1 2251-7065 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd 984 Medical Education Editorial mirzaei Masoud 1 11 2016 11 2 103 103 12 01 2019 12 01 2019
633 General Knowledge, Attitude and Faculty Members’ performance on e-Learning in Tehran University of Medical Sciences Mohammadi Aeen c Gharib Mitra d Zolfaghari Mitra e Mojtahedzadeh Rita f Ahmadian Sana g c Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. d Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. e Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. f Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. g Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 1 11 2016 11 2 104 116 18 11 2015 24 07 2016 Introduction : E-learning is used in the worldwide in higher education to improve the quality of the learning experience by students; at the same time using this approach requires behavioral changes in the faculty members. One of the steps in the implementation and monitoring of e-learning, is audience analysis using techniques such as knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP). This study investigates the knowledge, attitude and faculty members’ performance of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) on e-learning. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014-15 through a research-made questionnaire. Face validity was determined by expert opinion, Cronbach’s alpha was measured to assess the reliability and its construct validity was investigated through exploratory factor analysis. . The questionnaire was e-mailed to all TUMS faculty members . 218 faculty members responded to the questionnaire. Results: The reliability score of the questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach alphs, and it was 0.79. Exploratory factor analysis of the attitude part of the questionnaire produced a single factor that explained 53% of the variance. The results showed the positive attitude of faculty members regarding e-learning, although their knowledge and practice scores was less than half of the total score. There wass not found any meaningful differences between knowledge, attitude and performance of the participants based on sex, rank and work experience. ANOVA test showed that the difference of scores among schools was statistically significant (  = 0.000;  = 0.003 and  = 0.000, respectively). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed the state of knowledge, attitude and faculty members’ performance of TUMS on e-learning. Over the past years, TUMS has established suitable e-learning infrastructure such as educational websites and virtual programs as well as training workshop for faculty members. The results of this study can help the revision and improvement of the faculties’ educational programs. 655 Medical Education Relation between Cognitive Structures and Critical Thinking of Medical Sciences' Students Behnamfar R h Mostaghaci M i Mirzaei M j Rasti A k h Educational Development Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran i Medical Education and Development Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. j School of public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. k Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 1 11 2016 11 2 117 123 27 12 2015 24 07 2016 Introduction:Mastery of critical thinking skills is one of the aims of higher education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between the richness of the cognitive structure and critical thinking. Methods: This study was a descriptive study that was carried out  among the students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was 5700 students and 382 questionnaires were analyzed, randomly. Sampling was randomly stratified. Collecting data was done by critical thinking questionnaire and cognitive structure questionnaire in the five-item Likert scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) and the Cronbach alpha was 0.86 and 0.81, respectively. Analysis of data was performed using descriptive statistics and Kruskal Wallis test and linear regression, SPSS V.16  was used to analyse he data. Results: : The relationship between cognitive structure and critical thinking was meaningful and it was measured by Pearson correlation coefficient (0.513) through p-value P<0.001. Cognitive structure and critical thinking of the students improved by the inceasing level of their education. Conclusion:  Training the proper and targeted study and also training of extensive studies of non-academic sourses in different fields should be put in the curriculum in education system. 425 General The Relationship between Learning Styles and Information Seeking Behavior in Master Degree Students of Medical Sciences in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd Parsaeian M l l Faculty of psychology and education sciences, Payam Nour university of Taft, Yazd, Iran. 1 11 2016 11 2 124 133 14 07 2014 24 07 2016 Introduction: Learning styles influence the methods and ways of obtaining information and lead to the variety of information seeking behaviors from the searchers. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between learning styles and information seeking behavior in master degree students of medical science in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional analytic study. The population of the study was 601 master degree students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd in 2013-2015. They were all freshmen. The sample size of 234 students was determined using Cochran formula. Data were collected by two questionnaires (Kolb questionnaire and researcher-made seeking behavior questionnaire). The validity of questionnaires was confirmed by a panel of experts and their reliability was confirmed by Cronbach`s alpha. Data analysis was done by inferential statistics and statistical software SPSS (version 18). Measuring the significant relationship between learning styles and information seeking behavior was done with Pierson correlation coefficient. The significant difference between learning styles and information seeking behavior in terms of gender and faculty was examined by Fisher`s test. Results: Learning styles had effect on information seeking behavior; also correlation coefficients between the learning styles and information seeking behavior had significant difference, but there was no difference in terms of faculty. Conclution: Recognition of learning styles and including it into designing of information systems may increase system`s interactivity that it may lead to have better and faster accessibility to information resources. 657 Nursing Experiences of Nursing Student's Clinical Evaluation: A Qualitative Content Analysis Norouzi saiideh m Mogadam fateme n m Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Abhar School of Nursing Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. n Department of Nursing, Abhar School of Nursing Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. 1 11 2016 11 2 134 145 03 01 2016 11 05 2016 Introduction: Evaluation is the heart of any educational program and in nursing programs ensure the competence of nursing students. This study aims to explore the experiences of  nursing students’ clinical evaluation.. methods:  The present study is qualitative content analysis. Participants in this study were 12 nursing students enrolled in the 8th semester. Purposive sampling was performed until data saturation. Data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews.  The first step was to determine the meaning units. The coding was performed,  then, the  units were classified based on similarities and sub-classes  were formed. After that,  and combined classes and the main themes were extracted. Results: Twelve students participated in this study. After aalysing the findings, the main themes were extracted. There are some classes included types of assessment, professional experience of the trainer, and assessment tools to evaluate the physical and psychological environment. Conclusions: Effective evaluation process is a concept that should be considered. Proper planning to reform the evaluation process for achieving the learning outcomes and empower nursing students is essential. 639 Medical Education Effect of Educational Workshops Held by Interns to introdue Needed Skills to New Externs before Entering Externship in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Mohammadzade Golnaz o Behnaz Fatemah p Dehlavi Reyhane Meidany Abbas Fallah tafti Ali Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Mahmoud o Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. p Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences, Yazd, Iran. 1 11 2016 11 2 146 152 29 11 2015 11 05 2016 Introduction: Medical universities have the important task of educating professional human resources. Familiarizing students with the university environment seems to be necessary to achieve a basic level of attitude and skills. Students entering the clinical externship course face difficulties such asunfamiliarity with hospital environment. Therefore, the student committee of Educational Development Center of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Yazd Standing Committee Of Medical Education (SCOME, IMSA- Yazd) designed and performed the study “We and Externship ” to make externs be familiar with the clinical environment. Methods: The workshops took place in Shahid Sadoughi of Yazd hospital, in January 2014 and 2015. 4 interns (6th and 7th year medical students) explained the specifiedtopics . At the beginning and the end of the session, pretest and posttest were distributed among the participants. The satisfaction level was assessed at the end of the session. Results: 65 (72.2%) out of 90 participants answered the questionnaires. The mean scores of pretest and posttest were 8.29± 3.28 and 15.59± 3.53, respectively. The presented topics resolved the educational need of 49 (73.3%) students. 31 students (47.7%) felt prepared to enter externship course after this workshop. 61 students (93.8%) said their information about this course has increased and for 57 students (88.7%) the topics of workshops were practical. Conclusion: Familiarizing externs to the hospital environment and the rules of each wards in the hospital before the clinical course is necessary and it is suggested to put this externship course in the curriculum and the topics are taught by interns. 650 General The role of Social Networks on Academic Achievement of Gonabad University of Medical Science' students Dastani Meisam keramati javad poorfatemi ali ekrami ali Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran 1 11 2016 11 2 153 160 19 12 2015 24 07 2016 Introduction: Social networks are the most important means of communication in the societies as well as in the world, so the use of virtual social networks among students is important. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of virtual social networks among students in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this descriptive study, 277 students were randomly selected from  Gonabad University of  Medical Sciences. They completed a questionnaire which its validity and reliability were obtained in earlier studies. Then the data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Results: The findings showed that 87 percent of the students were aware of virtual social networks, and 52 percent were members of these social networks. Students spend about an hour and eleven minutes (SD=2.20771) on the virtual networks. There was no significant difference between academic achievement of students in the groups. Conclusion: The results showed that more than half of the students were members of social networks. Students are not familiar with all of the effects of these social networks since they are recently emerged, so performing more research on other aspects of their impact on the life and health of students are necessary. 670 Medical Education Relationship between Teachers Professional Ethics and Midwifery Students' Self-Efficacy in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, 2015 Kheirkhah Masome Soltani Arabshahi Kamran Meshkat Zohreh School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran Univerrsity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Medical Education, Iran Univerrsity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Medical Education, Iran Univerrsity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1 11 2016 11 2 161 173 01 02 2016 03 05 2016 Introduction: Professional ethics is defined as values, principles and norms governing the conduct of profession. Specific liabilities are required for each specific job. Due to the sensitivity of midwifery in health promotion, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between teachers professional ethics of teaching  and midwifery students self- efficacy  in the School of Nursing- Midwifery, Yazd. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study has been carried out in 2015. All undergraduate midwifery students in semester 3 and above answered Scherrer questionnaire of professional ethics and self-efficacy. the validity and reliability of the questionnaires have previously been approved. Descriptive and analytical statistics were analyzed using SPSS V.18. Results: The mean and standard deviation of efficacy of midwifery students was 55.1± 26.09 and teachers’ professional ethics of teaching 82.61± 44.8. The relationship between these two variables with the Pearson correlation coefficient was (r=0.321  P= 0.001). The regression formula for linear relationship between two variables, efficacy and ethics of the profession showed Y=93.68 + 0.321 X.  Increasing teachers professional ethics, midwifery students self-efficacy also increased (P=0.001). A significant relationship is found between the students’ self-efficacy and teachers’ personality traits(P=0.001) , mastery over the course content (P=0.049) and methodology of teaching (P=0.034) as well as observing the educational rules (P=0.030). Conclusion: Regarding the relationship between the teachers’ professional ethics of teaching and students’ self-efficacy it is essential for teachers, planners and educators to consider components of professional ethics. 680 English The effectiveness of using motivational strategies on the motivation of university student in English class Adibsereshki Narges Kanani Zahed Hossainzadeh Samaneh Department of pediatric neurorehabilition research center ,University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of pediatric neurorehabilition research center ,University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Biostatistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1 11 2016 11 2 174 184 21 02 2016 24 07 2016 Introduction: Motivation is one of the effective factors on learning English. The aim of this research is to study the effectiveness of using motivational strategies on motivation of students in learning English. Method: This study had quasi-experimental design. The sample included of 59 students (50 girls and 9 boys) from University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, who took the general English unit. During 14 sessions, the teacher applied motivational strategies. The motivation questionnaire was used for pre-test and post-test. Results: The results showed that using motivational strategies by teacher in the English classroom enhanced the motivation of students  )P<0.05(. It also had positive effects on the self-steam, attitude of students and descends their anxiety. Conclusion: Using motivational strategies by teachers in English classrooms could increase the motivation of students for learning English.