introduction: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the most appropriate methods for assessment of clinical skills.validity and reliability assurance is a mandatory factor for any assessment tool. in shiraz university of medical sciences, medical students’ clinical competences are evaluated by a pre-internship osce. this study is designed to examine the validity and reliabi...

assessment is considered as one of the fundamental elements in the field of foreign language acquisition. in order for communication take place, adequate number of vocabulary is needed to be known by the learners. the salient role of vocabulary in the field of foreign language acquisition resulted in the publication of several hundreds of papers and dozens of books. due to the dominant role of ...

aim: smoking is the first factor of diseases, and death, and one of the major health problems all over the world.the aim of this study was validating the persian version of short-form decisional balance scale to smoke cessation in iranian workers.method: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 218 workers from automobile manufactory in bam city (iran) in 2016 using convenient sampling.fi...

introduction: many patients who have had strokes suffer from dysphagia which can lead to aspiration pneumonia in 20% to 25% of cases. early assessment of dysphagia has can reduce the risk of death and the cost of medical care. the present study developed a questionnaire to assess dysphagia in adult patients who have suffered strokes and determined the validity and reliability of the content. me...

  Background : Learning in a clinical environment is an inseparable part of a training program in medical education. To evaluate the quality of training in a clinical environment, a comprehensive questionnaire which is adjusted for local purposes is essential. This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of Activities Coaching Context (ACC)-questionnaire from the perspecti...

conclusions results provided initial evidence that the idoba is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring determinants of obesity-related behaviors in iranian adolescents, indicating that the questionnaire can be used in future weight management programs for tehranian adolescents. results all items were perceived as relevant and comprehendible by adolescents. content validity was confirmed ...

background : if an institute is looking for improvement of its learning environment, a reliable and valid assessment tool is needed for measurement of the educational environment .the dundee ready educational environment measure (dreem) has been used in various studies to evaluate the educational environment. however, psychometric evaluations of the instrument seem necessary, for all known vers...