Abstract Background and Aim: Although it is the twenty-first century, the leading cause of mortality in several countries still resides with infectious diseases. From among the infectious diseases, zoonoses, gain double importance because of their epidemiologic control nature. This study aimed to compare knowledge of medical students and graduates concerning zoonoses diseases. Methodology: In t...

introduction: attempts from some colleges of medicine in iraq were made trying to overcome the problems and suffocations that faced undergraduate medical studies in our country and trying to respond to our community health needs to increase awareness, evidence-campaign for staff members of the college and for administration and students focusing mainly on medical education quality and best prac...

Objectives This study explores how medical graduates and their workplace supervisors perceive the value of a structured clinical audit program (CAP) undertaken during medical school. Methods Medical students at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle complete a structured clinical audit program in their final year of medical school.  Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 Notre Dame...

Introduction: Attempts from some colleges of medicine in Iraq were made trying to overcome the problems and suffocations that faced undergraduate medical studies in our country and trying to respond to our community health needs to increase awareness, evidence-campaign for staff members of the college and for administration and students focusing mainly on medical education quality and best prac...

my interest in the department of medical education started in the year 1955 when about 900 high school graduates in shiraz, participated in the “konkoor”, an iranian university entrance exam. of these 900 graduates, 42 passed and gained admissions into shiraz university medical school and six years later, 32 graduated and received a medical degree from shiraz university medical school. i was on...

OBJECTIVE To assess awareness of Saudi psychiatric patients of their illnesses and medications at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC). METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted at the outpatients clinics of PSMMC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January to December 2012. The study included 647 patients undergoing treatment for their psychiatric illnesses. The patients were in...

In 2005-2006, about one-quarter (24.6%) of all visits to office-based physicians were to international medical graduates. Hispanic or Latino and Asian or Pacific Islander patients made more visits to international medical graduates (24.9%) than to U.S. medical graduates (12.4%). International medical graduates also saw a higher percentage of visits made by patients expecting to use Medicaid or ...

introduction: the drive for health care and medical sciences to become evidence-based has been accelerated during recent years and therefore quick access to relevant information without the use of information and communication technology seems impossible. the aim of this study was to evaluate medical students' knowledge of computers and information science in urmia university. methods: this sur...