Showing 9 results for Dehghani
M. H Dehghani Tafti , M. H Baghianimoghadam, M. H Ehrampoush, N Ardian, N Seyghal,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Autumn 2012)
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Introduction: students’ attitudes about teaching methodology have been widely recognised as a valid tool of evaluating teaching activities of faculty members. This study aims to determine the importance of the factors included in the teaching evaluation, from the students’ point of view.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Using a random cluster sampling, 332 students of the school of public health of Shahid Sadoughi University were selected .To collect data, a questionnaire containing three partswere used. These were demographic items, teachers’ evaluation (14 items) and self-evaluation (4 items).
Results: The students (80%) scoredpersonal characteristics more. Among different fields of study, those studying occupational health scored the factorsless than others, and those studying at masters level scored them more than others.
The results indicated that there are significant correlation between age, marital status, and employment status of the students and the total average score.
The students scored the self-evaluation items more than 60%, There was a significant correlation between the average scores of evaluation and self-evaluation items. The students at bachelor level scored the factor more than masters students.
Conclusion: The students’ focus on personal characteristics of teachers was remarkable. There is a need to revise the process of academics’ recruitment based on these findings. There is also a need to review the items included in evaluation forms of the school.
H Dehghani, Kh Dehghani, Kh Nasiriani, A Dehghani, H Banaderakhshan,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (Winter 2013)
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Educational Need Assessment of Nursing Personal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences using Delphi method in Yazd
Introduction: need identification is the first step in educational planning and need assessment process acts as a foundation for defining goals and making a proper ground for organizing other important elements by identifying needs and focusing on priorities. This study was designed to assess the educational needs of nursing personnel in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This is a qualitative survey study using Delphi 4-stage need assessment technique- sampled population was all of nursing personnel tended to participate their study.
Results: There was consensus among all participants about 16 priorities: in specific educational needs and 17 priorities in general needs. top priorities needs in specific were CPR, intensive care, word equipment handling, cardiac Nursing care, and intubation.ECG , and in general scope were Nursing rights, infection control-, Nursing management.
Conclusion: The need assessment showed general and specific educational needs of nursing personnel using Delphi technique. These results could use for continuing educational program managers in quality core improvement of Nursing
Aa Dehghanitaftiti,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (Autumn 2014)
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Yazd Health Study (YaHS) is an endeavor to involve students in design, implementation and analysis of a large study. Over 150 graduate and post graduate students from various disciplines have been invited to participate in a large longitudinal study with 10000 samples.
Participants were selected randomly from Yazd population, over 1000000 as December 2014. Four hundred variables grouped in the following sections were asked 1) demographics, 2) physical activity, 3)sleep quality and quantity, 4) mental health, 5) history y of chronic illnesses, 6) history of surgical operations, 7) dental health, 8) history of accidents, 9) dietetic habits, 10) occupation and communication history, 11) traditional medicine, 12) history of smoking and addiction and 13) women’s health.
The interview follows by anthropometric measurements including weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, neck circumference and WHR. Per cent body fat, % body muscle, visceral fat, resting metabolism have been measured followed by pulse and blood pressure. Students were trained to participate in design, piloting and the main phase of data collection. Students evaluated the experience useful and constructive. In return of their collaboration in interviewing 50-100 study participants, they will receive data for their theses' proposal. This will help them to access a large and high quality set of data and disseminate the results in high quality peer reviewed journals as well as national and international conferences. The students mandated to write an executive summary of their thesis and disseminate it to health managers and inter-sectoral decision makers. They will gain bonus score if they can publish their main findings in public media.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to students who participated in the study and A. Professor Masoud Mirzaei, the principal investigator of Yazd Health Study (YAHS) for providing information on the design and the progress of the study.
Javad Kojury, Mitra Amini , Sasa Rivaz, Mohmmad-Reza Dehghani, Mouzhde Rivaz, Ayda Doostkam,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring 2016)
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Introduction: Education in medicine can face several problems such as facing unknown clinical environment. Medical education has paid attention to early clinical exposure. Early clinical exposure can increase students’ motivation and decrease professional tension. The present study is conducted under the goal of determining one- month course of early clinical exposure to clinical environment effect on medical students’ attitude and function.
Methods: The target population of this descriptive study consisted of 70 first year medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The participants fulfilled the questionnaires with LIKERT scale scored from 1= very weak to 5= very good after attending early clinical Exposure program. Confidence coefficient derived from the questionnaire was 0. 87 based on Cronbach’s α.
Results: All participants fulfilled the questionnaires with questions related to early clinical exposure program in clinical environment. The results demonstrate that 80% of students considered early clinical exposure effective and suitable. 80% of the mentioned students considered this program presentation was effective on students’ attitudes towards medical profession. Totally, 77.1% of the participants evaluated this program very good and they appraised performing this program on motivating students and enhancing their communication skills and responsibility.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, holding short-term course of early clinical exposure as a factor to lead students towards a better function and motivation caused a better learning. So, it is recommended to consider early clinical exposure program as a part of medical students’ educational programs.
Hasanreza Zeinabadi, Hamidreza Arasteh, Abdolrahim Navehebrahim, Marzieh Dehghanizade,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (winter 2019)
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Introduction: Organizational virtue is one of the new concepts of an organization that has received positive psychology. Researches in this area encompasses prominent behaviors in the organization, which themselves lead to positive outcomes. The purpose of this study was to design and explain pattern for antecedents of virtuous organization at public universities in Yazd province
Methods: The present research is an"exploratory mixed methods research".First, the qualitative research method of "focus group" has been semi-structured interviews with faculty members of eight Yazd province universities in three sessions, 1.5 hours each.The data obtained from the interviews and literature were analyzed by the method of thematic analysis. Then the model was tested with a questionnaire and a sample of 285 employees from the public universities of Yazd province using Lisrel 8.8 software.
Result: Three key factors influencing the organization of virtue were identified by the focus group and literature research and exploratory factor analysis including organizational factors; a)structure and process; organizational culture; leadership; existential philosophy of the organization, b) individual factor including: individual characteristics of employees, individual characteristics managers and c)environmental factor including socio-economic factor and legal factor). After testing the conceptual model, all the antecedents had an appropriate factor load and the model was confirmed. Also, by examining the results of the structural equation test, the organizational factor had a greater coefficient (0.74), which had the highest impact on the organization of virtue. However, the leadership factor, under organizational factor and the individual factor i.e. individual characteristics of managers and staffs have a relatively low factor load.
Conclusion: Considering that the organizational factor is the most important factor in organizational virtue, organizations must pay more attention to hire of virtuous people. Theissue of educating and institutionalizing virtues in the university staffs is very important.
Keywords: Virtue, virtuous organization, antecedents, pattern, university.
Amin Beigzadeh, Mahmood Reza Dehghani, Saideh Daryazadeh, Sara Heydari, Somayeh Ebrahimi,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (summer 2020)
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Introduction: Nowadays “change” in all aspects of human's life and organizations is rapidly increasing. By knowing the characteristics of change managers as the main pillars of change in healthcare organizations we can implement effective changes in healthcare systems. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics and competencies of change managers in healthcare system.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses in educational hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2016. In this study 280 nurses entered the study based on stratified random sampling. To collect data, a valid and reliable questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using cluster analysis by SPSS software version 16.
Result: The highest mean score regarding the characteristics of a change manager was related to "evaluation system and feedback" (9.22 ± 1.17), and "counselor and guider" in the process of change (9.31 ± 1.10). Conversely, "creating an amicable atmosphere in the workplace" (7.35 ± 2.45) and "thinking to reduce resistance" (8.04 ± 1.07) achieved the lowest scores. Totally, 4 roles as futurist and planner; coordinator and information provider; facilitator; and strategist were identified for a change manager in healthcare system.
Conclusion: Characteristics such as futurist, information provider, facilitator and strategist are the main traits of a change manager. Emphasizing these characteristics and making managers ready in this regard can enhance their performance in the process of change and makes the change easier.
Sedigheh Najafipour, Abazar Roustazadeh, Rahim Raoofi, Tahere Rahimi, Fateme Najafipour, Esmaeel Rayeatdost, Marziye Haghbin, Ali Dehghani, Majid Kowsari , Ali Kheirandish, Atefe Karamzade Jahromi,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (Spring 2022)
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Introduction: Assessing students' professional skills, teamwork and communication proficiency in the clinical environment by multiple evaluators such as educators, peers and students themselves is essential. The aim of this study was to compare the self-assessment method and peer assessment as means of evaluation on the clinical competence of medical students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 110 medical students of University of Medical Sciences in 2020-2021.Convenience sampling method was used. To assess clinical competence, a valid and reliable questionnaire was used in four areas of communicative proficiency, cooperation with the medical team, patient management and practical skills. Data analysis was performed using independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance.
Result: The results of self-assessment showed that students in the field of practical skills (12.44 ± 3.16) were more capable but in the field of communication skills (7.96 ± 2.01) scored low on their ability. Peer assessment, the highest score was seen in the field of practical skills (12.69 ± 2.44) and the least was allocated to the field of cooperation with the treatment team (7.70 ± 1.96.). Comparing the mean scores of self-assessments with the mean scores of peers demonstrated a statistically significant difference (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: Self-assessment and peer assessment as a complementary, applicable and accessible method for assessing students' achievement of expected competencies can be considered in the evaluation system of clinical education.
Samane Mirzaei , Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar , Azade Aboei , Mohammad Hossein Dehghani, Khadije Nasiriani, Adel Eftekhari, Faeze Rashidi, Zahra Yazdani, Zohre Hesani, Amir Hossein Ahmadi,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (Spring 2024)
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Introduction: Improving students' academic performance is related to various factors. Identifying and modifying these factors can improve academic performance. The study investigated the relationship between resilience, locus of control, and general health with students' academic performance.
Method: The study is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study consisting of 415 students. Resilience, source of control, and public health were investigated by using standard questionnaires, and the correlation of these scores with the academic performance of the students was evaluated.
Results: A comparison of the average scores of resilience, locus of control, and general health with the student's academic status showed that those who had a GPA higher than 16.92 had a higher score of resilience, locus of control, and general health, but it was not reported significant. In comparing the internal and external control dimensions of the source of control, it was shown that people with an external source have a significantly higher grade point average. Also, there is a relationship between the variables of resilience, source of control, and general health with academic performance, and between the variables of source of control and resilience with academic performance. Significant was reported.
Conclusion: It is recommended to organize practical education areas and workshops to enhance resilience, general health, and life skills based on the findings of the academic progress study.
Fatemeh Dehghani, َadel Eftekhari,
Volume 19, Issue 4 (Winter 2025)
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Nursing, as one of the most sensitive and important fields of medical science, is constantly evolving and progressing. With the increasing advancement of technology, smart education in this field seems not only necessary but also inevitable (1, 2). Smart education in nursing means integrating new technologies and digital information into the learning and education process of nurses, and its main goal is to improve the quality of education and better prepare nurses to face real challenges in clinical settings.
