نشریه راهبردهای توسعه در آموزش پزشکی
سال نهم شماره 2 (پیاپی 20، تابستان 1401)

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between the components of clinical pharmacology curriculum and clinical skills of nursing students.

The statistical population of this descriptive cross-sectional study includes nursing students of the Bandar Abbas School of Midwifery Nursing. Samples were collected by census. The data based on the student's opinion regarding the relationship between curriculum components and practical skills, was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed based on the results of Pearson's correlation test in SPSS software.

The results showed that the percentage of students who ranked the role of curriculum components including goals, environment and educational facilities, teaching method, evaluation method, educational content with the expected skills of the clinical stage as medium , were 39.3, 37.1, 47.4, and 33.2, respectively. The correlation of curriculum components with clinical pharmacology skill was lower than other clinical skills."

In order to improve knowledge and acquire the necessary skills, the elements of the clinical pharmacology curriculum should be reviewed in all aspects, so that the necessary qualifications will be acquired by nursing graduates in this field.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has confronted universities with countless challenges in educating students. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the ethical criteria in e-learning during the outbreak of COVID-19 from the perspective of students, professors and educational administrators at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences.

The present study was a qualitative one with qualitative content analysis approach. The study was conducted with the participation of 30 students, faculty and educational administrators who were selected through purposive sampling. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Elo and Kyngas approaches were used to analyze the data. To increase the scientific reliability and validity of the results Lincoln and Guba methods were applied.

The participants included 16 students in different educational levels, 10 faculty members and 4 educational directors. After providing in-depth interviews and analyzing them in the first stage, a total of 193 initial codes were extracted. The primary codes were merged and the complete summary steps were placed in the relevant classes. In reviewing the ethical criteria in virtual education, a total of three main categories of learners 'ethical criteria, professors' ethical criteria and the organization's ethical criteria and 27 sub-categories were reported.

Due to the prevalence of COVID-19 disease, e-learning has expanded as a new educational method. Therefore, by developing the necessary infrastructure, producing and sharing software, interactive educational tools, and using the experiences of other organizations and other countries, the impact of this type of training can be increased.

The present study aimed at Meta evaluation the mechanism of faculty members’ teaching quality evaluation based on educational documentation in Shahid Sadougi University of Medical Sciences.

This was a developmental study, carried out based on Stufflebeam's meta-evaluation approach, in four dimensions, including utility (n=7), feasibility (n=3), propriety (n=8) and accuracy (n=12).

Meta-evaluation indicated that the highest total score belonged to the "accuracy" standard (45) and the lowest was that of the "feasibility". Also, the percentage of meta-evaluation power in the two standards "accuracy" (93.75%) and "utility" (85.5%) was evaluated at the highest level, and the percentage of power in the "feasibility" standard (58.3%) was at the lowest level. The percentage of meta-evaluation power in the standard of "propriety" (74.2%) was evaluated at a very good level.

The current results showed that faculty members’ evaluation by educational documents was recognized as a proper approach for teacher evaluation. It seems that applying this mechanism can help accurate and appropriate evaluation, besides following ethical and practical criteria for the promotion of teacher evaluation systems.

Technological advance in education and learning over the past decades has led to the substitution of traditional methods with the modern ones such as electronic education. This replacement is increasingly developed, and the nursing educators' role and the strategies that they employ in such educational environments are significant. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the nursing faculties' role in improving the quality of electronic education and learning and instructional Strategies.

Information sources or data: 

In this review, the keywords of education, learning, electronic, virtual, and strategy were searched both in Farsi and English, in databases and articles published over the last decade. Issues such as citation, trustworthiness, intellectual property rights, and creation rights were respected in data transfer.

Selection methods for study:

 In order to investigate the role of nursing professors in improving productivity in electronic education and learning and the educational strategies used, a review study was conducted using a narrative review method.

From a total of 345 studies, after removing unrelated, duplicated, overlapping articles and the ones whose full text was not available, ten English and one Persian articles related to the purpose were identified.

The results indicated that nursing educators have a fundamental role in promoting the electronic education and learning process. Therefore, to improve this process, they must create and strengthen their abilities and competencies beyond those used in traditional methods. It seems that this requires the creation of the necessary infrastructure.

Public health, occupational health and environmental health are among the effective therapeutic fields in improving the health of the society; and paying attention to the quality of students' learning by increasing their enthusiasm and interest in studying in these fields is particularly important. Based on this, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between academic enthusiasm and academic satisfaction of Gonabad Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences students.

Public health, occupational health and environmental health are among the effective therapeutic fields in improving the health of the society; and paying attention to the quality of students' learning by increasing their enthusiasm and interest in studying in these fields is particularly important. Based on this, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between academic enthusiasm and academic satisfaction of Gonabad Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences students.

The findings of the research showed that the average academic satisfaction score of environmental health students was 48.31±9.44, professional health was 53.88±7.80, and public health was 52±11.98. There is a significant relationship between the variables of academic enthusiasm (emotional and cognitive) and academic satisfaction (P-Value>0.01). Also, there is a significant difference between the levels of academic satisfaction of students according to the field of study

This study showed that academic enthusiasm is a significant predictor of academic satisfaction, so it is suggested that courses and training workshops be organized to strengthen academic satisfaction and academic enthusiasm of health faculty students.

During COVID-19 pandemic, students were trained virtually. Messaging platforms are effective tools for communication between students and professors. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating students' attitudes towards the use of social media in education.

This was a descriptive study with 58 nursing, midwifery and public health students from Qaen School of Nursing and midwifery as the participants. At the beginning of the academic semester, WhatsApp and Telegram groups were formed separately for each course, and at the end, the participants were asked to fill out a researcher-made questionnaire with twenty items on students' attitude toward using WhatsApp educationally. Based on a 5-point Likert scale, the range of scores was 20-100.

The mean score of students' attitude towards using WhatsApp and Telegram in the education process was 4.31 out of 5 points. All the students (100%) believed that through using WhatsApp and Telegram teachers could provide advice and guidance faster and easier. 96% were generally satisfied with the educational use of WhatsApp and Telegram, and 93 percent of students think that these platforms are good supplements of educational systems.

Considering the expansion of social media in addition to students’ appropriate attitude towards their educational utility, it is important to take advantage of such capacity for improving the quality of education, promoting participation, providing quick information and sharing science.

The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze the implemented methods of academic evaluation as one of the challenging aspects of e-learning and to investigate its effect on academic self-efficacy of second grade elementary students.

The present study was performed with mixed method methodology and qualitative-quantitative approach. The statistical population in the qualitative section included second-year elementary teachers of Chaharmahal Bakhtiari State; In the quantitative phase, there were 458 second-year students in the elementary schools of Sureshjan city. The sampling method in the qualitative phase was purposive and the sample size with theoretical saturation was determined as 15. In the quantitative phase, cluster sampling method was applied and 210 people were selected. The data collection tool were semi-structured interviews and Scherer questionnaire. The themes were analyzed through step-by-step analysis of variance using SPSS 23 software.

The findings indicated that the methods of evaluation in electronic and traditional education were different from eight dimensions. The methods were implemented in two groups including: The process-oriented and the result-oriented. The highest average score of academic self-efficacy was obtained from the evaluation method based on participation and the lowest was obtained from the objective evaluation method.

Based on the findings, applying multiple assessment and process-oriented methods could best increase academic self-efficacy in the second-year elementary students.

Most of the countries use comparative researches to review and modify the curricula in the face of external developments. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the similarities and differences between Iran and Case Western Reserve's nursing curriculum in the state of Ohio, USA.

The current comparative descriptive study was conducted in 2022 at the University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences and, using the model of Bardi comparative studies. The data were analyzed in four stages: description, interpretation, juxtaposition and comparison. According to the mentioned method, the latest version of Iran's nursing bachelor's program (approved in 2013) was obtained from the website of the Ministry of Health and Case Western Reserve University's nursing bachelor's program from the website of that university. Data analysis was done by putting together elements of the programs and comparing their strengths and weaknesses.

Employing clinical nurses as trainers or implementing a perceptorship program, how to enter the field, how to enter the labor market, seminars and problem solving projects, providing courses such as courses based on the needs of society and the population, as well as the role of graduates, expected outcomes. In addition, diversity in general subjects was one of the main differences between the two curricula.

In order to improve writing skills and critical thinking, it is necessary to consider content such as seminars and problem-solving projects, as well as to diversify general courses and considering the characteristics of the population and relevant diseases in Iran, to consider the inclusion of courses that match the conditions. Take Patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, use of technology, and finally knowledge and skills in health policy are important consequences that should be given more attention.