introduction: the importance of medical profession and the role of the physician in society is no secret to anyone. skills and competencies in clinical practice are necessary for the medical profession. in fact, in patient care, doctors require practical skills in addition to scientific knowledge. this study examines the potentials of medical school students in three areas of doing the right th...

background: learning of clinical skills in the intensive care unit (icu) is important for nursing students. “direct observation of procedural skills (dops)” is a modified objective method in the field of medical sciences, and we conducted this study with the aim of investigating the effect of evaluation using dops method on learning practical skills among nursing students in the icu. materials ...

introduction: clinical education in critical care units is very important and promotion of quality of clinical education can lead to higher qualification and professionalism of nursing students in this area of practice . so, this study was conducted to evaluate the clinical skills of nursing students in icu , ccu and dialysis units . method & materials : this research was a cross sectional desc...

background and purpose: training in basic clinical and procedural skills is considered an important part of the core medical undergraduate curriculum. there are some reasons to assume that junior doctors are not adequately trained in these skills. due to the lack of enough information on skills competence of our students, this study was designed in 3 medical schools in southern iran to evaluate...

background and purpose: special attention has been paid to instructor and preceptor in nursing and midwifery education. this study aims to explore the experiences and perceptions of midwifery students about implementing preceptorship program in delivery setting. methods: the current study is a qualitative research. the focus groups and in-depth interviews were used as data collection tools. tar...

introduction: direct observation of procedural skills (dops) is a way of evaluating procedural skills through observation in the workplace. the purpose of this study was to assess the role of dops in teaching and assessment of postgraduate students and to know the effect of repeated dops on improvement of the skills and confidence of the students. methods: this prospective study was conducted i...

this study was done to explore the views of patients and their companions concerning endotracheal intubation training on newly deceased patients and the necessity of obtaining their consent in this regard. in this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study, we used a questionnaire to collect data through structured interviews conducted by the researcher on patient discharge day. a convenient ...

background percutaneous liver biopsy is one of the most important and widely used methods for diagnosing chronic liver diseases; however, controversies related to the potential risk of complications and patient discomfort still exist. objectives the objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and success rate of blind percutaneous liver biopsy. patients and methods we conducted a retrosp...

Introduction. Setting up “Clinical Skills Labs” has been started in some Iranian medical universities since five years ago. In an educational workshop for Clinical Skills Labs managers in January 2001, many managers stated that if there were standards for these centers it would help them define the necessities of the center. These standards would also make the basis for internal and external ev...