background : in spite of much literature written about the theory-practice gap in the international nursing journals, there is evidence that indicates this subject has not been probed comprehensively since nursing education was transferred to universities in iran.  in the recent years, the public and the government have criticized iranian nurses because of poor quality of patient care. although...

Background: The existence of a gap between theory and practice in nursing is a problem that is rooted in the history of nursing education, which means that there is a difference between what the student at the college and the behavior that appears in the clinic, and this discrepancy is of concern to community health educators. A coherent understanding of the learning and practice gap is a cruci...

h.pylori infection in peptic ulcer, deep gap between scientific fact and the clinical practice

background : chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting is an added distress to patients burdened by the illness. in an effort to tackle the emetogenic potential of the agents, guidelines have been proposed to maintain uniformity in prescription and improvement in patient tolerance; but their utility and practice is not consistent. the aim of this clinical audit was to assess the antiemetic.pract...

this study reports a mixed methods design investigation into language teachers’ conception of research. the study drew on various sources of data, including teachers’ responses to questionnaires items, qualitative comments in follow-up interviews, and contributions to e-mail inquiries. results showed that the teachers’ understanding of research is mainly associated with a standard view of resea...

during medical training, students obtain enough skills and knowledge. however, medical ethics accomplishes its goals when, together with training medical courses, it guides students behavior towards morality so that ethics-oriented medical practice is internalized. medical ethics is a branch of applied ethics which tries to introduce ethics into physicians’ practice and ethical decisions; thus,...