Emergency medicine is a relatively new specialty in Iran. Therefore, the general public and the medical community do not have enough information on its duties, capabilities, its nature, and its work schedule or its degree of occupational difficulty compared to other specialties. Hence, an insight from the early group of residents who selected this specialty can help identify the strengths and w...

The process of parameter choosing in vehicle overall design is a process of collaboration design, and is also a process of group decision optimization. The degree of cooperation and level of experts become the crucial standards in Computer Supported Collaborative Design because many decision-makers participating in the design process have different expertise and goals. This paper describes vehi...

background: outsourcing in healthcare is a cost-effective strategy that reduces costs and increases service quality. managers must attempt to outsource healthcare services using scientific methods. objective: this study is a strategic analysis of the outsourcing of health services in one specialty and subspecialty hospital in tehran. methods: this mixed method study (quantitative-qualitative) w...

OBJECTIVE To understand the attitudes among medical students in China toward different medical specialties and to find the factors that influenced their choice of career in psychiatry. METHODS A questionnaire was developed and administered to 287 medical students at the Xiangya Medical College, Central South University in Changsha, China. All the students were asked to rate the importance of ...

N uclear medicine and molecular imaging are vital elements of today’s medical practice, adding an additional dimension to diagnoses that can change the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated. However, it is a complicated, fast-evolving specialty that is not necessarily well understood by primary care or even referring physicians. Nuclear medicine procedures are sometimes...

BACKGROUND Factors influencing specialty choice have been studied in an attempt to find incentives to enhance the workforce in certain specialties. The notion of "controllable lifestyle (CL) specialties," defined by work hours and income, is gaining in popularity. As a result, many reports advocate providing a 'lifestyle-friendly' work environment to attract medical graduates. However, little h...

OBJECTIVE To identify the main reason James Cook University (JCU) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery graduates chose their internship location and first four practice relocations. DESIGN & PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional study invited 261 JCU medical graduates to participate in an email or telephone survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Graduates' main reason for choosing internship locati...

Background: The dramatic increase in the number of general practitioners and their limited job situations has increased the desire to continue studies in specialized fields. However, different fields are not desired in the same way. Therefore, to plan for the guidance of general practitioners towards fields needed for the society, understanding the motives for choosing a field is necessary. The...

Background: Outsourcing in healthcare is a cost-effective strategy that reduces costs and increases service quality. Managers must attempt to outsource healthcare services using scientific methods. Objective: This study is a strategic analysis of the outsourcing of health services in one specialty and subspecialty hospital in Tehran. Methods...