scholarly journals Qualitative development scenario planning of medical science education in Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Salehi Omran ◽  
Samad Izadi ◽  
Siavash Moradi ◽  
Nassim Ghahrani
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Targeted Sampling ◽  
Key Indicators

Background: Futures study is a science that, given changes in society, identifies future trends for making appropriate and practical decisions. Universities benefit from futures study research to improve their efficiency and make effective decisions. This is increasingly seen in medical sciences universities, which are responsible for public and specialized health education, and their quality development should be addressed. The purpose of this study was to identify components and key indicators of the qualitative development of medical sciences education and writing scenarios based on these. Methods: The present study is a mixed methods study carried out in the medical universities of Iran in 2018-2019. In this qualitative approach, the components and indicators of qualitative development of medical sciences education were identified by the classical Delphi method according to targeted sampling from 10 experts with content analysis that was identified and coded. Following the qualitative portion, a quantitative approach using Scenario Wizards software was used to design robust scenarios. Results: In all, 13 components and 48 indicators were identified in the qualitative development of medical sciences education from which robust scenarios can be considered for futures study,including optimistic, intermediary, and pessimistic scenarios. Conclusion: These results indicate how using each of the medical sciences education’s qualitative development components and indicators can lead medical sciences universities to consider favorable and unfavorable futures for planning and direction. Recognizing correct components and drawing scenarios for desired futures is essential.

Current Progress in Biomedical Applications of Chitosan-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 1619-1632
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Pieklarz ◽  
Michał Tylman ◽  
Zofia Modrzejewska
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Antimicrobial Properties ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Biological Macromolecules ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
New Generation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Dressing Materials

The currently observed development of medical science results from the constant search for innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of patients. Particular attention is focused on the design of a new generation of materials with a high degree of biocompatibility and tolerance towards the immune system. In addition, apart from biotolerance, it is important to ensure appropriate mechanical and technological properties of materials intended for intra-body applications. Knowledge of the above parameters becomes the basis for considerations related to the possibilities of choosing the appropriate polymer materials. The researchers' interest, as evidenced by the number of available publications, is attracted by nanobiocomposites based on chitosan and carbon nanotubes, which, due to their properties, enable integration with the tissues of the human body. Nanosystems can be used in many areas of medicine. They constitute an excellent base for use as dressing materials, as they exhibit antimicrobial properties. In addition, they can be carriers of drugs and biological macromolecules and can be used in gene therapy, tissue engineering, and construction of biosensors. For this reason, potential application areas of chitosan-carbon nanotube nanocomposites in medical sciences are presented in this publication, considering the characteristics of the system components.

MEDICAL FALLIBILITY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-243
Author(s):  
Gorovitz ◽  
MacIntyre ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Error ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Medical Problem ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Physician Patient Relationship ◽  
The Public ◽  
Iatrogenic Illness ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Physician Patient

At present, the typical patient is systematically encouraged to believe that his physician will not make a mistake, even though what the physician does may not achieve the desired medical objectives, and even though it cannot be denied that some physicians do make mistakes. The encouragement of this inflated belief in the competence of the physician is of course reinforced by the practice of not keeping systematic and accessible records of medical error. Yet everyone knows that this is a false confidence . . . the current high incidence of iatrogenic illness constitutes a medical problem of enormous proportions, well recognized within government agencies and segments of the medical profession, but only dimly suspected by the public at large. There is still a relatively high probability of a patient suffering from medical error. What patients and the public have to learn is to recognize, accept, and respond reasonably to the necessary fallibility of the individual physician. The physician-patient relationship has to be redefined as one in which necessarily mistakes will be made, sometimes culpably, sometimes because of the state of development of the particular medical sciences at issue, and sometimes, inevitably, because of the inherent limitations in the predictive powers of an enterprise that is concerned essentially with the flourishing of particulars, of individuals. The patient and the public therefore must also understand that medical science is committed to the patient's prospering and flourishing, and that the treatment of the patient is itself a part of that science and not a mere application of it.

Professor Zainab Nazipovna Yakubova

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-75
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Great Loss

Medical science and health care in Tatarstan have suffered a great loss: On October 6, 1985, Zainab Nazipovna Yakubova, TASSR honoured doctor, TASSR honoured scientist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, CPSU member since 1956, passed away after a serious and long illness.

Investigating the Use of Personal in Formation Management Strategies by Faculty Members of three Medical Sciences Universities in Iran

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Alireza Shirazi ◽  
Mikaeil Molazadeh ◽  
Ahad Zeinali ◽  
Ghazale Geraily
Keyword(s):  
Personal Information ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
And Gender

In this study, the purpose was to investigate Personal Information Management (PIM) activity rate regardingfourPIM aspects o f acquisition, maintenance, organization, and retrieval o f faculty members in three universities, i.e., Tehran University o f Medical Science (TUMS), Iran University o f Medical Sciences (lUMS), and Shahid Beheshti University o f Medical Sciences (SBUMS). The relationship between PIM use and workplace, academic rank, and gender factors were also studied. A Persian-language questionnaire was used to measure PIM performance of participants. Data were analysed using statistical tests. Findings showed that most o f the participants preferred desktop computers for saving theirpersonal digital information. Also, the percentage of PIM use by the faculty members was reported as 50-75%. However, no significant associations between PIM use by the faculty members and their workplace, academic rank, andgenderwerefound.

scholarly journals Assessing the status of social capital and its relationship with organizational voice and silence in kermanshah university of medical science

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Nasrin Heydari Soreshjani ◽  
Yahya Safari ◽  
Bijan Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Organizational Silence ◽  
The Status ◽  
Voice And Silence

The present study aimed to assessing the status of social capital and its relationship with organizational Voice and Silence in Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2017-18. This research was an applied one in terms of the purpose and used a descriptive correlational design for data collection. The population included all employees working at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (n = 350) and a sample of 186 subjects were selected using random stratified sampling method. Data were collected using three standard question-naires including Social Capital by Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1997), Organizational Voice by Hames, (2012) and Organizational Silence by Vakola (2005). Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated for measuring the reliability of the questionnaire: social capital questionnaire (0.96), organizational silence and organizational voice questionnaire(0.85), (0.95). In addition, the content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by professors and experts. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient via SPSS v. 21 software. According to the results, there is a negative and significant correlation between social capital and organizational silence (P = 0.01, r = -0605) and a positive and significant correlation between social capital and organizational voice (P = 0/001, r = 0.675) among the employees working at Kerman-shah University of Medical Sciences.  

scholarly journals Imagination of Glass Government Based on the Level of Transparency, Corruption, Public Awareness, and Trust in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atefeh Ya'aqoubi ◽  
Masoud Ahmadi ◽  
Rahman Qaffari
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Evolution Committee

Background and Purpose: In order to have an imagination of glass government, it is a priority to consider corruption, transparency, trust, and awareness. The present research aimed to model the relationship between the mentioned variables in the hospitals of Mazandaran Medical Science University. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive research. The population included all medical and administrative staff of selected hospitals from east of Mazandaran in 2019, consisting of 4251 persons (1774 male and 2477 females), and the research was carried out on the basis of data from 353 subjects according to Cochran formula by classified sampling fitted to the size of each class. The required data were collected by using standard questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS and AMOS Software. In descriptive statistics, descriptive indicators, such as mean, variance, minimum and maximum and frequency tables, were used and in inferential statistics, the collected data were analyzed by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests to check the normality of the data, and path analysis. Results: The findings from confirmative factor analysis showed that transparency had a significant effect on perceived corruption (with standard deviation of 0.32 and T value of 4.814), public awareness (0.22 and 3.284), trust in government (0.23 and 3.303), trust in administrative evolution committee (0.48 and 7.109), perceived corruption on trust in government (0.28 and 4.436), trust in administrative evolution committee (0.33 and 5.483), public awareness on perceived knowledge (0.20 and 3.052), and trust in administrative evolution committee (0.16 and 2.878) and trust in administrative evolution committee had effect on trust in government (0.29  and 3.453), but public awareness had no significant effect on trust in government (0.10  and 1.715). Conclusion: Glass government should pursue reducing corruption at the level of subordinate organizations with more transparency and awareness and by doing so, trust in the government and administrative evolution committees will be achieved.

scholarly journals Perspective of people with epilepsy about Epilepsy

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-378
Author(s):  
Zeighami Reza ◽  
Shokati M ◽  
Hossein Zadeh K ◽  
Sahar Parsipur
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Epilepsy Patient ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Targeted Sampling ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach ◽  
Divine Punishment ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Disease Present

Objective: This study aims to define epilepsy patient perspective about epilepsy. Material & methods:Phenomenological hermeneutic approach is used by emphasizing on van Manon (2001) method. In this study participants have chosen by targeted sampling. Semi structured interviews as well as observation have deployed for data collection Results: Patient’s perspective explored by main four themes including: dumb concept, destructive agent of present and future’s life, the cause of social isolation and divine punishment. Conclusion:Epilepsy is a disorder which is bounded by ambiguity and unawareness among patients and societies. The disease also known by them as an incurable and destructive disease, present and future’s life destructive element, the cause of social isolation, divine punishment and atonement for sins. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(2) 2021 p.374-378

scholarly journals Association between Hospital Accreditation and Patient Satisfaction: A Survey in the Western Province of Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafat Mohebbifar ◽  
Sima Rafiei ◽  
Asghar Mohammadpoor Asl ◽  
Mohammad Ranjbar ◽  
Mona Khodayvandi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Hospital Accreditation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Strong Relation ◽  
Education Medical

Background: In recent years accreditation programs have been developed to assess the quality of care and patient safety in hospitals. Quality is a multidimensional concept with patient satisfaction as one of the important facets. This study aimed to test any relationship between patient satisfaction and hospital accreditation.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study of seven hospitals in Hamadan, Iran, was conducted in 2013. Patient satisfaction was analyzed through a self-made questionnaire and data on hospitals’ accreditation scores were obtained from the Curative Deputy of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20.Results: Our research found out a strong relation between satisfaction scores and length of stay, hospital type, human resources condition, information, communication and education, medical equipment and physical structure, accessibility to clinical services, emotional support, management and coordination of care. Findings also revealed a significant negative association between hospital accreditation and patient satisfaction except for the domain of emotional support.Conclusion: Findings support healthcare managers with helpful information about the variables that are related to patient satisfaction. This understanding will make them capable to meet needs and preferences of patients more effectively. Study also confirmed the importance of developing an accreditation system based on outcome parameters and providing responsive services to patients which can positively impact their satisfaction.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(1) 2017 p.77-84

Assessing the Impact of E-Commerce on SMEs in Value Chains

2004 ◽  
pp. 180-198
Author(s):  
Judith Jeffcoate ◽  
Caroline Chappell ◽  
Sylvie Feindt
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chain Transformation ◽  
Specific Contribution

This chapter is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a theoretical foundation for the e-commerce field. Our specific contribution to methodology is through the description of a qualitative approach based on multiple case studies across industry and country boundaries. This has enabled us to propose an analytical framework that will identify the triggers for value chain transformation that will encourage SMEs to adopt e-commerce. The chapter describes seven elements that make up this framework, including the automation of value activity interactions between partners in the value chain. These elements form the basis for a discussion of future trends.

Biomedical Imaging Techniques

2017 ◽  
pp. 413-434
Author(s):  
Shanmuga Sundari Ilangovan ◽  
Biswanath Mahanty ◽  
Shampa Sen
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Imaging ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Image Guided Therapy ◽  
Image Guided ◽  
Improved Accuracy ◽  
Guided Therapy

Biomedical imaging techniques had significantly improved the health care of patients. Image guided therapy has reduced the high risk of human errors with improved accuracy in disease detection and surgical procedures. The chapter provides an overview of existing imaging methods and current imaging approaches and their potential to unravel the challenges in medical field. First part of the chapter picture outs the basic concepts and mechanism of various imaging techniques that are currently in use. The second part explains about the features of image processing system and future trends in image guided therapy extended with a short discussion on radiation exposure in medical imaging. The authors trust the chapter to be beneficial to the beginners in the area of medical science and to the clinicians.

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