Study of Master's Dissertations in Medical Education in the Virtual Faculty of Medical Education and Management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the Years 2011 to 2016

Background: Analysis and review of dissertations over a period of time is one of the methods of viewing documents so that by formulating newer topics, a platform will develop for scientific advancement in the fields related to various academic majors. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to review master's dissertations of medical education graduates in the virtual school of medical education and management of shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science in the years 2011 to 2016. Methods: In this study, 144 master's dissertations of medical education students graduated in 2011 - 2016 from the virtual school of medical education and management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science were evaluated. Using an information checklist, relevant data were extracted from the dissertations. The topics of these dissertations were categorized into nine general categories. Also, we also reviewed the journals in which the articles extracted from the dissertations were published. Results: Overall, 74 MSc. dissertations in medical education (2011 to 2016) in the Virtual Faculty of Medical Education and Management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were evaluated, and the relevant journals in which the extracted articles were published were also reviewed. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the tendency of students for conducting descriptive studies and using questionnaires was significantly higher, ignoring other research methods. This issue needs to be evaluated, and authorities should determine relevant causes to help planning and to create more diversity in the types of studies in this field. Also, due to the non-allocation of dissertations to some subject areas, such as reviewing and analyzing processes, there is a need to prioritize this topic when selecting future dissertations’ subjects and appropriately direct students to achieve the desired situation.

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A Medical Science Educator’s Guide to Selecting a Research Paradigm: Building a Basis for Better Research

Medical Science Educator ◽

10.1007/s40670-019-00898-9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 545-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Megan E.L. Brown ◽

Angelique N. Dueñas

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Science ◽

Research Paradigm ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Research Project ◽

Simplified Approach ◽

Research Communication ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Methodological Rigor ◽

Education Community

AbstractA research paradigm, or set of common beliefs about research, should be a key facet of any research project. However, despite its importance, there is a paucity of general understanding in the medical sciences education community regarding what a research paradigm consists of and how to best construct one. With the move within medical sciences education towards greater methodological rigor, it is now more important than ever for all educators to understand simply how to better approach their research via paradigms. In this monograph, a simplified approach to selecting an appropriate research paradigm is outlined. Suggestions are based on broad literature, medical education sources, and the author’s own experiences in solidifying and communicating their research paradigms. By assisting in detailing the philosophical underpinnings of individuals research approaches, this guide aims to help all researchers improve the rigor of their projects and improve upon overall understanding in research communication.

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Digital Anatomy: Opportunities and Challenges for Medical Sciences (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.34687 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽

Bruce Thompson ◽

Junhua Xiao

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Digital Health ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Medical Science ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Health Technologies ◽

New Generation ◽

Digital Anatomy

UNSTRUCTURED Anatomy has been the cornerstone of medical education for centuries. However, given advances in the Internet of Things, this landscape has been augmented in the past decade, shifting towards a greater focus on adopting digital technologies. Indeed, digital Anatomy is emerging as a new discipline and represents an opportunity to embrace advances in digital health technologies and apply them to the domain of modern medical sciences. This is not only a result of a multidisciplinary exercise but an active response to the change of medical education landscape and the rapid development of medical technology. Notably, the use of augmented and virtual reality as well as mobile and platforms and 3D printing in modern anatomy has dramatically increased in the last 5 years. It has not only revolutionized undergraduate anatomy education but is shifting the paradigm of pre- and vocational training for medical professionals, advancing healthcare. This review outlines the emerging area of digital anatomy and summarises recent practice-changing studies in medical science education and research. Importantly, we present a SWOT analysis of the opportunities and challenges for incorporating digital anatomy, discussing both the strength and weakness and the underlying threats and opportunities for educators, researchers, and the new generation of health professionals. In so doing this review will serve to identify an important role for digital anatomy to play in both the learning and teaching of medicine and health sciences as well as its practice, prompting new questions for future investigations.

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Can Knowledge Management Be Implemented in the Teaching of Medical Sciences?

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis ◽

10.1515/afmnai-2015-0024 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 231-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zahra Marzieh Hassanian ◽

Mohammad Reza Ahanchian ◽

Hossein Karimi-Moonaghi

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Explicit Knowledge ◽

Care Delivery ◽

English Literature ◽

Medical Science ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Social Progress ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

High Quality

SummaryUniversities play a vital role in social progress. Knowledge management (KM) is a kind of process which transforms data into knowledge and knowledge into capital. The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of KM in the field of education of medical sciences in order to help educators and students benefit from the knowledge present in the field of health sciences in a more meaningful and informed way.To achieve the aim of this narrative review, the related Persian and English literature sources were carefully examined; first, the Internet and other data bases were searched for articles containing one or more of the following key words: knowledge, knowledge management, medical science and higher education. Then, the related articles were quickly scanned and useful information was extracted. The selected parts of the text were carefully studied and summarized by two researchers. After gaining a thorough comprehension of the subject, its different dimensions and aspects were described and compared.As a process, the goal of KM in the field of medical sciences is to motivate the creation, sharing, storing and utilization of knowledge. Knowledge creation occurs by continually transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge and vice versa. KM can be implemented in different areas of medical science including clinical practice. Knowledge managements system (KMS) plans are used to provide high quality, high value cost-effective care in medical science. Critical factors that influence the success of the implementation of KM in the field of medical education include culture, leadership and appropriate substructure. KM can be implemented for the development of medical education. KM is a tool which makes education and its practice intellectual, high quality and affordable. Implementation of KM is recommended in the field of medical education for effective health care delivery.

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«Actitud hacia el parto vertical en estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Mëdicas y la Facultad de Educación del VII ciclo UCV- Trujillo, Marzo-Junio 2009»

Revista ECIPeru ◽

10.33017/reveciperu2009.0019/ ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 8-14

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Medical Education ◽

Medical Science ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Chi Square ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Bipolar Scale ◽

Faculty Of Education ◽

Siglo Xx

«Actitud hacia el parto vertical en estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Mëdicas y la Facultad de Educación del VII ciclo UCV- Trujillo, Marzo-Junio 2009» «Vertical attitude towards the birth of students in the Faculty of Medical Sciences Faculty of Education and the cycle VII UCV-Trujillo, March-June 2009» Fany Espinola, Franshesca Lavado, Zoraida Montoya, Ana Saavedra, Patricia Varas, Cinthia Ysla DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2009.0019/ RESUMEN En el siglo XX se dejó de práctica común del parto vertical y se cambió al parto horizontal. El MINSA ha dispuesto la atención del parto vertical con interculturalidad, costumbre que permanece en nuestra zona andina y amazónica. Es importante conocer la actitud de quienes en el futuro cumplirán una función sanitaria y educativa en la población. El objetivo fue comparar la actitud hacia el parto vertical de estudiantes de las Facultades de Ciencias Médicas y de Educación de la UCV-Trujillo. Estudio comparativo y de corte transversal realizado en estudiantes del VII-Ciclo, 63 estudiantes de ciencias médicas y 53 de educación. La mayoría es costeño y profesa religión católica. El 54.0% en ciencias médicas y 80.4% en educación desconocía su práctica en centros de salud. Se empleó una escala de ítems bipolares, con puntuaciones de 1-7 puntos, validada por dos obstetrices, el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach fue 0.699. Se usó SPSS-17.0 y Minitab-15.0, test Chi-Cuadrado y T-Student. La actitud favorable hacia el parto vertical fue 73.0% en ciencias médicas y 82.1% en educación (p=0.235>0.05). Indistintamente, alrededor del 50% concordaba con tener (o que su pareja tenga) parto vertical, pero ciencias médicas (76.2%) recomendaría más el parto vertical (p=0.010<0.05) que educación (53.6%). Los primeros mostraron mejor actitud al mayor sangrado que se produciría en el parto vertical (p=0.005<0.05) y los segundos al pudor durante el mismo (p=0.007<0.05), no mostrando diferencias en otros aspectos (p>0.05). Se concluye que la actitud hacia el parto vertical entre ambos grupos de estudiantes difiere parcialmente. Palabras clave: Actitud, Parto, Posición vertical. ABSTRACT In the twentieth century it was common practice in the vertical and horizontal confinement was changed. The Ministry has ordered the attendance vertical interculturality habit that remains in our Andean and Amazon. It is important to know the attitude of those in the future play a role in health and education the population. The objective was to compare the attitude towards the vertical of students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Education of the UCV-Trujillo. Comparative study conducted in cross-Cycle VII students, 63 students and 53 medical education. Most are coastal and professes Catholicism. 54.0% in the medical sciences and 80.4% unknown practice in education in health facilities. Used a bipolar scale items, with scores of 1-7 points, validated by two midwives, the Cronbach’s alpha was 0.699. We used SPSS-17.0-15.0 and Minitab, Chi-Square and T-Student. The favorable attitude toward the vertical was 73.0% in medical sciences and in education 82.1% (p = 0.235> 0.05). Indiscriminately, some 50% have matched (or your partner has) vertical, but medical science (76.2%) would recommend the more vertical (p = 0.010 <0.05) to education (53.6%). The former showed a better attitude to the higher bleeding that would occur in the vertical (p = 0.005 <0.05) and the second molestation for the same (p = 0.007 <0.05), showing no differences in other aspects (p> 0.05). We conclude that the attitude toward the vertical between the two groups of students differed in part. Keywords: Attitudes, Childbirth, vertical position.

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

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry ◽

10.2174/1389557520666200513120407 ◽

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.

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E-portfolio, a useful tool for reflection and feedback (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.15306 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rita Rezaee ◽

Nahid Zarifsanaiey

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Learning Process ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Effective Means ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Electronic Portfolio ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Self Reflection

UNSTRUCTURED Utilizing an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) is an effective means of enhancing the learning experience in educational settings. In the present study an e-portfolio framework was designed for medical education at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The objective was to assess learning progress in a medical course that provides instructor feedback via e-portfolio and promotes self-reflection among the students. The results indicate that using e-portfolio stimulates self-reflection in students and increases their active participation in the learning process. Integrating e-portfolios in educational programs can remarkably improve the academic performance in the fields of medicine and healthcare.

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MEDICAL FALLIBILITY

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.60.2.243 ◽

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.

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Professor Zainab Nazipovna Yakubova

Kazan medical journal ◽

10.17816/kazmj63119 ◽

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.

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

MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices ◽

10.52634/mier/2017/v7/i1/1450 ◽

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.

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Az orvosi antropológia című tantárgy helye és szerepe az orvosképzésben. Az úgynevezett szegedi modell

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/650.2019.31524 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 160 (39) ◽

pp. 1527-1532

Author(s):

Bettina Pikó ◽

Erzsébet Kapocsi ◽

Gergely Tari ◽

Hedvig Kiss ◽

Katalin Barabás

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical Anthropology ◽

Human Beings ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Major Goal ◽

Cultural Backgrounds ◽

Biological Reality ◽

The Subject ◽

Globalized World

Abstract: It is a necessary part of modern medical education that medical students should learn about the binary nature of human beings – biological and cultural – since both have an impact on our behavior. The subject of medical anthropology helps with understanding the mechanisms and lay concepts behind patients’ decisions which is particularly important in our globalized world. The major goal of this course is to help medical students with acquiring cultural competence through theoretical bases and empirical examples that may help them later in their work when they meet patients with different cultural backgrounds. In the present study, we introduce the course of Medical Anthropology as it happens at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged: the so-called Szeged model – its aims, syllabus, strengths, opportunities and possible difficulties. During the development of the subject, we greatly focused on its links to other subjects of behavioral and medical sciences and on its practice-oriented nature. Thus, the course partly contains of lectures and seminars which display cultural variability in relation to biological reality through practical examples. As a result, the topics of medical anthropology prepare the students to use the knowledge as well as skills and attitudes in clinical practice. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(39): 1527–1532.

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