anxiety comprises many clinical descriptions and phenotypes. a genetic predisposition to anxiety is undoubted; however, the nature and extent of that contribution is still unclear. extensive genetic studies of the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-ht) transporter (5-htt) gene have revealed how variation in gene expression can be correlated with anxiety phenotypes. complete genome-wide linkage s...

introduction: the undergraduate curriculum of shiraz medical school underwent a major reform during the recent years. it comprised of integrated education, supplemented with an early clinical experience program. this study was carried out to find out how early experience in clinical experience affects medical students’ perception and identify strengths and limitations of the available methods a...

background: clinical training has an important section in medical students’ education. creating a favorable learning environment plays an essential role in medical education. since clinical teachers involve to clinical problem, clinical education environment evaluation can help to identify the negative and positive factors. this study was conducted to compare medical students’ and residents&apo...

background: educational clinical environment has an important role in nursing students' learning. any difference between actual and expected clinical environment will decrease nursing students’ interest in clinical environments and has a negative correlation with their clinical performance.   methods : this descriptive cross-sectional study is an attempt to compare nursing students'perception o...

clinical learning occurs in the context of a dynamic environment. learning environment found to be one of the most important factors in determining the success of an effective teaching program. to investigate, from the attending and resident's perspective, factors that may affect student leaning in the educational hospital setting at shiraz university of medical sciences (sums). this study comb...

background and purpose: medical education programs' success depends on the efficiency and adequacy of clinical experiences, one of the most important factors recognized in this field is learning atmosphere and environment. professor’s features, students' learning experiences and characteristics of the program implementation environment are of those cases that vary in different universities. one...

Background: Clinical training has an important section in medical students’ education. Creating a favorable learning environment plays an essential role in medical education. Since clinical teachers involve to clinical problem, clinical education environment evaluation can help to identify the negative and positive factors. This study was conducted to compare medical students’ and residents' pe...

mon in this country to warrant my bringing forward this series ; at least, during the past two years I have not seen or heard of more than a dozen cases having been under treatment in the two medical wards in the General Hospital. I have only once seen a pulsating and bulging tumour of the chest, and which I diagnosed as an aneurism; in a native of India, and that in the person of a Bengali pri...