introduction. setting up “clinical skills labs” has been started in some iranian medical universities since five years ago. in an educational workshop for clinical skills labs managers in january 2001, many managers stated that if there were standards for these centers it would help them define the necessities of the center. these standards would also make the basis for internal and external ev...

The aim of the Project is to develop a Virtual Platform of e -Learning using New Technologies, offering a qualityeducation and a social inter-relationship with resident children and their educational centers, colleagues, etc. Children that reside in hospitals have a mayor predisposition towards school failure because, among other reasons, they are somehow excluded from their natural environment...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the NewCastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire (NAKQ) for determining asthma knowledge in teachers. METHODS DESIGN AND SAMPLE A cross-sectional observational study in educational centers of A Coruña providing preschool, primary school and/or compulsory secondary education. Centers were selected by random sampling, s...

Dementia is a global socio-medical problem. The steepest increase in prevalence occurs in Latin-America and Asia. European governments have implemented dementia plans to improve care. We describe common goals of European dementia plans and discuss the Brazilian situation. Sixteen European countries have governmental dementia plans, another four are set to launch them. These plans have some comm...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the educational quality of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) videos accessible on YouTube, one of the most important sources of internet-based medical information. METHODS The keyword 'laparoscopic cholecystectomy' was used to search on YouTube and the first 100 videos were analyzed. Among them, 27 videos were excluded and 73 videos were includ...

BACKGROUNDS Infection control is one of the primary responsibilities of dental health care personnel. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the infection control practices of Iranian dentists and dental nurses working in governmental dental health care centers were influenced by their educational level and years of practice. METHODS This cross-sectional analytical study was comple...

background and purpose: the medical educational environment is increasingly becoming the focus of research globally. it is commonly understood that educational environments are an important factor for efficient learning. the present study was done with the aim to evaluation of clinical phase students' perception of learning environment of our teaching hospital and comparing it with the previous...

abstract ba ckground: quality of services, making communications with target groups, and educating them are among the most important success factors in implementation of family planning programs. provision of public access to contraception and related methods, counseling services, and paying attention to social specification and cultures are important in promotion of service quality. with regar...

Comparative Study of Occupational Burnout between Professors and Residents Emergency Medicine in Educational -Remedial‌ ‌Centers Medical Sciences Universities