

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...

introduction: anxiety is one of the most common mental disorders of community that affects the quality of life. hospitals are associated with human’s life and death and their environment is very stressful. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxiety among medical students of hormozgan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in hor...

background and purpose: communication skills play an important role in diagnosis, effective treatment, and patient satisfaction. we aimed to determine the attitudes of medical students towards learning communication skills in order to design related educational programs for them. methods: this was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 200 medical students of yazd that were selected using cla...

background: formaldehyde is extensively used for preservation of cadavers in departments of anatomy. however, it is a noxious chemical which may cause serious health problems. objective: to assess the effect of exposure of medical students to formaldehyde at the department of anatomy, niger delta university, nigeria. methods: in a questionnaire-based study, 93 second-year medical students were ...