since about four years ago, total quality management (tqm) has been informally introduced into our integrated healthcare and medical education system. with the aim of getting feedback/ learning from the experiences of the universities/schools of medical sciences in setting the ground for tqm implementation, an assessment was done. the survey results show that out of 31 universities/ schools of ...

introduction: science production is one of the main dimensions of sustainable development in any country. thus, universities as the major centers for science production play a key role in development. the present study aimed to assess the trend of science production in iran’s type i universities of medical sciences from 2007 to 2012. method: in this study, the universities’ scores of empowering...

Background: Addis Ababa University (AA) is one of the thirteen medical schools (in twelve countries) in Africa that are recipients of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI). MEPI-Ethiopia is a consortia project that involved four Ethiopian medical schools (College of Health Sciences (CHS) at Addis Ababa University, Defence Medical College, Schools of Medicine at Hawassa and Haramay...

SUMMARY In order to oblain the quantity of published papers, written and translated books and supervised thesis by staffs of universities of medical sciences in Iran, informationes gathered from questionnarries tilled by 53%, of proressors and associate professors of the universities. Following scores were given for each activity: paper l, book writ ten 4, book translated 2, thesis supervised ...

background: citations are fundamental basis of all scientific papers including theses. inaccurate and improper citations would lead to high expenses for the researchers and libraries to access these citations. this research tried to review the accuracy of references in persian defended medical specialized theses in 2007 in tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. it also aimed to de...

introduction: the main goal of accounting systems and financial reporting of public sector is to provide the qualified information that can assist managers in performing their responsibility effectively. it can also assist them in making appropriate political, economic, and social decisions. method: this study evaluated the managers’ attitudes towards the quality of financial reports. forty nin...

background and pupose: after two decades of expansion of universities of medical sciences and increasing the number of medical sciences students as one of the most attainable solutions for the problem of substandard status of iranian community health, recently, quality-based policies in medical education have taken priority over most of the national health plans. we conducted this study to dete...