Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Do medical interns publish findings of compulsory audit or research projects? Five-year experience from a single centre in New Zealand

YASSAR ALAMRI; KHALID ALSAHLI; JENNY BUTLER; TOM CAWOOD

Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2020, , Pages 100-104

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.81894.1040

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Introduction: There is a paucity of literature on research output of Australasian interns. We have previously shown great interest among interns rotating in our department ... Read More

Balancing power: A grounded theory study on partnership of academic service institutes

FATEMEH HESHMATI NABAVI; ZOHREH VANAKI; EESA MOHAMMADI; SHAHRAM YAZDANI

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2017, , Pages 124-133

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Introduction: Governments and professional organizationshave called for new partnerships between health care providersand academics to improve clinical education for the benefit ofboth ... Read More

Team-based assessment of professional behavior in medical students

HOJAT RAEE; MITRA AMINI; AMENEH MOMEN NASAB; ABDOLRASOUL MALEK POUR; MOHAMMAD MORAD JAFARI

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2014, , Pages 126-130

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Introducrion: Self and peer assessment provides important information about the individual’s performance and behavior in all aspects of their professional environment work. The aim ... Read More

A survey of the effective factors in students’ adherence to university dress code policy, using the theory of reasoned action

MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN KAVEH; LEILA MORADI; MARYAM HESAMPOUR; JAFAR HASAN ZADEH

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2015, , Pages 133-141

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Introduction: Recognizing the determinants of behavior plays amajor role in identification and application of effective strategiesfor encouraging individuals to follow the intended ... Read More

Factors affecting patient education from cultural perspectives

MOHAMMAD REZA HEIDARI; REZA NOROUZADEH

Volume 1, Issue 4 , October 2013, , Pages 136-139

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Introduction: Patient education is influenced by cultural factors. This studyaims to find out the role of culture in patient education.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted on ... Read More

Implementation of standardized patient program using local resources in Avalon School of Medicine

JESSE RAMEY; MANISH PRAJWAL MANE MANOHAR; AMINAH SHAH; ABDIWALI KEYNAN; SHIVAPRAKASH BAYAPALLI; TARIG FADLALLAH ALTAHIR AHMED; SATEESH BABU ARJA; SIREESHA BALA A; YOGESH ACHARYA

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 137-141

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2018.41019

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Introduction: The standardized Patient Program (SPP) is astandard educational training method which provides the preclinicalstudents a better clinical foundation by linking the realmof ... Read More

COVID-19 impact and virtual medical education

SHIMA TABATABAI

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 140-143

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2020.86070.1213

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The Corona-Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic has had a tremendous effect on medical education. It is also challenging the medical educationists’ ability to adapt ... Read More

Knowledge of triage in the senior medical students in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

HOSSEIN MAHMOODIAN; RAZIE EGHTESADI; ATEFE GHAREGHANI; PARISA NABEIEI

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2016, , Pages 141-144

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Introduction: Triage is a response to the problem of overcrowdingin Emergency Departments (EDs) and accuracy of decisions madeby the triage unit affects the ultimate outcome of EDs. ... Read More

Comparison of the bleeding cricothyrotomy model to SimMan for training students and residents emergency cricothyrotomy

ALISA WRAY; FARAZ KHAN; JOHN RAY; ROBERT ROWE; MEGAN BOYSEN OSBORN; SHANNON TOOHEY; WARREN WIECHMANN

Volume 7, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 144-148

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.74895

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Introduction: A cricothyroidotomy is an emergency procedure that few emergency medicine residents see or perform during their training. Therefore, there is a need for low ... Read More

Comparison of residents’ approaches to clinical decisions before and after the implementation of Evidence Based Medicine course

ZAHRA KARIMIAN; JAVAD KOJOURI; MOHAMMAD MAHDI SAGHEB; ALI MAHBOUDI; MAHBOOBEH SABER; MITRA AMINI; MOHAMMAD REZA DEHGHANI

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2014, , Pages 170-175

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Introduction: It has been found that the decision-making process in medicine is affected, to a large extent, by one’s experience, individual mentality, previous models, and common ... Read More Introduction: It has been found that the decision-making process in medicine is affected, to a large extent, by one’s experience, individual mentality, previous models, and common habitual approaches, in addition to scientific principles. Evidence-based medicine is an approach attempting to reinforce scientific, systematic and critical thinking in physicians and provide the ground for optimal decision making. In this connection, the purpose of the present study is to find out to what extent the education of evidence based medicine affects clinical decision making.Methods: The present quasi-experimental study was carried out on 110clinical residents, who started their education in September, 2012 and finally 62 residents filled out the questionnaires. The instrument used was a researchermade questionnaire containing items on four decision-making approaches. The questionnaire was used both as a pre-test and a post-test to assess the residents’ viewpoints on decision making approaches. The validity of the questionnaire was determined using medical education and clinical professionals’ viewpoints, and the reliability was calculated through Chronbach alpha; it was found to be 0.93. The results were analyzed by paired t-test using SPSS, version 14.Results: The results demonstrated that evidence-based medicine workshopsignificantly affected the residents’ decision-making approaches (p<0.001).The pre-test showed that principles-based, reference-based and routinemodel-based approaches were more preferred before the program (p<0.001). However, after the implementation of the program, the dominant approaches used by the residents in their decision making were evidence-based ones.Conclusion: To develop the evidence-based approach, it is necessary foreducational programs to continue steadily and goal-orientedly. In addition, the equipment infrastructure such as the Internet, access to data bases, scientific data, and clinical guides should develop more in the medical departments.Keywords: Clinical, Evidence-based medicine, Decision making, Resident

Effect of collaborative testing on learning and retention of course content in nursing students

MOZHGAN RIVAZ; MARZIEH MOMENNASAB; PAYMANEH SHOKROLLAHI

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2015, , Pages 178-182

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Introduction: Collaborative testing is a learning strategy thatprovides students with the opportunity to learn and practicecollaboration. This study aimed to determine the effect ofcollaborative ... Read More

The usefulness of crossword puzzle as a self-learning tool in pharmacology

SHILPA PATRICK; KIRTI VISHWAKARMA; VISHAL P GIRI; DEBRANJAN DATTA; PRIYANKA KUMAWAT; PREETI SINGH; PRITHPAL S MATREJA

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 181-185

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2018.41030

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Introduction: Pharmacology is perceived as a volatile subject asit’s difficult to recall and recite the core of the subject. Enrichingthe learning environment through incorporation ... Read More

Evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of community-based education from the viewpoint of students

SEDIGHEH MOKHTARPOUR; MITRA AMINI; HOURI MOUSAVINEZHAD; ALIREZA CHOOBINEH; PARISA NABEIEI

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2016, , Pages 195-201

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Introduction: Responsive medicine is an appropriate trainingmethod which trains the graduates who can act effectively ininitial and secondary aspects of health issues in the society.Methods: ... Read More Introduction: Responsive medicine is an appropriate trainingmethod which trains the graduates who can act effectively ininitial and secondary aspects of health issues in the society.Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytic studywhich was done using quantitative method. The target populationof this study was all the students of the Nutrition and HealthSchool of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The sample wasrandomly selected in this study and 75 students were selected basedon the methodologist’s comments and similar studies and randomnumbertable from a list obtained from the school’s departmentof education. This questionnaire was a researcher-made onewhich consisted of 23 questions in 2 sections with 21 closedendedquestions and 2 open-ended questions; 70 questionnaireswere completed correctly. The closed-ended questions had 4aspects (completely agree to completely disagree) answered in5-point Likert scale type. Its face validity was confirmed by 4faculty members. The construct validity of the questionnaire wasanalyzed by factor analysis test and its reliability was assessed bya pilot on 20 students with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.85. The datawere analyzed using descriptive statistical tests (mean, standarddeviation, …) and the Pearson coefficient (p<0.001).Results: The results of this study showed that the maximum meanscore was 3.58±0.65 which was related to the context of thesecourses and the minimum mean was 2.66±1.14 which was relatedto the logbook implementation. The 2 open-ended questionsindicated that the most important strengths were the use oflogbooks as a guide and determining the minimum training; of theweaknesses was the mismatch between the theoretical educationand the practical activities. Also, developing the minimumtraining that an expert should know and using the common topicsrelated to theoretical education were the most important pointsmentioned by the respondents.Conclusion: The educational planning of the authorities for keepingthe balance of the theoretical training with the practical activitiesand giving opportunities to the trainee or intern to face diseasesand the common problems of the community seems to be necessary.Keywords: Clinical; Education; Nutrition; Health

Presenting the students’ academic achievement causal model based on goal orientation

EBRAHIM NASIRI; ALI POUR-SAFAR; MAHDOKHT TAHERI; ABDULLAH SEDIGHI PASHAKY; ATAOLLAH ASADI LOUYEH

Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2017, , Pages 195-202

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Introduction: Several factors play a role in academic achievement,individual’s excellence and capability to do actions and tasks thatthe learner is in charge of in learning areas. ... Read More

The role of academic self-efficacy in improving students’ metacognitive learning strategies

ALI ASGHAR HAYAT; KARIM SHATERI

Volume 7, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 205-212

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.81200.

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Introduction: Metacognitive strategies play an essential role in students’ learning and achievement; therefore, identifying their antecedents should be considered. This ... Read More

Critical appraisal skills training to undergraduate medical students: A Randomized Control Study

SARVIN SASANNIA; MITRA AMINI; MAHSA MOOSAVI; AMIR ASKARINEJAD; MANA MOGHADAMI; HASTI ZIAEE; FATEMEH VARA

Volume 10, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 253-258

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2022.94852.1610

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Introduction: Critical appraisal skills are presumed to perform a principal part in evidence-based health education and practice methods. This study aimed to design an educational intervention ... Read More Introduction: Critical appraisal skills are presumed to perform a principal part in evidence-based health education and practice methods. This study aimed to design an educational intervention around critical appraisal in this context, evaluate the efficacy of the teaching methods, and investigate critical appraisal skills training to undergraduate medical students.Methods: In this prospective Randomized Control Trial (RCT), 256 sixth-year undergraduate medical students from Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran, participated. 124 of the students were not taught critical thinking methods as a control group, and 132 participants were taught critical thinking methods by multimedia and attended an online Critical Appraisal Skills (CAS) training workshop as an intervention group. We used the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) questionnaire to evaluate students’ knowledge, attitude, confidence, and appraisal skills. This questionnaire was translated into Persian for the first time in Iran by Shokooh Varai, et al. They investigated its validity and reliability,the reliability of the questionnaire being obtained by the Richardson Index (0.75), and the validity being confirmed by some faculty members of Tehran Nursing and Midwifery School. To compare both control and intervention groups, we used an independent t-test and a Chi-Square test at a significance level of 5%, and to analyze the demographic information, we applied some descriptive statistics: frequency, frequency percentage, mean and standard deviation. Allof the statistical approaches were analyzed, using SPSS 22.Results: In all dimensions of the critical appraisal skills, medical students who completed the critical appraisal multi-media training and workshop performed better than those who did not (control group), and this difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Moreover, the Chi-Square test results showed no statistical relationship between the groups regarding the demographic variables (P>0.05). Also, the Cohen’s D effect size values in the knowledge and confidencedimensions were greater than 0.5; this meant a large effect. Regarding the attitude and appraises Skill dimensions, the effect size was between 0.2 and 0.5, which meant a medium effect.Conclusion: Teaching critical appraisal skills through multi-media and CAS online workshops to medical students effectively improves the students’ knowledge and confidence in appraising articles. This teaching also indicated a medium effect on students’ attitudes and behavior. Our findings can justify implementing critical appraisal skills teaching modules in the undergraduate medical education curriculum.

Comparison of two educational environments in early clinical exposure program based on Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure

SEDIGHEH EBRAHIMI; JAVAD KOJURI

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2013, , Pages 36-37

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Introduction: The undergraduate curriculum of Shiraz medical schoolunderwent a major reform during the recent years. It comprised of integrated education, supplemented with an early ... Read More

Comparison between current and ideal condition of educational justice from the students’ viewpoints at Jahrom Nursing and Paramedical School

MOHAMMAD ALI MONTASERI; MOHSEN HOJAT; MAHDI KARIMYAR JAHROMI

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2014, , Pages 39-44

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Introduction: Educational justice is a process by which all those involvedin education are pondering and seeking to establish it in their regulatoryenvironments. This study aimed to ... Read More

Nursing students’ perspectives on clinical education

MOHAMMAD REZA HEIDARI; REZA NOROUZADEH

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2015, , Pages 39-43

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Introduction: The importance of optimal clinical nursingeducation in professional skills development is undeniable.In clinical education, nursing students are often faced withproblems. ... Read More

Assessment of students’ perspectives about master of public health program in medical school of Shiraz University

SAMAN FARAHANGIZ; ALIREZA SALEHI; RITA REZAEE; MOHAMMAD HADI IMANIEH

Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2016, , Pages 39-43

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Introduction: Integration of public health and medicaleducation has been thought to have an important role in medicalstudents’ training. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences hasdeveloped ... Read More Introduction: Integration of public health and medicaleducation has been thought to have an important role in medicalstudents’ training. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences hasdeveloped an MD/MPH dual degree educational program forthe talented volunteer students. The aim of this study was toassess the students’ viewpoints about various aspects of ShirazMD/MPH program.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on Shirazundergraduate medical students, who were enrolled in MD/MPHprogram. A self-structured questionnaire in Persian consistingof 4 parts was used; it included demographic factors including16 questions which evaluated the students’ perspective of thegoals, content, skill development, applicability and meeting theirexpectations; 7 questions evaluating the self-reported increase ofknowledge; and 3 multiple choice questions to assess the students’motivations and opinions on the impact of the program on theirfuture career. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis.Results: All MD/MPH students (89) with a mean age of 21.4±1.34participated in this study. Forty one of the students (46.1%) weremale and 48 (53.9%) female. Overall, 86.1% of them had positiveviews about the goals of the program; also, 83.5%, 81.2% and81.9% of them reported a positive viewpoint about the contents,the applicability and development of specific skills, and meetingtheir expectations, respectively. The students’ most frequentmotivation was “learning how to research systematically”(73%). The majority of the students reported this program to bemoderately to highly effective in increasing their knowledge inthe provided courses.Conclusion: The students had a positive view about almost allof the aspects of the MD/MPH program; this may be indicativeof the program being successful in delivering the goals,increasing the students’ knowledge and skills, and meeting theirexpectations to date. Students’ enthusiasm for the educationalprogram may lead to their motivation for better learning andthus in the program’s success.Keywords: Students; Medical education; Public health; Satisfaction

Evaluation of information literacy status among medical students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

LEILA BAZRAFKAN; ALI ASGHAR HAYAT; KARIM ABBASI; AGHDAS BAZRAFKAN; AZADAH ROHALAMINI; MOZHGAN FARDID

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 42-48

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Introduction: The information literacy status and the use ofinformation technology among students in the globalization age ofcourse plans are very momentous. This study aimed to evaluate ... Read More Introduction: The information literacy status and the use ofinformation technology among students in the globalization age ofcourse plans are very momentous. This study aimed to evaluate theinformation literacy status and use of information technology amongmedical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2013.Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study with crosssectionalmethod. The study population consisted of all medicalstudents (physiopathology, externship and internship) studyingat Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The sample size(n=310) was selected by systematic random sampling. Thetool of data gathering was LASSI questionnaire (assigned byAmerica research association) with 48 closed items in five-pointLIKERT scale. The questionnaire included two distinct parts ofdemographic questions and the information literacy skills basedon the standards of information literacy capacities for academiceducation. The content validity was acquired by professors’and experts’ comments. The reliability was also calculated byCronbach’s alpha (0.85). Data were analyzed in both descriptive(frequency- mean) and analytical level (t-test, analysis of variance)using SPSS 14 software.Results: 60.3% of the participants were females, and theremaining (29.7%) were males. The mean score of informationliteracy and its five subgroups among the students weren’t at adesirable level. The mean scores of information literacy foreducational grades from the highest to lowest belonged to theinternship, physiopathology and externship. The results showedthat the highest average was related to the effective access abilityto information among interns (9.27±3.57) and the lowest onewas related to the ability of understanding legal and economicalcases related with using information among externs (3.11±1.32).The results of ANOVA showed that there wasn’t a significantdifference between educational grades and information literacy.Finally, the result of independent t-test did not show a significantdifference between the two genders in information literacy.Conclusion: Regarding the importance of information literacy formedical students and undesirable status of information literacyamong students, the current educational plans will need to be revised.Keywords: Medical students; Information literacy; Technology; Medical informatics

Good, bad and ugly: Exploring the Machiavellian power dynamics of leadership in medical education

DINESH KUMAR V

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 42-46

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.41035

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Introduction: Medical education requires participation of variousstakeholders and this contributes to power dynamics operating atmultiple levels. Personality traits of an individual ... Read More

Exploring the challenges of professional identity formation in clinical education environment: A qualitative study

FATEMEH KESHMIRI; SHERVIN FARAHMAND; FATEMEH BAHRAMNEZHAD; HOOMAN HOSSEIN-NEJAD NEDAEI

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 42-49

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.74806.0

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Introduction: This study aimed to explore the challenges of professional identity formation at clinical education environments from the faculty members’ viewpoints.Methods: ... Read More

Internationalization of medical education in Iran: A way towards implementation of the plans of development and innovation in medical education

EHSAN SHAMSI GOOSHKI; ATA POURABBASI; HAMID AKBARI; NIMA REZAEI; ALI ARAB KHERADMAND; ZAHRA KHEIRY; NILOUFAR PEYKARI; FATEREH MOMENI JAVID; FIROUZEH HAJIPOUR; BAGHER LARIJANI

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 43-48

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2018.43341

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Introduction: Academic institutions are the most importantorganizations for implementation of internationalization policiesand practices for integrating an international, intercultural ... Read More

Relationship between organizational effectiveness and the personnel managers’ position of control in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

VIDA KESHTKARAN; NEDA MOADAB

Volume 1, Issue 2 , April 2013, , Pages 68-71

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Introduction: The main objective of all organizations is to improve theefficiency and effectiveness of the personnel’s performance and this partly depends on effective management. ... Read More

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