Journal of Medical Education and Development
Year:2019 | Volume:14 | Issue:1|Papers Count:9

Introduction: Mentoring programs have been planned and implemented in Iran particularly in the field of medicine. This study aims to evaluate mentor-mentee relationship in mentoring program at faculty of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, during 2017-2018 academic year. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on all year one medical student enrolled at TUMS in 2017 who attended in mentoring program as a mentee. Data is collected via self-designed questionnaire. Results: 210 and 180 persons answered the first and second questionnaires, respectively. There was not significant differences about features of mentor-mentee relationship according to gender, although male mentees asked their mentors to visit them more than female mentees. (P= 0. 000, X ² = 17. 62). Significant correlation has been seen between mentee's satisfaction of mentor and mentee's improvement in education (r=0. 48) and adaptation to academic environment (r= 0. 47). There is not a significant difference in mentee’ s satisfaction between mentees who reached their expectations and mentees who did not (P= 0. 758, t= 0. 449). Conclusion: : This study shows that planning for preparing an efficient structure for mentor-mentee relationship is important, and recommends paying more attention to support newcomer students by introducing the mentoring program to them in faculty.

Introduction: The presence in the classroom is closely linked to academic achievement and the prevention of student academic failure. This is while students are unwilling to attend class today. Therefore, study was conducted to determine the effective factors in their absence from the theoretical classes from the viewpoint of faculty members and students of Paramedical Sciences Faculty. Methods: : In this descriptive-analytical study, 38 faculty members of Paramedical Sciences Faculty of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and 447 students was participated The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that it was included two parts of demographic information and attendance factors in the class including 25 questions in the faculty' questionnaire and 27 questions in the students' questionnaire and in the four areas of teacher, the student, the physical environment and the content of course which were based on Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was evaluated after reviewing the relevant scientific texts and by qualified professors in this area and reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed using SPSS18 software and descriptive tests. Result: The professors and students participating in this study were with an average age of (43. 16 ± 9. 39) and (21. 64 ± 1. 21). According to the opinion of faculty members and students, the most important factors were the teacher's teaching and mastery (73. 7%) and (46. 6%), respectively, The least importance was attached to environmental factors such as light (7. 9%) and heat (13. 2%). Conclusion: One of the most important reasons for the effective presence of students in theoretical classes is the positive qualities of professors, As a result, they can improve their teaching methods, raise their level of science, and create an appropriate relationship with students so interested them present in the classroom.

Introduction: Social networks are the most important means of communication in the societies as well as in the world. social networks among students is very essential. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the use of social networks with the motivation of academic achievement among students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 270 students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences during the academic year of 2017-18 were selected through stratified random sampling. Data were collected using demographic information form, social networks questionnaire, and Hermann's academic achievement motivation. Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 22. Result: The mean age of the participants was 21. 9 ± 3. 2 years. In general, the average score of motivation for progress in the samples was 78. 0 ± 8. 0, indicating that the motivation for academic achievement was high among students. However, the results of the Spearman test showed that there is not a significant statistical relationship between the time spent using virtual social networks and the motivation for academic achievement in students. Conclusion The results indicate that considering the majority of students are members of social networks, the use of virtual social networks did not affect students' achievement motivation.

Introduction: Electronic health literacy is the skill to seek, find, understand and evaluate health information from electronic information sources and utilize this information to determine or resolve specific health problems. This study investigates the level of electronic health literacy in students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this descriptive research, 430 students were selected randomly. 115 students were from the Faculty of Public Health, 110 from the Faculty of Nursing, 93 from Faculty of Medicineand 112 from the Faculty of Paramedicine were selected and interviwed during six months from August 2018 to March 2019. The data collection tool was the Persian version of the EHEALS questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS-V. 20. Result: The findings indicated that the level of electronic literacy in 45. 1% of students was moderate, in 31. 6% was good and in 9. 1% students was very good. 12. 3% of the students had poor health literacy and 1. 9% had a very poor level of electronic health literacy (P=0. 270). Conclusion: To improve the level of electronic health literacy of students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences we recommend informing them about having access to online, comprehensive and validated online health information, and training them on web health information assessment.

Introduction: Environmental factors such as temepertature, humidity and light can affect learning environment and consecuently learning quality. This study aimed to investigate the ecological factors affecting concentration in the classroom from the viewpoints of students of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 students using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tool was a two-part standard two-part questionnaire of demographic characteristics and ecological factors influencing the concentration including 29 questions. Data were analyzed using SPSS24 software using central scatter indicators (frequency, frequency, mean and standard deviation), independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. Result: The mean and standard deviation of student's score on the ecological factors affecting concentration in the classroom in three areas related to the teacher, the student and the environment were 3. 69 ± 1. 48, 4. 20 ± 1. 56 and 3. 10 ± 1. 54. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of students' opinions about environmental factors in both sexes (P = 0. 02). Conclusion: The results showed that, by planning and holding joint meetings between the professors, students and educational officials of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, effective steps canbe taken to improve the environmental conditions affecting concentration in the classrooms.

Introduction: In every country, educational systems are regarded as the axes of development. Therefore, evaluating different academic departments as the main parts of educational systems is one of the most important responsibilities for university managers and authorities This study aimed at evaluating educational performance of all departments at the School of Health, a University of Medical Sciences using Data Envelopment Analysis technique in a time period of 2012-2015. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study evaluated the performance of the School of Health departments from 2012 to 2015 using Data Envelopment Analysis technique and Deap version 2. 1. Results: The study findings revealed that 57% of the academic departments were efficient and had constant returns to scale (CRS) while others (43%) had decreasing returns to scale (DRS). The Departments of Health Care Management, Nutrition, and Environmental Health were mentioned as reference groups for those inefficient ones. Conclusion: Improving the quality of universities' performance depends greatly on competent and well-organized academic departments. Thus inefficient departments should benchmark reference groups to increase their output and promote the performance.