statement of the problem in iran and most countries temporomandibular disorders (tmds) are part of the education curriculum of general dentistry. most patients with these disorders are first referred to dentists. therefore, awareness of general dentists’ knowledge in this field is very important purpose the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge and beliefs of general dental practitioners ...

this study aims to explain the major skills, instructional objectives, best teaching and learning methods and appropriate timetable to implement entrepreneurship curriculum in the field of education. there are two categories of statistical population: the first sample includes 117 master students (27 males and 90 females) at university of tehran during the semester 2006, 2007. the second sample...

Introduction: Little emphasis on standardization, less stringentoutcome measurement and resource constrains can result indeteriorating competencies among medical graduates in acountry with rapidly increasing number of medical institutionslike India. A competency-based curriculum is where we carefullydesign curricular experiences to achieve pre-identified outcomes.In this study, we aimed to defi...

Nowadays, improvement of thinking skills of students is one of the universally supported aims in the majority of medical schools. This study aims to design longitudinal theme of reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making into the undergraduate medical curriculum at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). A participatory approach was applied to design the curriculum during 2009-2011. T...

BACKGROUND Successful interaction and communication with patients is as vital for dentists as it is for physicians. Therefore, the aim of this study was the development and evaluation of an interactive, experiential training curriculum with an emphasis on communication for dual degree seekers of medicine and dentistry. METHODS A pre-clinical course with an emphasis in physician/dentist-patien...

Background Weakness of curriculum development in nursing education results in lack of professional skills in graduates. This study was done on master's students in nursing to evaluate challenges of neonatal intensive care nursing curriculum based on context, input, process, and product (CIPP) evaluation model. Materials and Methods This study was conducted with qualitative approach, which was...

In response to the need to educate future physicians about culture and diversity in healthcare issues, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Medicine developed a culture and diversity curriculum in the late 1990s. Institutional leadership, an approach that integrated learning activities into existing courses and clerkships, and use of local experts overcame initial curricul...