Journal of Research in Medical Education
Year:2018 | Volume:10 | Issue:2|Papers Count:10

Introduction: The compilation and implementation of the lesson plan is one of the most important teachers’ activities to achieve effective and high quality teaching. This study was conducted to determine the extent of implementation of lesson plans of specific courses of nursing and midwifery in Qazvin university of medical sciences. Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study 16 specialized courses of undergraduate students of nursing (10 courses) and midwifery (6 courses) were studied in second semester 2015-2016. The loaded lesson plans during the last two weeks of the semester were given to the students as a compact disc, they were asked to reply via a checklist using a 5-point Likert scale about “ how much the lesson plans have been implemented” . They specified the degree of implementation of the lesson plans as complete, high, medium, low and non-conforming. Data analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney, Chi-squared and Spearman correlation coefficients at a significant level of 0. 05 through SPSS. Findings: 149 students completed the check list (69. 8% nursing, 30. 2% midwifery). The majority of students stated that the content of the courses run by the teacher was in full (79. 2%) and high (16. 8%) conformation, and none of the students pointed out to the inconsistency. The implementation of the lesson plans among nursing and midwifery was significantly different regarding to content presented (P=0. 02), use of teaching aids, interaction between the teacher and the student, the requested assignments and assessment methods (P≤ 0. 001). There was no significant differences between two groups according to the teaching strategies, also beginning and termination of the course. Conclusion: The almost perfect implementation of the announced lessons plans shows the strength of the two educational groups in Qazvin nursing & midwifery school. Regarding to this cross-sectional study and reviewing only specific courses, it is necessary to conduct such studies at the end of each academic year for all courses. It might be beneficial to improve quality of educational programs.

Introduction: Self-defeating behaviors refer to the conscious and deliberate actions in spite of preliminary positive consequences, ultimately lead to a person's defeat. The present study aimed to develop an educational package based on the acceptance and commitment approach to reduce the students' educational self-defeating behaviors and determine its effectiveness. Methods: This study has been done in 2 stages using multiple methods. First stage include developing and accreditation of educational package using content analysis method and second stage using quasi experimental with pre-test and post test design with control group for determining educational curriculum efficacy. Statistical population consist of undergraduate students of Vali Asr University of Rafsanjan in 2016-2017. 300 students were selected through random multi-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire of knowledge and self-defeating behaviors was used for screening subjects with self-defeating behaviors. finally 40 students with self-defeating behaviors were selected and replaced in 2 groups of experimental and control group randomly each of 20. Data were analyzed using statistical analysis and Multivariate analysis of variance through SPSS. Findings: findings showed scores of experimental group has significantly reduced in comparison with control group in educational self-defeating behavior (P<0. 0001, F=557. 28) also Self-defeating behaviors have been significantly reduced with pre-test and follow-up (P<0. 0001, F=170. 67). Conclusion: Results show that educational package based on the acceptance and commitment approach is valid and leads to decreasing Self-defeating behaviors. Overall, this research provides a protection for acceptance and commitment training in reducing self-defeating behaviour.

Introduction: Operating room with respect to multiple invasive procedures can be a context for the incidence of nursing errors. Also, students are in the process of learning that can lead to errors by them. This study aimed to determine the rate, causes and reporting barriers of nursing errors in the operating room students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Methods: In this descriptive and cross-sectional study 120 students of operating room that have been choosen by census method participated. To collect data a three-part questionnaire including (demographic characteristics, frequency of error, the causes of errors and error reporting barriers) was used. Data analysis using descriptive statistics by SPSS was performed. Results: Most nursing errors were related to non-compliance with sterile technique (78. 3 percent), reactions to blood or blood products (75. 5 percent) and retention of foreign bodies in the surgical incision (73. 3 percent), respectively. The most important causes of nursing errors from the perspective of students were the lack of sufficient information (82. 5 percent), distraction (79. 2 percent) and forced to perform multi-tasks simultaneously (78. 3 percent). The most important causes for refusing to report the error were the fear of disclosure of mistakes and following by justice issues (57. 5 percent) and fear of the impact of errors in the evaluation and educational consequences (57. 5 percent), respectively. Conclusions: Prevention is the best way of reducing errors, so by recognizing the type and causes of nursing errors in the view of operating room students, clinical instructors should perform necessary preventive actions especially in the clinical training period. Promoting culture of reporting errors, especially in college by supporting them and reduce the impact on student evaluation is recommended.

Introduction: Creativity as a mental activity has been a great need in all aspects of human life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of academic vitality and happiness in predicting Students’ creativity in Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: The present study was a descriptive-analytic study of correlation type on all midwifery, nursing, health and paramedical students of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences during the academic year of 2017-18. The sample size was 210 people (%57. 1 female and %42. 9 male) according to Morgan table and they were selected by random cluster sampling. The tools for collecting data included Oxford happiness questionnaire, Abedi's creativity, Hussain-Chari's and Dehghanizadeh academic vitality. Data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Coefficient, multiple regression and independent t-test through SPSS. Results: The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between academic vitality and happiness with creativity among girls and boys (p<0. 01). The results of multiple regression analysis in step-by-step manner showed that among the girls and boys, academic vitality and happiness variables predicted 13. 9 % and 18 % of variance of creativity, respectively. On the other hand, the results of independent groups showed that there was a significant difference between academic vitality, happiness and creativity of male and female students, so that creativity (p<0. 01) was higher among boys than girls and academic vitality (p<0. 001) And happiness (p<0. 01) was higher among girls than boys.Conclusion: Given the importance of the role of academic vitality and happiness in anticipating the creativity of students, university programs should be organized in such a way as to provide tools for promoting students creativity through educational vitality and happiness components.

Introduction: In the last decades, several attempts have been made to internationalize of higher education. This study aimed to analyze factors influencing the internationalization of medical education from viewpoint of faculty members. Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The statistical population included faculty members of medical school at Shahid Beheshti University in which 205 members by using Cochran formula were selected as the sample. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire based on documentary studies so that its validity determined by content validity method and using the opinions of five academic experts and the reliability calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0. 897. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (Mean & Standard Deviation) and inferential statistics (One-Sample T-Test & Friedman Test) through SPSS. Results: The mean of economic domains (3. 82± 0. 641), cultural (3. 37± 0. 735), political (3. 73± 0. 452), academic (3. 64± 0. 620), managerial (3. 65± 0. 749) and information (3. 88± 0. 732) were moderate, and Friedman's test results showed that political and cultural domains had the highest and the lowest impact on internationalization of medical education respectively. Conclusion: It can be concluded that all the identified factors affecting the internationalization of medical education, but factors such as increasing the financial resources for internationalization, increasing optimism about the presence of international students, facilitating the issuance of passport and visas, paying attention to internationalization in the university vision, improving organizational structure for international cooperation and communicating with international associations is more important.

Introduction: Research as one of the key pillars is the guarantor of sustainable development in each country. Without Research there is no increasing and promoting in human knowledge. Diagnosis means identifying problems in the organization and finding practical solutions to resolve them. The present study was conducted to investigate the complications of postgraduate students in Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is a qualitative research using Content analysis approach. The statistical population included graduated students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences that by Using a targeted sampling approach, a total of 15 students were selected as participants in the study. Data collected by semi-structured interview and analyzed by Maxqda software. Reliability and validity of the data confirmed through Review Contributors and non-participants Experts reviewing. Results: Data were analyzed and compiled in the form of 97 initial codes and 10 main categories. The main codes include: Individual skills, teacher's role, qualitative measurement, research necessity, personal problems, scientific atmosphere, journal issues, research violations, freedom to choose the subject of research and structural-administrative problems. Conclusion: Identifying and paying attention to the multidimensional individual and organizational factors affecting the research of postgraduate students, Can lead to research excellence.

Introduction: Reform program in Medical education including integration of basic and clinical sciences without attention to professors and students’ views has been done in Hamadan university of medical sciences from 2011, so this study was conducted to examine the viewpoints of the professors and students toward this program. Methods: This cross-sectional study has been done on students and professors involve in reform program through census method. For collecting data a researcher-made questionnaire that its’ validity and reliability confirmed was used and included questions regarding the objectives, horizontal and vertical integration and quality of education centers. Data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, Chi-square, Kruskal Wallis tests and One-Way ANOVA through SPSS software. Results: Totally118 students and 12 professors participated in the study. 47. 05% of the students reported that the program's goals were not initially elaborated. Effective factors in Students’ satisfaction were respectively the quality of education centers and functioning of the departments including surgery, pediatrician and internal (P<0. 001). Furthermore, 81. 8% of professors believed that the horizontal integration program, in case of proper implementation, could meet the future needs of the general practitioners. The way of implementing was found to be effective on their overall attitude toward the program (P=0. 003 and P=0. 01, respectively). Also respectively 69. 35% and 19. 79% of the students believed that the horizontal integration plan had appropriate content and planning vertical integration program in basic sciences was necessary and 50% of the professors expressed their satisfaction with the current integration program. Conclusion: Based on results, more than half of the students and professors who participated in this study were satisfied with the reform plan.

Introduction: Academic achievement is one of the important factors in evaluating students’ ability for getting to the graduation stage. Considering that the relationship between academic achievement and interested in academic field was reviewed in a few studies hence, this study was to investigate academic achievement and its relation to favorites degree in nursing students at Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study has been done on 365 nursing students in second term and above at Shahid Beheshti and langroud faculties that they were selected by census method. Research tool was a two-part questionnaire about interested in academic field that its’ validity and reliability was confirmed by content validity and alpha kronbach respectively. The first part of questionnaire consisted of individual and social factors and the second part measure interest in the field of education. Data were analyzed using Q square statistical test, independent T-test, one-way variance analysis and linear-regression through SPSS. Results: students’ average academic achievement with high interest was significantly more than students with low interest. Also, female students’ average academic achievement was significantly more than male students and among those who living with their parents (16± 1. 3) was significantly more than students living in dormitory (15. 4± 1. 5). In this regards, average academic achievement among students with highly educated mother (16± 1. 4) was more than students with uneducated or low educated mother (15. 5± 1. 5). Conclusion: There was no significant relation between interest in academic field and students’ average academic achievement So, Considering the key role of interesting to academic field in education it is suggested that faculty members adopt appropriate methods to explain advantages of interesting to study field and improve their ability in this regards.