Despite speculation concerning the accuracy of self-reported information, particularly from certain patient populations, many neuropsychologists continue to estimate premorbid intellectual functioning on the basis of self-reported educational attainment. This study examined 116 individuals with diverse diagnoses [i.e., alcoholism, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia or schizoaff...

conclusions perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients. given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain. results based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart f...

Students, through all stages of education, grasp new knowledge in the context of knowledge memorized all through their previous education. To self-predict personal proficiency in education, selfassessment acts as an important learning feedback. The in-house developed Studio suit for educational self-assessment enables to model the educational domain as an ontology-based knowledge structure, con...

Background: Hemophilia is a chronic bleeding disease and can interfere with daily performance of children. These children require continuous training to prevent bleeding. Since children nurses play an important role in the education of sick children and their self-efficacy and the increase use of educational computer games, the use of educational games for teaching self-efficacy to children wit...

Background: It is essential to keep the reproductive organs and surrounding areas hygienic during menstruation to prevent health issues. Inadequate menstrual self-care knowledge, poor attitudes, and behavior among female adolescents can lead to increased morbidity and other complications among them, such as reproductive tract infections. Aim: This study a...

BACKGROUND Teaching quality improvement (QI) principles during residency is an important component of promoting patient safety and improving quality of care. The literature on QI curricula for internal medicine residents is limited. We sought to evaluate the impact of a competency based curriculum on QI among internal medicine residents. METHODS This was a prospective, cohort study over four ...

the present study,in order toidentifythe effect of teaching by socratic discussion on students' critical thinking disposition in university, was performed in the qualitative approach and by an action research method with theparticipants in one group of education undergraduate students, who were selected by purposeful sampling (n=20). collecting data were applied by “the standardized open-e...

Test-based accountability is now the cornerstone of U.S. education policy, and it is becoming more important in many other nations as well. Educators sometimes respond to test-based accountability in ways that produce score inflation. In the past, score inflation has usually been evaluated by comparing trends in scores on a high-stakes test to trends on a lower-stakes audit test. However, separ...