1 2251-7065 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd 161 Medical Education Explaining the experiences of nurses about post-registration nursing education context: A qualitative study Vaezi A. A Vanaki Z Ahmadi F 1 11 2012 7 3 2 15 06 11 2012  Introduction: One of the ways that can improve scientifically the nursing care behaviors is Post-Registration Nursing Education and sttaf development process. To achieve this objective appropriate context Post-Registration Education must be provided for nurses. Currently, despite the legal requirement for continuing education for nurses, this goal has not been achieved as desired. To achieve this goal, the underlying cause should be investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences of nursing continuing education context by a qualitative study.  Methods: The study with a qualitative approach was conducted in 2011, 23 people from the Educational Supervisors, nurse managers and nurses with a purposeful sampling participated in the study . The data collected by unstructured interviews and field notes and were analyzed using conventional content analysis .  Results: During the process of content analysis, participants explained three themes includeing: 1) insufficient attitude to the required training 2) inadequate support 3) Passive training monitoring and the main theme of the study was inadequate perception of their legal education.  Conclusion: Currently, due to lack of motivation, support and effective supervision of Post-Registration Nursing Education nurses involved inactively in the learning process and continuing education is limited to the statutory approvals and business benefits of training for nurses and their organizations. So To improve this situation is required attention and good infrastructure Includeing adequate support and effective supervision.  
162 Medical Education Investigating students’ attitude towards the importance of factors included in the teaching evaluation forms of School of Public Health of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2010-2011 Dehghani Tafti M. H Baghianimoghadam M. H Ehrampoush M. H Ardian N Seyghal N 1 11 2012 7 3 16 26 06 11 2012 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. 163 Medical Education A comparative study of viewpoints of subjects liable to continuous medical education (CME) about the method of presentation of programs in 2011 Mirzaei M Mehrparvar A. H Bahaloo M Davari M. H Owlia H. R 1 11 2012 7 3 27 35 07 11 2012 Introduction: Electronic Continuous Medical Education (CME) is not common in Iran. Considering the convenience of virtual education and availability of essential infrastructure for virtual CME, it is important to understand opinions of medical practitioners about this method.  This study aims to evaluate the opinions of physicians participating in CME programs of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical science about the method of presentation of programs including face to face and electronic (virtual) education.Method: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data were collected by a self-structured questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questioner was confirmed by panel of experts . The questionnaire completed by 98 general practitioners. Results: Mean age of participants was 41.9 years, 62% of them were males. Fifty six participants (57.1%) selected electronic education as the most favorite method of presentation of CME. Among traditional presentations, lectures (58.1%) and practical workshops (38.7%) were the most favoriteand among virtual (electronic) programs, self-education by CD and online programs were the most favorite. Conclusion: According to the findings, tendency to virtual (electronic) CME programs has increased among physicians. Further development and full establishment of this method can save time of participants and make a variety of programs more available. 164 Medical Education Class management by response system and its impact on the participation of students Hosseini M 1 11 2012 7 3 36 43 07 11 2012 Introduction: An appropriate class atmosphere to express comments and to answer to questions affects understanding, reduce false interpretations related to misunderstand and simultaneously provides assessment of students. The classroom response system (CRS) can provide a fast and individual communication between the teacher and each student. This study examines the impact of applying this system on the active participation of a group of medical students. Methods: 50 medical students were randomly divided into two equal groups. Active participation was determined on the basis of answering to class questions. For the first group the class was managed using the CRS and for the second group the class held without it. Both groups were matched regarding the controllable conditions for four successive times. In each session 5 questions were asked. The percents of respondents in each group for each session and for all sessions were determined. The first group was surveyed by a questionnaire after the last session. Two groups were compared using independent t-test. Results: The student’s educational score in first group was 15.86±1.22 and in the second group was 15.90±1.34 (P=0.93). In the first and second groups the overall answering rate for 20 questions, were respectively 99.5 and 23.4 % (P<0.0001). In final survey 80% of students left positive feedbacks about response system and its application. Conclusion: The application of response system was effective in participation of students and was acceptable by them. 165 Medical Education A comparison of educational barriers from talented and other students’ point of view at Arak University of Medical Sciences in 2011 Changizi Ashtiyani S Shamsi M Jalilian V 1 11 2012 7 3 44 57 07 11 2012 Introduction: Gifted and talented students are human assets. This study aims to compare educational barriers of this group of students compare to other students of Arak University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study carried out on 180 normal and 56 talented students in Arak University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Data were collected through questionnaire including items related to barriers of education, research, individual-family relationship, psycho-spritual needs and finding career. Results: The mean of total problem score in talented and normed student was 52.9 ±11.4 and 48.5±10.8 respectively. Results also showed that the mean score of educational, research and psycho-spritual difficulties between talented students and other student were significantly different (P<0/05). Conclusions: Support of academic authorities in all above mentioned fields would be helpful to improve the motivation of the gifted and talented students. 166 Medical Education Attitude of medical students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences towards change in the medical physics curriculum Bouzarjomehri F Nafisi Moghadam R 1 11 2012 7 3 58 66 07 11 2012 Introduction: In spite of development in the medical physics technologies, medical physics curriculum for medical students in Iran has not been updated, while teaching medical physics in many universities around the world has been designed based on applied aims. It seems that modern subject teaching in diagnosis and therapy must be alternated with theoretical subjects of medical physics. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 96 medical physics students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2010-2011 with the simple accidental sampling. to obtain view points of medical students about change in medical physics curriculum, the first medical diagnostic imaging methods were taught for five groups of medical students during radiology course for stagers. At the end of each course and after the test, a questioner containing 20 questions was given to obtain their views about change in medical physics curriculum. For quantify answers, they were divided into five levels: intense agree (5), agree (4), without opinion (3), opposite (2) and intense opposite (1). Results: The average score of students view points about teaching diagnostic imaging was 3.92 so they were almost agreed. The agreement of students about teaching the practical radiology, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine imaging was 4.04 also agreed Conclusion: the students agreed with incorporating practical physics especially modern medical diagnostic imaging into medical physics curriculum. 167 Medical Education A survey on viewpoints of nursing and midwifery students and their clinical instructors at Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences towards clinical education during 2009-2011 Salimi T Khodayarian M Rajabioun H Alimandegari Z Anticchi M Javadi S Namjoo Z 1 11 2012 7 3 67 78 07 11 2012 Introduction: Clinical environments play a vital role in nursing and midwifery students' learning. The present study investigates the viewpoints of clinical instructors and nursing and midwifery students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences about clinical education status during 2009-2011. Methods: In this cross sectional research data were gathered using a researcher made questionnaire including five domains: educational plan, quality of clinical instructors function, role of clinical professionals in clinical education, educational facilities and space, clinical evaluation and professional satisfaction. The questionnaire was completed by clinical instructors and nursing and midwifery students. Convenient sampling was accomplished. Face validity, content validity and reliability of the questionnaire was assessed and confirmed by test – retest method. Results: Majority of clinical instructors, nursing and midwifery students reported day and evening work shifts more appropriate. Majority of clinical instructors reported the clinical education status pleasant, but 79.8% nursing students and 64.2% midwifery students reported it moderate. Comparing the mean of clinical education status from the viewpoints of clinical instructors didn't show a significant difference in the domain of "the role of the others impressive in clinical education", but there was a significant difference between the nursing and midwifery students in their view points about the domain. Conclusion: Clinical competency is an essential component in providing high quality nursing care, thus the educational planners should continue to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical education. Boosting the clinical learning environment domains such as “successful instructors”, “professional values”, “professional relationship with the members of caring team” and “conflict management” could make the clinical experience attractive and assure students’ satisfaction about their professional life. 168 Medical Education Educational needs of faculty members of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2011 Mazloomy Mahmoodabad S. S Norouzi S Norouzi A Mirzaei Alavijeh M 1 11 2012 7 3 79 92 07 11 2012 Introduction: Identifying educational needs is an essential step in planning faculty development programs. It plays an important role in promoting the quality of education. The aim of this study was to determine and prioritize the educational needs of clinical and non clinical faculty members of Faculty of Medicne of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A questionnaire was developed for this cross-sectional study using the indices identified by reviewing the literature. The questionnaire was sent to all faculty members of Medical Faculty (n=260). The items were scored from 1 to 20 according to the importance of the educational needs. Data was analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Different areas of educational needs of the clinical faculty members were respectively prioritized as: familiarity with National Medical Universities Ranking Schemeresearch, personal development, administrative and executive activities, education, specialized activities outside the university and health services and health promotion. In the non clinical faculty members: research, familiarity with National Medical Universities Ranking Schemeeducation, personal development, specialized activities outside the university, administrative and executive activities. The first priority of education in the clinical faculty members was design, implementation and analysis of oral exams. In research domain priorities were data analysis skills and the first priority of education in the non clinical faculty members was how to foster critical thinking and reasoning in research and critical appraisal skills. Conclusion: Faculty members need all of the seven studiedmajor areas. It is recommended further research to determine the weight of these seven areas using a standard method. 169 Medical Education A new method for clinical assessment of medical students: Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) Bokaie M Salimi T 1 11 2012 7 3 93 95 07 11 2012 No Abstract