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Academic motivation is one of the most effective factors on students’ performance and the only factor impact on academic success. spiritual health is one of the four dimensions of health and a strategy for dreaming with stress during the study period, especially in students. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between spiritual health and academic motivation of students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in2022-2023 years.

The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional, The statistical population was 143 students of Rafsanjan Dental Faculty. which were selected by census method. In order to collect data, Polotzin and Ellison’s spiritual health questionnaire and Harter’s academic motivation questionnaire were used. Data were entered into SPSS software version 26. Descriptive statistics in the form of standard deviation, average, number and percentage and Kolmogorov Smirnov and Chi-square tests, one-way variance and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used for data analysis.

140 students with an average age of 22.75 ± 1.34 years were examined. A positive and significant correlation was found between spiritual health and academic motivation of students, which is statistically significant(p<0.001). There was no statistically significant relationship between spiritual health and gender(P=0.762), entry year(P=0.067), age(P=0.069). between educational motivation and gender (P=0.953), entry year (P=0.097) and gender (P=0.468) There was no significant statistical relationship.

There is a significant positive relationship between spiritual health and academic motivation. It can be concluded that by increasing the spiritual health of students, it is possible to improve their academic motivation. Academic motivation and spiritual health each had no significant relationship with acaademic year, age and gender.

Mobile health (mHealth) applications are recognized as effective tools for health management and improving the quality of healthcare services. However, concerns about data security and privacy remain significant barriers to their widespread adoption. This study aimed to identify security barriers and facilitators influencing the use of mHealth applications from the perspective of paramedical students.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 on 115 paramedical students at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Participants were selected through proportional stratified sampling. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire developed by Zhou et al., which was translated, back-translated, and validated in Persian (r = 0.92). The questionnaire included both Likert-scale items and open-ended questions. Descriptive statistics were used for analyzing quantitative data, while thematic analysis was employed to evaluate qualitative responses.

Key security concerns included unauthorized data access and weak privacy policies, which were identified as major barriers to mHealth adoption. In contrast, remote data deletion, transparent security policies, and access controls were recognized as the main facilitators. Thematic analysis of qualitative responses revealed three main themes: security concerns, practical challenges, and suggested strategies for improving security and building trust in mHealth applications.

The study highlights the need for mHealth application designs to emphasize enhanced data security, transparent privacy policies, and user-friendly interfaces to boost user trust and promote adoption. These insights can inform developers and policymakers to optimize mHealth application design and implementation.

 Loneliness is a serious personal and social problem that affects people's attitudes about themselves and the meaning of their lives, and is a threat to mental health, well-being, and psychosocial functioning. Hence, the aim of the present study was to determine and investigate the effectiveness of problem-solving-focused cognitive behavioral therapy on loneliness in students with aggressive behaviors.

In the present semi-experimental study conducted in the academic year 2023, a pre-test and post-test with experimental and control groups and a two-month follow-up period was taken. The statistical population included junior high school students aged 13 to 15 in Neyshabur, Iran.  In order to sample two schools, a convenience sampling method was used, and after administering the Buss and Perry aggression questionnaire, 30 students scoring 75 or higher on this scale were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Members of both groups answered the UCLA Loneliness Questionnaire at two stages: pre-test, post-test (after 8 treatment sessions) and follow-up. Statistical data were evaluated using SPSS26 software and two-way repeated measures analysis of variance.

The statistical analysis of the data indicated that Cognitive behavioral therapy focused on problem solving had a significant effect (p<0.01) on loneliness in students with aggressive behaviors. And the level of loneliness in the intervention group decreased compared to the control group, and this result was repeated at the two-month follow-up.

The results of the present study revealed that cognitive behavioral therapy focused on problem solving by teaching attitude change, encouraging positive self-talk, and emphasizing the use of new strategies could have a significant impact on reducing the loneliness component of students with aggressive behaviors, helping them improve social skills and manage aggressive behaviors, and providing a basis for improving the behavior of these students.

Quality improvement in education seems essential for the enhancement of educational productivity, learning quality, and learners' capabilities. This study aimed to identify the challenges and solutions for improving the implementation of the internship program for students of health services management.

The study was conducted using a qualitative approach. This study applied a stakeholder perspective along with a review of studies. A total of 35 interviews were conducted with students, university faculty members, hospital administrators, hospital quality improvement experts, instructors or internship administrators, and university staff managers. Finally, for validation purposes, an expert panel was held with the presence of faculty members in the field of health services management, hospital quality improvement experts, and hospital managers.

Students spend their internships in hospitals and headquarter units under the supervision of the head of the unit. The evaluation methods were also completely different through written reports, project completion, direct supervisor evaluation, evaluation by the course instructor, or a combination of the mentioned methods. The challenges for improving the provision of internship units included educational system challenges, professors and trainers-related challenges, challenges related to students, and challenges related to internship objectives. The solutions were also divided into four categories: teacher and course instructor, course syllabus, hospital liaison, and educational field centers.

Experienced internship unit supervisors, simultaneous presence of a faculty member and a supervisor from the organization, developing detailed framework for each course, updating the course outlines, especially the practical units, and requiring internship and apprenticeship students to attend committees can be recommended for better implementation of this course.

With the spread of web-based applications among students, problematic Internet use (PIU) is increasing. This study aims of investigate the PIU rate among high school students in Tehran, Iran.

In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 256 second-year high school students in Tehran city were included using a convenience sampling method in 2022. The data collection tools were a demographic form and the problematic internet Use questionnaire (PIUQ). The collected data was analyzed in SPSS software, version 16 using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test, analysis of variance).

The mean total score of PIUQ was 50.27±8.19 out of 100. Among the PIUQ domains, social interactions had the highest mean (2.59±0.55), while adverse effects had the lowest mean (2.44±0.51). There was no significant difference in the PIUQ score based on any demographic variables (P>0.05).

The development of educational programs by high school officials for students to reduce the adverse effects of PIU is recommended.

One of the first educational needs is to adapt new methods to empower and improve the performance of learners. Teaching clinical skills to students is a challenging task, and professors must prepare students in a more effective way to play a role in the field of health care services. The purpose of the study was to “determine the effect of integrated breast examination training on the learning and skills level of Undergraduate midwifery students of Kurdistan University of Medical Science”.

This research was a Quasi-experimental before and after study in 2022.The community of this research was made up of all second and fourth semester midwifery students. 30 students were included in the study by census method. The data collection tool in this study included a demographic profile form, the researcher’s questionnaire for learning breast examination, and the checklist for observing the clinical skills of breast examination. STATA software version 12 was used to analyze the study data. For descriptive purposes, frequency distribution table and mean and standard deviation were used. For the learning and skill variables before and after the intervention, Wilcoxon’s non-parametric test was used, and the significance level was considered less than 0.05.

The median and interquartile ranges of the learning rate before and after the intervention in participants were 8 and 4 to 19 and 7, respectively, which showed a significant statistical difference. Also the median and interquartile range of breast examination skills before and after the intervention in participants were 8.45 and 5.97 to 114.34 and 25, respectively, which showed a statistically significant difference (P= 0.001).

This study showed that the use of Integrated Learning in Breast Examination can increase learning and skill in Midwifery students.

Since one of the characteristics of quality in university is the fulfillment of students 'expectations from the process of educational services, by examining the gap between students' expectations and perceptions, the quality of this process can be determined. Thus the purpose this research was assessing students' perceptions and expectations of the e-learning system in University of Kashan.

The type of research was descriptive-survey and the statistical population included students of Kashan University in academic years 2020-2021, 192 ones were selected as a sample through Cochran's formula and simple random sampling. To collect the data’s used from a researcher-made e-learning pathology questionnaire consisting of 57 closed answer items in six components in terms of a five-point spectrum with a cut-off point of 3. The face and structure validity of the questionnaire were confirmed. The reliability of the questionnaire was estimated 0.93 through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data’s analysis was performed using SPSS 22 software at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics.

The findings showed that there is a significant difference between students' perceptions and expectations in all dimensions. Also the results showed that there is no significant difference between students' perceptions and expectations about the quality of e-learning in terms of gender and academic average.

The results show that in University of Kashan in the field of e-learning and its related system in all dimensions, there is a negative gap between students' expectations and their perceptions and the university should work to increase and improve the quality of educational services and create better conditions.

Effective learning results from correct education in an appropriate setting and through creative, inclusive, encouraging methods. This study aimed to investigate the new active approach of microlearning and the consequences of its use in medical education.

This narrative review was compiled by searching Persian and English Iranian and international scientific databases, including SID, Magiran, PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus, and the Google Scholar search engine, using keywords such as “education,” “learning,” “ microlearning,” “student,” and “medical education,” from 2015 to 2024. The articles selection process was based on the PRISMA diagram, and the quality of the selected articles was assessed using the STROBE and CASP tools. After removing duplicate articles, the titles and abstracts of the remaining articles were reviewed, and unrelated articles were removed. Then, the full text of the 16 articles was reviewed.

The study included 16 articles in total.  Microlearning facilitates the teaching-learning process in learners due to its ease of access, flexibility, promotion of active learning, time-saving, and high productivity. Microlearning in medical education can improve learner knowledge acquisition and retention, skills and performance, participation, interest, teamwork, motivation, self-confidence, and satisfaction.

Using the microlearning method in the curriculum of medical sciences students can lead to the improvement of knowledge and skills, change the attitudes of learners, and improve the process of treatment and care for patients.

Study duration refers to the specific period a student must complete their education. This study aims to elucidate the factors contributing to the prolonged study duration among students of the Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and to provide effectual strategies for reducing this duration.

This qualitative study was conducted using a content analysis approach. The research population included all eligible graduate students (those with extended study duration) from the Faculty of Management and Medical Information in 2021 and 2022. A total of 48 students were selected using a census method. Data collection was conducted using three different tools: interviews, document reviews, and analysis of students' extension requests. Content analysis was employed to analyze the data.

The interview findings indicated two categories of influential factors: personal issues and university-related factors. Personal issues included employment, family problems, the overlap of studies with the COVID-19 pandemic, the distance between the university and residence, internet limitations, time gaps between undergraduate and graduate studies, and prolonged data collection. University-related factors included a lack of cooperation from professors, delays in proposal approval, strict research regulations concerning articles, and professors' rigorous demands during the thesis defense process.

Reducing the stages of thesis approval at the university level, initiating the thesis process during the initial semesters of study, and enhancing scientific capabilities regarding thesis writing during the study period are among the strategies to improve the current situation of students' study duration.