JOURNAL OF TORBAT HEYDARIYEH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Year:2014 | Volume:2 | Issue:1|Papers Count:8

Background and aim: According to the different advantages and disadvantages of students questionnaires as a source of teachers’ evaluation, this qualitative study aimed to find out the faculty members’ viewpoints about the present teachers’ evaluation process in Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods: The present study is a qualitative study based on content analysis which was conducted on 20 faculty members of Tehran University of Medical Sciences chosen purposefully and reached the saturation level. The data were gathered and analyzed in 2013. Data were collected through a topic guide containing 3 main questions with semi structured interviews and were analyzed through applying a five-step content analysis using Atlas ti.Results: Findings showed that there were 4 themes and 17 subthemes which are as follows: clarifying the purpose of teacher evaluation (Correction or punishment), correcting the evaluative methods (development of mixed evaluation method, evaluation sheet correction, and designing of evaluation tools), determining the strengths and weaknesses of each method (students’ questionnaire, managers’ questionnaire, peer review, self-evaluation, and portfolio).Conclusion: It is necessary to clarify the aim of evaluation and emphasize its positive aspects applying a mixed method of students’ questionnaire, managers’ questionnaire, peer review, self evaluation, portfolio, observation of colleagues while teaching, measurement of students’ achievements to achieve a comprehensive evaluating of faculty members.

Background and aim: The students' academic failurehas been introduced as one of the main challenges in educational systems. The present study has been conducted with the purpose to determine the frequency and risk factors of academic failurein students that living in dorms of Golestan University of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences.Materials and Methods: This study was across sectional study in which 150 students of Golestan University that living in dorms of Department of Health and Allied were selected by systematic random sampling. data were collected with questionnaire validated and analyzed with SPSS16 software.Results: the mean of students age was 22.2±12.2 and frequency of academic failure based on GPA and probation terms was%33.3(n = 50).Most frequently was observed in laboratory science students, 34% (n=17). There Were a significant relationship between academic failure and high school GPA, parente ducation, maternal education, economy status, smoking students(p<0.05).Among the factors affecting in academic achievement were significantly associated, between academic failure with focus in the classroom and the area of the admissions(p<0.05).Conclusion: Due to high prevelace of academic failure among Student Golestan University of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences, university education officials should complete cheking factor affecting on academic failure this student's, up to determine the appropriate strategies for prevention of occurrence new cases of academic failure in other students.

Background and aim: Phenylketonuria is one of the major causes of mental retardation in infants. Diagnosis and prompt treatment may prevent the consequences. If there is Phenylketonuria in Fetus, Abnormalities in major organs such as the central nerve system occurs. Screening Phenylketonuria infants is the program of preventive medicine.Materials and Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, which was based on the national guidelines for screening all newborns in Torbat-E- Heydarieh for 36 months, the blood samples from the soles of the feet of 3-5 day old infants were collected on the paper filter and phenylalanine’s were measured by ELISA. Infants with higher levels of phenylalanine quorum call. Data were analyzed by t-test and ANOVA statistical and software SPSS 21 (p <0.05).Results: The analysis of the data showed that of 11091 infants screened, 5390 were girls and 5701 were boys. 11075 infants had a normal PKU, and 13 cases had 14<PKU, and 2 cases had 15<PKU< 21 mu / L, and 1 case had PKU>22 mu / L. The last 3 patients were identified and were treated.Conclusion: The incidence of 1 case per 3697 Live birth was obtained in Torbat-E-Heydarieh. According to the results, it is concluded that the number of infants with congenital Phenylketonuria in Torbat-E-Heydarieh is high.

Background and Aim: Estimating the maximal aerobic capacity in humans can be used to establish the proportionality between the worker and work physiology. This study was conducted to determine VO2-max and its associated factors among male workers of industrial sector of Sanandaj city.Method: To conduct this study, 200 healthy and non-smoking male workers were randomly selected. Maximal aerobic capacity (VO2-max) was measured by Tuxworth & Shahnavaz method. T test and one way ANOVA test were used to examine the relationship between qualitative variables and VO2max mean and quantitative variables and VO2-max mean, respectively. The stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was used to build the best model.Results: According to results, workers’ maximal aerobic capacity mean was estimated to be 2.92±0.34 Lit/M. The results showed that there was association between VO2-max and weight and marital status while no association was found between VO2-max and height, BMI, age, education level, shift working, job satisfaction, exercise per week and fatigue.Conclusion: Weight and marital status are the factors affecting the maximal aerobic capacity.

Background and aim: Iodine deficiency accounts for a group of diseases such as Endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, Kirtinism and congenital anomalies. This study was carried out to monitor the national program for preventing iodine deficiency in 8-10 year old students in 1392 in Torbat haydareyeh city.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, 487 students of both sexes, aged from 8-10 years were selected from urban and rural areas through cluster sampling. Urine samples were obtained and urinary iodine measured based on cholorimetery and acid digestion related to guidelines of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism.Findings: The urinary iodine excretion median in evaluated students was 21 micrograms per deciliter and this amount in 62% population was between 10-30 micrograms per deciliter. Urinary iodine median of rural and urban students was 22 and 20 micrograms per deciliter, respectively that there was significant difference between these groups. In addition the urinary iodine median levels in boys and girls were 20 and 21 micrograms per deciliter that there was no statistically significant difference. Urinary iodine median in different regions are not the same and there was no significant difference in different regions. Findings of this study show that the urinary iodine median in students is desirable and higher than the national average.Conclusions: In this study, the urinary iodine excretion median is 20 micrograms per deciliter which indicates the absence of iodine deficiency in Torbat. The important issue in this study is that despite increasing urinary iodine median among the students as iodine deficiency correction index, urinary iodine median in 20% of students is less than 10 micrograms per deciliter. Therefore it is necessary to educate families for using food sources containing iodine such as eating fish at least twice a week and using refined iodized salt to reduce undesirable amounts of urinary iodine median.

Background and aim: Today, hospital waste is one of the problems facing human societies. Hospital waste contains toxic and dangerous compounds, infectious substances, biological microorganisms, toxic chemicals effluents (resulting from x-ray film processor and disinfectants) and pharmaceutical compounds. The absence of treatment and improper disposal can be a very dangerous to the environment and human’s health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of wastewater treatment and disposal condition and the quality of hospitals effluent of Mehr Hospital in Ahwaz.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive research studied the wastewater treatment and disposal systems condition and effluent quality in Mehr Hospital in Ahwaz. 12 mixed samples were collected and tested for pH, BOD, COD, TSS and TC in the effluents of wastewater treatment plants using the current standard methods, the EPA.Results: The results showed that Mehr hospital had the highest efficiency in removal of COD, BOD and TC. Mean removal of TSS, BOD, COD and TC in outlet %84, %87, %79 and %92, respectively. The mean value of free chlorine residual in outlet wastewater was 0.4 mg/L.Conclusion: The mean value of TSS, BOD, COD and TC in the outlet wastewater of the studied hospitals decline the maximum allowable threshold of the environmental conservation administration, which indicates the efficiency of wastewater treatment systems.

Background: Malaria is one of the most serious diseases which threats people’s health in different parts of world. It’s one of the main infectious diseases in developing world, which accompanies with enormous socio-economic burden. This study is aimed to investigate the epidemiologic features of Malaria cases in Konarak since 2007 until 2011.Materials And Methods: This descriptive Survey investigates malaria-related factors during a 5 years period of time based on information extracted from the monthly and quarterly Malaria reports to Core of Malaria at Konarak’s Health Center by peripheral health centers and health houses.Results: Totally among 1250 malaria cases, 69% were incoming passengers. The total number of malaria cases has been decreased in 2011 compared to the 2007. Falciparum cases have been decreased significantly from 31 case in 2007 to 4 case in 2011. 53% of cases was diagnosed by the health staff which indicates the effectiveness of Malaria screening and surveillance program. This significant decline can be attributed to the improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of malaria, distribution of R.D.T kits and insecticide-treated mosquito nets and development malaria laboratories.Conclusion: It seems that with political support and the effective work of health care workers and staffs in health system, malaria can be eliminated in the near future. Of course the negative impact of malaria epidemics in our neighboring country, Pakistan and the role of illegal immigrants should not be overlooked. To handle this problem undoubtedly we require to strengthen the intersectoral cooperations as well as improving educational activities.

Introduction: Orexin (hypocretin) discovered in 1998 in lateral hypothalamic area. Due to involvement of orexin in diverse and different functions such as eating, sleeping and waking, addiction and pain, and even epilepsy, it became new attractive target for neuroscience research all over the world. This systematic review conducted on articles published on orexin and hypocretin, to assess the growing and distributing research articles and journals in various fields and explore the countries most active in orexin research.Methods: This systematic review conducted on articles published on orexin from 1998 to 2012. We searched the following electronic databases: Medline, Pubmed, ISI and Scopus.Results: Articles by topic orexin start to publish from 1998 and with increasing manner, 173 and 160 numbers recorded in 2011 and 2012 respectively, which estimated one article published in each 2-3 days during this time. Among them most articles published in the field of neuroscience and then Biochemestry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with Medicine as the main focus. J Neuroscience, Brain Res and Neuroscience jornals published most papers related to orexin. Orexin research has been going on in Iran since 2005 and about 30 papers published in this area until now.Conclusion: This peptide attracted many researches to this field of neuroscience research. Interested young researcher can look at an overview of published studies and find suitable journal and area to submit their previous data.