PURPOSE Healthcare providers increasingly expect that allied health staff will not only translate research evidence into their clinical practice, but also generate research. Little is known about how well prepared clinicians are to meet these expectations. Research suggests that allied health professionals, including speech-language pathologists, have moderate levels of interest in research, bu...

Introduction: Evaluation is an effective factor to assure the quality of education. Evaluation of clinical education assessment methods, as the most important step in educating certified physicians, is essential in order to determine the strengths and eliminate the defects. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the evaluation methods of students by clinical education groups of Birjand U...

background: medical education of iran witnessed a lot of changes in recent years. evaluation of educational activities has been one important intervention introduced in this regard. purpose: we designed a new format and evaluated the function of educational groups of tabriz medical science university at 2000 methods: educational group’s structure and function of internal medicine ward, infectio...

BACKGROUND Clinical trials test new ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat diseases. Researchers have found that minority patients are willing to participate in clinical trials, yet these patients have barriers which hinder their access to trials. METHODS To explore African American women's participation in breast cancer clinical trials, eight focus groups were conducted with breast canc...

OBJECTIVES The Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) payment system, which has been implemented in Korea since 1997, is based on voluntary participation. Hence, the positive impact of this system depends on the participation of physicians. This study examined the factors determining participation of Korean obstetrics & gynecology (OBGYN) clinics in the DRG-based payment system. METHODS The demographi...