Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Introducing a mobile learning model in medical education during COVID-19; a critical review

MASOMEH KALANTARION; MOHAMMAD-MEHDI SADOUGHI; SOLEIMAN AHMADY; PER KALLESTRUP; MARZIEH KATIBEH; NASRIN - KHAJEALI

Volume 10, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 145-155

http://dx.doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2022.93494.1534

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Introduction: Mobile learning is one of the innovative teaching techniques that help medical students gain knowledge and skills. One of the factors that expanded the use of this strategy ... Read More

Challenges and opportunities of acquiring scientific authority in medical sciences: determination of the experts’ views based on qualitative content analysis

SOLEIMAN AHMADY; NASRIN KHAJEALI; ZOHREHSADAT MIRMOGHTADAIE

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 32-41

http://dx.doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.74823.

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Introduction: Capability is built upon knowledge and wisdom, and scientific progress and development is associated with wealth production, national and international authority, ... Read More Introduction: Capability is built upon knowledge and wisdom, and scientific progress and development is associated with wealth production, national and international authority, andindependence. To promote scientific development, as a prerequisite to the country’s progress in other areas, there is a need for strategic planning and creating scientific capacities. Today’s world is facinga rapid growth and development in science and technology, and universities and higher education centers have an important role in the society’s development and progress in the areas of humanresources training, science and technology production, and solving different problems. Considering the Iran’s health scientific road map and communication of innovation and reform plans, andsince universities are required to identify the areas of authority, this study was conducted to determine the challenges of scientific authority promotion and proper courses of action.Methods: In this study, content analysis was used as a qualitative research method. The triangulation method was applied for data collection. Purposive sampling was done to select the participantsfor focused group discussion and data collection continued until data saturation was achieved. The participants were 19 higher education experts and MOHME policymakers. The ATLAS.ti software version 5.2 was used for analysis of data.Results: The results of the analysis of transcripts obtained from FGD with higher education experts and MOHME policymakers showed 4 themes, 10 categories and 43 sub-categories. The resultingthemes included: “Experienced perceptions of scientific authority”, “Requirements of scientific authority”, “Challenges of scientific authority”, and “Strategies for promoting scientific authority”. Conclusion: Universities and governmental sectors do not represent all the capacities, and there are much more capacities that can be exploited with participation of different sectors and institutions, especially inter-sectoral and inter-university collaborations. Many advances in new sciences have occurred in interdisciplinary majors, and these collaborations help to take solid steps towards scientific authority.

Factors related to academic failure in preclinical medical education: A systematic review

SOLEIMAN AHMADY; NASRIN KHAJEALI; FARSHAD SHARIFI; ZOHRE SADAT MIRMOGHTADAEI

Volume 7, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 74-85

http://dx.doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2019.44711

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Introduction: Identifying the learners’ problems early enoughand providing advice from the beginning is definitely an importantinvestment in the training and progress of future ... Read More Introduction: Identifying the learners’ problems early enoughand providing advice from the beginning is definitely an importantinvestment in the training and progress of future practitioners. Thecurrent review aimed at examining factors related to academicfailure of the preclinical medical students. Methods: The study was carried out as a systematic search ofpublications in the following databases published from January1987 to January 2018: PubMed, Web of Knowledge, EducationalResources, Information Center and Scopus. No language limitationwas set for searching the resources. As a comprehensive search, thefollowing keywords were used for the abstract, title and keywordsections: academic performance, academic failure, academicachievement, drop out, academic engagement, learning disorder,medical student, struggle student and problem learner. A valid tool(STROBE) was used to determine the quality of the articles. Results: Most articles discussed personal causes, 7 discussedlearning style, 7 discussed personality traits, 6 discussedmotivational strategies and self-efficacy, 4 discussed quality ofsleep, 4 discussed the effect of stress, 9 discussed demographicfactors, 3 discussed physical activity, 1 discussed copingstrategies, 2 discussed class attendance and 4 discussed studystrategy. Twenty-five articles described instructional designcause, 3 described teaching strategies, 2 described courseassessments, 1 described the course structure, 3 described criticalthinking, 3 described blended learning, 13 described predictivecourses, 14 described admission tests, 1 described the learningenvironment, 2 described curriculum planning and 3 describedthe pre-matriculation program. Conclusion: Medical teachers often do not know which studentsare problem learners or what causes academic failure. The goalof this systematic review was to determine the origin of problemsin learning to identify problem learners. The results indicatesthat managers, policymakers, instructors and counselors canmonitor student academic achievement by careful planning ofinstructional design, attention to an educational environment, useof active teaching methods, continuous assessment of studentsand consideration of personal factors.

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Introducing a mobile learning model in medical education during COVID-19; a critical review

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Challenges and opportunities of acquiring scientific authority in medical sciences: determination of the experts’ views based on qualitative content analysis

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Factors related to academic failure in preclinical medical education: A systematic review

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