Introduction: Early Clinical Exposure has been conceptualizedto orient medical students towards actual clinical scenario andhelp them correlate their theoretical knowledge with real lifesituations in early years of MBBS courses. In the present studywe explored the outcome of early clinical exposure in the contextof basic science topics (Physiology) in fresh MBBS entrantsand compared their perfo...

BACKGROUND Although appropriate empathy in health professionals is essential, a loss of empathy can occur during medical education. The structure of clinical learning may be one factor that is implicated in a loss of empathy. This study examines student and doctor empathy, and possible associations between empathy and the structure of clinical learning. METHODS There were three groups of part...

OBJECTIVES Pre-analytical error decisively influences the total error and consequently the diagnostic accuracy. The following were the objectives for the study: 1. To detect the percent of pre-analytical errors in clinical biochemistry laboratory. 2. To categorize these pre-analytical errors. 3. To formulate corrective measures to be taken to avoid such errors. DESIGN AND METHODS Study period...

abstract background: nurses’ clinical judgment development is essential for the professional nursing practice. the aim of this study was to explore the facilitators to the development of iranian nurses’ clinical judgment. materials and methods: a qualitative design using conventional content analysis method was employed in the study. a purposive sample of 24 participants was recruited from thre...

the present study was designed in quasi-experiment to assess adoption of the essential clauses of particular clinical laboratory quality management requirements based on international organization for standardization (iso 15189) in hospital laboratories and to evaluate the cost effectiveness of compliance to iso 15189.the quality management intervention based on iso 15189 was conceded through t...