Journal of Medical Education Development
Volume:7 Issue: 16, 2014

A move from medical education based on personal beliefs towards Best Evidence Medical Education seems to be essential. The purpose of this study was to determine the perspective and experiences of medical students and teachers on the role of faculty members in evidence-based education. This qualitative study was conducted through content analysis method in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2012. Five students and 13 faculty members were selected by purposive sampling and their experiences and viewpoints were surveyed until achieving data saturation. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze data. Four main themes were identified: research in education، interpersonal relationships، mastery in teaching، and role models for students. Each theme includes several subthemes. Based on the experiences of participants، in evidence-based education، several roles could be conceded for members of faculty; but the research in education influences other roles of faculty members. Improving research in education can facilitate evidence-based education in Medicine.

One of the factors affecting the process of teaching – learning are students´ learning styles. The aim of this study was to determine the learning styles of undergraduate nursing students at universities across the country. This cross sectional study of nursing students studying in academic year 1389-90 was conducted in 25 provinces of Iran. The questionnaire included demographic information and 12 questions related to learning styles (Kolb), respectively. Totally 1925 undergraduate nursing students completing the questionnaire participated in the study. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. In this study, most nurses belonging to the age group 18-23 years (89/7%). Most students were female (64/8%) and unmarried (87%). The majority of students (%43/1) had accommodative learning styles and learning styles of others were Divergent (%36/5), Convergent (%11/3) and Assimilative (%9/1). nursing students have different learning styles and teachers should consider it and make use of different teaching methods. In this regard, experimental studies recommended assessing different teaching methods on nursing students learning.

Electronic learning is a pre-construcaware of Teachers and administrators the climate university, reflect that the assessment valuable insights environment support provide of thestudent learning. Objective To study the organizational support of students performance evaluating the University the shahid Chamran of ahvaz. the survey was conducted with random selection and participation 100 of faculty members completed questionnaires organizational support. The results indicate that was significantly The first organizational approaches to assessing students (current and before) 0n organizational use (organizational application) And significant assessment impact only for current students in both internal and external. In the second part significant of organizational approaches to the assessment of students (current and before) students of the current emphasis on organizational support, organizational assessment and planning, instructional design, And significant both before and current students of the purposes of assessment, professional development, and reward faculty members means. And the third part significant the managerial and organizational support on organizational use and evaluation effects on institutional emphases, assessment in goals, design assessment, development and reward faculty members, significant external effects on emphases of the organization, objectives, assessment, development professional, and faculty members reward. in this context free factor influenced Organizational support and management in the assessment, organizational approaches to student evaluation and institutional used and impact assessment as part major in the organization.

Effective teaching methods for learning drug calculation skill in nursing education is considered a necessity. The aim of This study was to determine the effect of case study and simulation on nursing student's self-assessment of skills in drug calculation. In a quasi-experimental study first semester nursing students (n=51) were divided randomly into two groups, control group were taught by case study and experimental group were taught by simulation. Before the education and 10 days after, drug calculation test were completed by the students. The average scores of the two groups before training using independent t-test showed no significant difference(p>.05) but after training the difference was significant (p<.05). simulation versus case study method were increase student's skills and reducing errors in drug calculation.

One of the variables that can influence improve education and teaching self-efficacy and thereby, it improves nurtured learning and thinking of students, is faculty orientation purposes. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the components of goal orientation with learning practices and self-efficacy of professors of Medical Sciences. This study is cross-sectional and correlational. This study by cluster sampling step of 466 professors Drdanshkdh of Medical Sciences (109 males and 102 females) were selected. It consists of three scales measuring tools for measuring objective Nych et al (2011) and teaching self-Ohio by Tashann - Moran and Hoy (2001) made the face to determine the reliability of the scale, Cronbach's alpha was used. Data using descriptive and inferential statistical methods (Pearson correlation, stepwise regression, MANOVA and t-tests) were analyzed. Results indicate that mastery goal orientation and performance -oriented and self-efficacy mastery of the instructional practices teachers are positive and significant relationship. Also, for the purpose of escaping and avoiding performance work practices are positively and significantly (P ≤ 0/01).functions are education (P ≤ 0/01). Other findings of this study showed that mastery goal orientation and performance-oriented instructional practices are important predictors of Mastery learning performance and self-efficacy of professors and also, performance goal orientation avoidance is important predictors of performance styles component from educational performance scale. (P ≤ 0/01). Components of goal orientation has significant and positive relationship with learning performance and self-efficacy teaching of instructors, and also The mastery goal orientation and performance-oriented are important predictors of self-mastery and self-efficacy teaching as well as performance goal orientation avoidance is important predictors of performance styles component from educational performance scale.

Educational software as a learning-centered approach, Provides a rich source that could be an opportunity to enhance learning and increase learning skills and it creates a collaborative environment that allows learners and teachers to search, and to study a variety of issues. This study is to evaluate the impact of educational software designed about fundamental of nursing skills on nursing and midwifery student's learning of practical skills. This research is a semi-empirical study. In this study, 381 nursing and midwifery students(193 nursing students and 188 midwifery students) of the first semester were recruited through simple random sampling, they were allocated into intervention and control groups. First, both groups were trained in the traditional way and their practical skills were examined by means of appropriate check lists. Next, the educational software was given to student's assigned to intervention groups. In this period, students of control group had time to review and practice their skills as routine. Practical skills of both groups were re- evaluated by using SPSS 16 software with t test, paired t-test. The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of test scores (exam1) in both intervention and control groups, was not observed a significant difference(p>0/05). Whereas in exam 2 in the intervention group compared with the control group, significant difference was observed in the mean and standard deviation of student's scores(p< 0/05). Test results showed that the use of educational software can be used as an effective teaching strategy, in addition to promoting improved cognitive psychomotor performance in students.

educational needs assessments of faculty members along with the identification of educational needs priorities may contribute to facilitate the present facilities and resources of the university and ensuring fulfillment of the high goals of that university. The present study has been performed based on the identification of educational needs prioritization of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS) faculty members regarding their responsibilities using their own surveys. the present research is a descriptive cross-sectional study which was performed in 2011 in order to assess the educational needs of HUMS faculty members with the study sample of 60 cases. The tools used for this research included researcher- made questionnaire which was regulated in conformity with the guidelines of the health ministry for the faculty member's responsibilities, survey, and review of literature; it contains 6 areas and 59 subareas. The scale used for that was 6-point Likert scale which included such items as "no need", "much need" that scored 1-6 in data analysis. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire tested with the expert opinion and 85% of Korenbakh Alpha respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS16 software. Mean and Deviation standards of the achieved scores in different areas based on the priority of the scores were as follow: management activities (4/62±0/24), research (4/61±0/55), education (4/60±0/75), individual development (4/34±1/67), technical activities out of university (4/33±0/13), healthcare services, health promotion (3/79±0/9). Essay writing in English with the frequency of 44(73/3%) and the procedure of domestic and international corresponding with the frequency of 43(71/6%) ranked first and second respectively. The method of fostering critical thinking and reasoning power, preparation of study guide, teaching method, evaluating professional ethics along with data analysis skills with the frequency of 42 (70%) ranked the third. Faculty members need education in different areas. Therefore regarding the results of the present study the people in charge of that affair and based on the derived priority pay scrutinizing attention.

In medical education environments using technology is so important. This study investigates the effective factors on the using information and communication technology among the medical science students. This descriptive and solidarity study is at 120 students (male and female) of the College of Management of Shiraz Medical Science University that selected randomly. In order to evaluate the effective factors on using attention of technology we use five questionnaires of using intention as: technology, understand of using a technology facility, and understanding of profitability of using technology, pleasure and enjoyment, and being applying of the technology system. In order to survey analysis, we use the descriptive statistics and the correlation efficient, path analysis and and goodness of fit indices using Iisrel 8.5, Spass 18 softwares. All the effective variables on using intention of the technology by the medical science students in the form of the conceptual model of the research have been evaluated and finally the conceptual model with goodness of fit indices has been confirmed and examined. On the using intention of the technology by the Medical Science students, many variables affect that some of them have been evaluated in this study. Path analysis results indicate that perceived ease and pleasure seeking the most effective way to use the technology are significant.

Knowledge is the most essential asset for medical sciences education and universities to create value and valuable advantage for its potential in human societies. Universities of medical sciences to become the knowledge base organization depended to knowledge management activities seriously. Low information about knowledge management and ambiguity in this area are causing insufficient and improper utilization of knowledge in the organizations, especially educational organizations. Despite the importance of knowledge management, there is little knowledge about it. Therefore, it is need to be known how to manage it. The purpose of the present article was to study the state of medical knowledge management. This study was a narrative review study. A literature review was done for information in some scientific sites, Internet and knowledge base resources such as Science Direct, Elsevier، Web of Sciences (ISI), SINAHL, Embas, Ebsco, Ovid, Google Scholar, proQuest and knowledge base resources in Iran such as SID, given key words includes knowledge, knowledge management, health sciences, higher education in distinctly and combination form, in varied sites with Persian and English words. Then reviewed articles and journals and selected appropriate articles, summarized selected content, compared and described various aspect of subject. This study was done by 17 published knowledge management articles in the field of Medical science in Iran and aboard. Review results indicated that faculty, staff and stakeholders of the healthcare system maintain convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge, apply it in clinical guidelines, via creating, capturing, sharing and applying knowledge for teaching, learning and research in community health promotion. Organizational learning process was continuous and permanent in Medical Sciences Universities. Knowledge embedment in the equipment and its application for education and care such as decision support systems in the clinical setting were another dimension of knowledge management at the Medical Sciences University. Infrastructure of knowledge management is necessary to created and continues for the implementation of knowledge management such as leadership, culture and technology. Knowledge management is an approach that prepares the advanced practice in health sciences member boards, stakeholders and students via creating, capturing, sharing and usage for the ever-changing health educational environment. It means that Knowledge management persuades Medical Sciences Universities to work more smartly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. There is necessary to reinforcing knowledge management to promote knowledge management programs implementation in health science education.

Identification and awareness of related factors to of clinical education´s quality is the first scientific step for any action. Also the present research to determining of effective factors on the quality of clinical education from students and clinical instructors´s perspective of Gonabad nursing and midwifery faculty and its improvement solutions has been designed and implemented. In this cross-sectional and analytical study, 44 instructors of nursing and midwifery faculty and 92 final year students by using of census, were studied. The research instrument consisted of two sections: demographic information and questions in the five domains. Data using statistical software SPSS version 21 and descriptive statistics´s tests (mean, standard deviation and relative frequency) and analytical (mean comparison tests) were analyzed. P<0/05 was considered significant. According to the results of the study in the most effective field in quality of clinical education, "clinical setting" with a frequency 8/72% have been reported. Between students's gender, field and course with related to instructor´s field, a significant relationship (respectively P=0/04, P=0/004 and P=0/000) was observed. Also in comparison of the two groups in the domains of educational planning and clinical setting, there was statistically significant relationship (respectively P=0/004 and P=0/002). According to the results, the most effective field, is clinical setting. So this importance, educational managers and planners´s attention in order to quality of clinical education´s promotion and advancing of considered goals demands.

recently, many changes have been made in medical education all over the world. For this reason, students’ perception of the educational environment has attracted attention. Goal of this research is to compare perception of the students who are passing training courses with the students who are passing theoretical courses and compare two genders and different fields of study in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences in 2011. this research is cross-sectional in which 234 students of nursing and midwifery(98students), health(57 students), paramedicine(62students) and medicine(17 students) of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences participated. Data collection instrument was DREEM (Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure). This standard questionnaire included 50 items in five fields of learning, students’ perceptions of atmosphere, students’ perceptions of teachers, students’ academic self-perception, students’ social self perception. The obtained data were analyzed after inclusion in software SPSS, version 20. research findings showed that total mean of DREEM score for students was 108.52 out of 200. Students of theoretical course were more satisfied with learning environments than the training course students. This is statistically significant(P=0.003). There was no statistical difference between female and male students. There is significant relationship between nursing, midwifery and paramedicine(P=0.01). Generally, although students evaluated learning environment in university from Desirable, it is necessary to pay more attention to educational principles and create suitable educational environment for better learning of the students and the use of instruments such as DREEM can contribute to process of change in education.

The objective structured clinical examination(OSCE) is one of the assessment tools of the final examination in clinical wards of Semnan University of Medical Sciences. The study set out to explore medical student and resident views about the quality of this exam. In this cross sectional study, a self administered questionnaire was completed by 132 medical students and residents who were assessed at least once by this examination. The outcome measures were student’s opinion about the quality of the exam, quality of the questions and the time for each station and their attitude about the exam as a whole. There was overwhelming acceptance of the OSCE among the residents in comparison to the students (p=0.034). With respect to the quality of the questions, also the residents of higher grades had a better view in comparison to the students (p=0.037) and with respect to the time for each station, the third grade residents had a better opinion (p<0.001). Concerns were expressed regarding the inadequacy of orientation sessions before the examination among the medical students. Student feedback is invaluable in influencing faculty teaching, curriculum direction and appreciation of student opinion. Furthermore evaluation will strengthen the development of OSCE