دانشگاه علوم پزشکی سبزوار

Objectives Mental health is the most important factor in nurturing and developing student's potentialities. This study has tried to examine health mental and related factors in newcomer students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
Methods This is a descriptive-analytical research performed on 364 students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in the academic year of 2012-2013. Health mental Questionnaire (GHQ) was used to gather information and the data were analyzed by software STATA 11. The questions in this study were stated in the form of null hypothesis to be analyzed at the 0.05 level of significance. T-test and ANOVA were used to compare the means.
Results The overall prevalence of mental disorders was found to be 11.26% (41 students). The study indicates that, of all disorders assessed, social dysfunction disorder was the most common (prevalence of 32%; 120 individuals), while depressive disorder was of the least prevalent (%2.208; 8 individuals). The maximum prevalence of disorder in female, single, non-local and undergraduate students was respectively 12.75% (32 individuals), 12.62% (33 individuals), 11.97% (31 individuals) and %12.46 (38 individuals). Comparing of the fields of education, the student in clinical laboratory science had better mental health (17.4%) than the ones in other majors.
Conclusion Regarding to the obtained results, at the beginning of study, symptoms related to social conflict in students were more common than other symptoms. Confirming the existence of mental disorders in students require more psychological investigation and assessment of students. Thus, providing counseling and psychological services based on the findings are recommended.

Libraries are the main levers of supporting educational programs in any university. A university without a good library cannot be successful in fulfilling its educational and research programs. The current condition of a library should be studies to find out whether it plays its part well as one of the main components of the university.
In the present research, the condition of the central library of the Medical University in Sabzevar was studied based on four quantitative indices of budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments. The library condition in 2011 was investigated and descriptive statistics (the mean, standard deviation, percentage and frequency) were used to obtain the required information.
The findings showed that the library has complied 71.42 and 38.5 percent of the required standards of human resources and collection, respectively. On the other hand, the reported budget index was 3.2 times higher than the standard amount (320%). The standard index of building and equipments has been observed up to 51.48 percent.
In general, among the four quantitative standards (budget, human resources, collection, building and equipments), only the budget standard has been completely observed by the central library of the Medical University of Sabzevar and other aspects are far from the standards.

The family Practitioner and referral system is one of the main programs of the 4th social and economical development plans in health sector. Client satisfaction is a basic index in payment mechanism and performance monitoring process in family practitioner program. This study aimed to determine factors effective in the satisfaction of insured rural population of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. This cross-sectional study was conducted in rural population of Sabzevar in 2011. Data were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire and were analyzed using independent t-test، ANOVA، Pearson Correlation coefficient and simple linear regression. In the 8 aspects surveyed (care and reverence، safety and welfare، trust and belief in performance، waiting time، usefulness of actions، payment costs، paramedical unit performance and on time accessibility)، the highest and the lowest levels of satisfaction were observed in payment costs، trust and belief in family practitioner performance، respectively. The correlation between sex، age، job، and marital status، and satisfaction rate was not significant. However، the relationship between residence، education، type of center and satisfaction of family practitioner was significant. Based on linear regression model، there was a significant correlation between patient satisfaction with family practitioner، residence، education، and the type of the center rendering services. The results show that higher level of education، place of residence، and delivery from urban health centers may lead to more client satisfaction.

English is undoubtedly the most important language in the world. As one of the most important communicative tools, it is also one of the most fundamental skills for using references and research findings in the world today. However, the teaching and learning of this language in Iran needs greater attention since users are unable, in most cases, to practically use it in various fields. The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of English language teaching in Iranian medical universities from the perspective of nursing and midwifery graduates and students. Methods and Materials: In this descriptive analytical study, 297 students and graduates of nursing and midwifery were selected through randomized cluster sampling, and completed a questionnaire. The results were analyzed with SPSS 11.5. Out of 297 participants, 56% were nurses and midwifes, and 44% were students. Mean score of English use in research was 2.054 (0-5), where 75% of the participants scored below 2.5. Mean score of general English use was 2.57, where 75% of the participants scored below 3.1. Also, mean score of medical English use was 2.34, where 75% of the participants scored below 2.7. Based on Mann Whitney test, there was a significant difference between the attitude of graduates (161.64) and students (129.96) regarding general English use (p=0.002). Mean scores in various fields indicate that English language teaching has not been effective in medical universities.