Medicine and Spiritual Cultivation
Year:2011 | Volume:19 | Issue:4 (79)|Papers Count:7

The assessment of "scientific excellence" is taking on increasing importance in the development of research policies. Evaluation of Medical Excellence Centers makes it possible for stakeholders to promote and establish the quality of scientific activities. Despite such importance, efficient methods to identify and evaluate the function of these scientific institutions, is not well known. Thus in 2009 the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Deputy for Medical Education ordered the design of appropriate assessment and evaluation tools. The goal of this activity was to implement an assessment system for centers of excellence and find a true understanding of their performance.The evaluation was performed using the tools and indicators based on a systematic approach for evaluating "input", "process" and "output ". This present study reports the findings of this evaluation.The findings suggest that 85.7% of the institutions studied have been stationed in Tehran. From total scientific institutions assessed 66.6% had a documented strategic plan. Although the evaluation report of these strategic plans were not provided by any of excellence centers. These institutions mainly relied on government resources for their activities. Over 50% of academic institutions had no report of financing from charity organizations, NGOs, private organizations and overseas sources. In the area of capacity building the highest median score was 7.5, and related to the existence of proper structure for international scientific communication. Fifty percent of the centers had no demand oriented projects and no partnerships with other academic institutions abroad. The main output of these institutions was indexed scientific articles. No report based on the academic achievement which leads to health services in the field was provided by these institutes.Based on the finding of this evaluation center of excellences' scientific performance is contrary to the main mission of these centers. Predicting the future by western universities led them to realize that if they did not change their strategies their will not succeed. For developing countries such as Iran learning from this experience is an opportunity.

Background and objective: Religious orders have effective role in empowering the patients and cause the patient to reach to this healthy state sooner. The anxiety caused by the separation of individual religious orders also has negative effects on the course of disease, prolongs the hospital say and causes adverse psychological effects on a person .The present study measured the need for religious care among patients.Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. Samples of the study consisted of ten percent of patients hospitalized for any reason at the time of implementation in teaching hospitals and medical university hospitals. The relevant questionnaire was provided after obtaining consent to it from patients. Finally, data collection and analysis was performed using statistical software SPSS. Results: Most patients were female, low educated and lived in a city the maximum and the minimum age were 90 and 12 years respectively with the mean age of 44 years. Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA showed statistically significant differences in all aspects of religious behavior (p<0.05).Conclusion: Considering the results of this study, the religious care of patients is a necessary aspect of hospital care. As a result, hospital officials are recommended to implement programs for performing religious duties as part of a comprehensive care program.

The patients' file or his/her medical records are physically an inseparable property of a hospital or a health care institution; but content-wise, they belong to the patient. Using this information without the patients' consent is not permissible unless for medical research or for the continuation of patients' treatment and in cases where the law permits. Furthermore, patients should be assured that the contents of their files are not disclosed to anyone without their written permission, except for the health care personnel or legal authorities. The purpose of the present study is to find a suitable answer in regard to "the jurisprudential and legal nature of privacy in medical records" in order to defend the patients' rights, which has been carried out by the descriptive-analysis method, relying on jurisprudential and legal references. It was revealed that many verses and hadiths refer to this issue in generality. Moreover, the majority of jurists' and lawyers' ideas indicate that pursuant to violation of privacy of medical records, medical responsibility is formed. On the other hand, medical records can be destroyed.

Philosophy of liberalism has affected the nursing profession. Feminism and pragmatism are some aspects of liberalism in nursing. Individualism and egalitarianism are problematic for nursing implementation. Free economy and superior individualism are principles in liberalism which create problems in nursing. A lot of problems in nursing profession are based on liberalism philosophy. We Think about a new philosophy in using. We think Islamic philosophy is the be st choice. The function of nursing based on Islamic philosophy may have some similarities with liberalism but there are a lot of differences in principles. Today is a good time to create a new philosophy for nursing based on Islam.

Background and objective: Psychologists have observed that during the student career what have the most effect on academic performance status are the general study skills. One important reason that some students do not achieve desired results from their efforts is lack of study skills. It is useful for education managers to have information about student's capabilities. The purpose of this research was to evaluate study skills among students of Mashhad Dental School in the academic year of 2008-2009.Methods: One hundred and ninety students from Mashhad Dental School participated in this cross sectional descriptive study. A questionnaire which proved to be valid and reliable was used for data collection. Data were analyzed with SPSS software and described with descriptive statistics.Results: Our research findings showed that students do not have enough knowledge of study skills. The greatest shortcomings were in the fields of reminding and remembering the subjects, concentration and time management. Study resources of most students for final examination were fascicles and during the semester were textbooks. The students also do not insist on review of learned contents. 58% of students had efficient methods, but 38% did not have a good efficient method.Conclusion: The students' resources and techniques of studying lack the desired quality. This should be considered by education department officials. It is essential to schedule training programs for students to enhance their study skills. Teaching these skills and improving study habits by carrying out relevant workshops for first-year students can help to improve their learning.

Background and objective: Mental disorders are more prevalent in modern societies and among them depression is one of the most common disorders particularly among young people. This study was done to determine the relationship between attitude and practice toward prayer and depression in students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences.methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study. The study sample consisted of 400 students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences who were selected through stratified random sampling method. The data were collected by 2 questionnaires, one that contained questions related to attitude and practice toward prayer and another was Beck depression test.Results: 37.5% of students had depression (mild to severe). 71% had positive attitude and 29.5% had good practice toward prayer. There was significant relationship between attitude toward prayer and lack of depression (p=0.03), so that depression average ranking was lower in those who had positive attitude toward prayer. With higher mean scores of practice toward prayer depression rates were lower but the difference was not significant.Conclusion: The depression rate is high among students. Prayer shows promising results in decreasing the prevalence and severity of depression. Exploring the risk factors of depression among university students and promoting the prayer and religious duties are necessary.