introduction: in the current world of business, benefiting from information technology is considered as one of the main factors to develop and improve the performance of organizations. this study was performed to identify access to infrastructures of information technology among the managers and executive experts of health departments in iranian universities of medical sciences. it also tried t...

The growing appreciation of the need to adopt an evidence-based approach to teaching and assessment has led to a demand for faculty who are well versed in best practices in education. Surgeons with interest and expertise in instruction, curriculum development, educational research, and evaluation can have an important impact on the educational mission of a department of surgery. The increased f...

BACKGROUND Patients with dementia may have limited capacity to give informed consent to participate in clinical research. One possible way to safeguard the patients' interests in research is the involvement of a proxy in the recruitment process. In Italy, the system of proxy is determined by the courts. In this study we evaluate the timing for appointment of a legal proxy in Italy and identify ...

background and objectives: a career anchors consists of jobs that a person holds in order to achieve a professional goal. career anchors development management results in job satisfaction, professional commitment, and higher effectiveness. the purpose of this study was to determine different dimensions of career anchors among in the personnel of vice-chancellor offices of shiraz university of m...

One of the main factors for developing a well functioning legal background for the use of electronic documents as evidence in the court is the presence of a reliable timestamping infrastructure. Many countries are currently working on their national digital signature law. The current paper emphasises some of the problems arised during the work of the committee formed by Estonian State Chancelle...

it is an honor and pleasure to serve as the guest editor for the educational research in medical sciences journal. i would like to thank the cooperation of vice chancellery for research and technology of kermanshah university of medical sciences that kindly helped us throughout this special issue. since kermanshah school of dentistry has recently initiated its activity, it is necessary to obtai...

introduction educational development centers (edcs) in the health sector act as a resource and a catalyst for educational change and therefore have a significant role to play in the professional development of health personnel. the world health organisation has actively supported the establishments of edcs by its member states because of the valuable contribution they can make to improving medi...

In Switzerland the Federal Chancellery in cooperation with three cantons has carried out since 2003 a number of pilot trials with the aim of evaluating the feasibility of remote e-voting. Based on a legal basis respecting the council of europe's recommendations five pilot trials have been authorized at national referendums in 2004 and 2005. The pilot trials were evaluated for a number of differ...