Showing 11 results for Educational
Maliheh Nouri, Effat Sadat Merghati Khoie,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (2-2010)
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Background: Adolescents, as a large age group in the world, face many physical, mental and social problems in their puberty period. Health education proper to their needs and through new educational methods is of great importance. This study mainly aims to examine the impact of peer education approaches on girls' performance regarding pubertal physical health. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, through random sampling, 100 female pupils were divided into two groups of experimental (n=50) and control (n=50). The self-made questionnaire, employed in this study, was based on peer approach. After 1.5 months, the participants' performance was evaluated through the post-test and compared to the pre-test results for the two groups. Scoring was conducted out of 100 and the scores under 50 indicated weak performance, those between 50 and 75 showed an average performance while scores above 75 indicated good performance. Results: Peer based educational approaches improved adolescent girls physical health. Statistical tests also revealed a significant difference between the mean of awareness and practice score in the two groups (p<0.001). Conclusion: Peer education methods result in the empowerment of adolescents, the provision of opportunities for them to participate in activities, and the improvement of communication between mothers and their daughters.
Fereshteh Narenji, Nasrin Rozbahani, Leila Amiri,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (1-2010)
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Abstract Background: Study of the nursing and midwifery instructors and students viewpoints, as two important groups in teaching proccess, can be effect on codifying and evaluating of educational program and effectiveness in this courses. The purpose of this study was to determine the effective educational and evaluation program on clinical learning from the nursing and midwifery instructors and students’ opinion in Arak University of Medical Sciences, 2008. Materials and Methods: In a descriptive study in 2008, all students and clinical lecturer (n=84) were studied. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire consisted of three parts, demographic information, clinical education and evaluation program. Results: The age mean of the teachers and students respectively were 38±3.14, 22.2±2.18 years and the mean of theoretical and clinical history teaching of instructors, respectively, were 6.04±2.48 and 10./95±2.9 years. The most percents of instructors (91.3%) emphasized on considering the communicating skills education in education program. The most percents of students (85.2%) emphasized on considering the critical thinking and moral students support. Also, the most percents of instructors (78.3%) emphasized on step by step evaluation. While, the most percents of students (90.2%) emphasized on the effect of teachers evaluation and reflected the results to them. Conclusion: Hope to, this study results can be helpful to effective nursing and midwifery students’ lesson planning and evaluating.
Abalfazl Mohamadbeigi, Ali Ghazavi, Narges Mohammad Salehi, Farhad Ghamari, Atefeh Saeidi,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (1-2010)
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Abstract Background: Now a day, internet addiction is a common problem that defines as abuse in computer and online information. In addicted students to internet may develop many types of problem in education. This research was designed to determine the effect of internet addiction on educational status of Arak university of medical sciences students, spring 2009 Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 426 Arak medical university students passing at least one term of his/her course in spring 2009. A Yang standard internet addiction questionnaire applied for data gathering and after data entry was analyzed in 0.05 significant levels. Results: Mean and standard deviation of age, average of scores and Yang internet addiction score were as 20.95±1.41, 16.13±1.38 and 32.74±14.52, respectively. Internet addiction associated with number of failed and passed total, average decline in recent terms, educational term and obtaining average score under 12 (p<0.05). But didn’t associate with course, educational level and faculty of education (p>0.05). Conclusion: Since internet addiction can affected the educational status inversely, and reduces average score and educational subsidence, endeavor for beneficial opportunities prevention is essential.
Saed Changizy Ashtyani, Mohsen Shamsi, Abolfazl Mohammadbeygi,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (1-2010)
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Abstract Background: Educational decline is one of the most important problems in educational institutes. There for, present study was aimed to survey frequency of educational decline and some effective factors of student’s opinion in Arak University of Medical sciences, 2009. Materials and Methods: In a analytical cross sectional study, 600 students passing at least one term of their course in Arak university of medical science in 2009, were determined by questionnaire and interview. After data gathering, students divided two groups, successful and non successful base n educational average and failed terms and then data were analyzed and determined frequency and some effective factors on it. Results: Decline education frequency is 19% and there were significant difference between sex, marital status, average score diploma, educational level of father, hesitancy, gap between diploma and university admission and course satisfaction between two groups of successful and unsuccessful students (P<0/05). However, no significant correlation observed in age, course, family economic status and mother’s job (p>0/05). Also, most of effective problem solutions in student’s viewpoint are included admission in university base on diploma average score and use of expert consular. Conclusion: Educational managers should be considering effective variables on performance and educational decline in students, in order to identifying high risk students and providing better facilities for them by appropriate consulting.
Ali Dehghani, Simamohammadkhan Kermanshahi, Robabeh Memarian,
Volume 15, Issue 6 (11-2012)
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Background: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and degenerative disease of the central nervous systemthat due to such reasons as its chronic nature, no prognosis, and absence of a definitive treatment causes stress in patients. Thus, this study was designed to examine the impact of peer educational program on stress in patients with multiple sclerosis in 2011.
Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 110 patients with multiple sclerosis were randomly allocated to test and control groups (each group including 55 patients). After preparing 5 multiple sclerosis patients as the peer group, six training sessions forthe test group were held by the peer group over two months. Data collection tool was DASS 21 questionnaire that assessed patients’ stress before and after 4 months which was completed by both groups. In order to analyze the results, SPSS software 16 was used.
Results: The results showed that before intervention, there was not astatistically significant difference between the two groups in stress score(p=0.24) while a statistically significant difference was seen between the two groups after intervention (p=0.001). Also, stress score in test group was statistically significant (p=0.001) but there was not a statistically significant difference between the stress scores of the patients in the control groups (p=0.39).
Conclusion: Peer group educational program caused stress reduction in patients with multiple sclerosis. Hence, it is recommended that peer groups be used for education of multiple sclerosis.
Akram Bayati, Fatemeh Ghanbari, Mohsen Shamsi,
Volume 15, Issue 10 (3-2013)
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Background: Considering the importance of the presence of volunteer health care communicators and the reduction in their cooperation with health centers or their breaking off their communication in recent years, this study was done to explore the educational needs of health care communicators and their instructors. Materials and Methods: In a qualitative study, data were obtained through focus group discussions (FGDs) and individual depth interviews (IDIs) for need assessment from three groups of active volunteer health care workers, inactive volunteer health care workers and health instructors. In total, 14 FGD and 5 DII were held to cover the aims of research chosen by aimed sampling. The analysis was carried out by qualitative content analysis. Results: Three major themes emerged from data analysis, including the concepts of soft and hard tools (time, space, educational tools, and educational content), educator (teaching methods, awareness, and skills), and learner (application, literacy, experience learning level, and motivation). Conclusion: Many of the educational needs of the health care communicators and their educators had not been met which, in many cases, had led to the discontinuation of their cooperation with health centers. Hence, presenting the obtained feedback to officials for meeting their needs can be an effective measure in improving the activities of the communicators and their continuous presence in the health care system.
Hossein Sarmadian, Farshideh Didgar, Massoumeh Kalantari, Nader Zarinfar, Mojtaba Ahmadlou,
Volume 16, Issue 12 (3-2014)
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Background: Motivation is one of the most important tools to push faculty members to perform effectively and efficiently in the workplace is. This study is based on Herzberg's theory of motivating factors to consider requiring faculty at the University of Medical Sciences deals.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 168 faculty members of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 102 persons conducting a completely free and informed, a 40-question questionnaire based on Herzberg's two-factor theory, design, a questionnaire. Data using t-test and Mann-Whitney U and indicators of central tendency and dispersion were analyzed by SPSS 16 software.
Results: Response rate to the questionnaires, 7.60, respectively. 5.24% of the faculty in the basic sciences and 5.74% at the clinical level of activity. Of "communication" and "progress and development", the motivation faculty have the greatest impact. Factors "physical condition" and "salary" have been less effective. Between the ages of faculty motivating factors, "nature", "responsibility and career" and "supervision and monitoring", there was a significant correlation. The relationship between work experience and of "salary" and "job security" was also significant.
Conclusion: Communication is one of the most important factors in increasing the motivation of faculty members in the physical conditions of work and wages are minimal impact in this area. With an aging faculty, salary, supervision and monitoring, and job security are more important motivation. In other words, with increasing age and work experience, academic expectations of the management of change and the proper evaluation of the activities of the officials do not have the decision-making, and because the quality of activities, good participate Ndah encouraged do not motivate members to create good will.
Shiva Saebi, Daryoush Khajavi, Fardin Faraji,
Volume 19, Issue 10 (1-2017)
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Background: Self-talk is a psychological intervention that can affect the performance of an individulal, so the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of balance-training with educational and motivational self-talk on balance in women with MS in the city of Arak.
Materials and Methods: This study was a semi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test. The statistical population included women with MS in the city of Arak. 42 patients with the age range of 20-50 years old were chosen as samples and randomly were divided in 3 groups of individuls as control, educational self-talk and motivation self-talk and were experimented by Berg balance test.The experimental groups practiced the balance excercises for a month , 3 times a week and 45 minutes in each session. Then, post-test was performed for them. For data collecting, the demographic questionnaire, Berg balance test, one leg balance test and star test were used. Data analysis was done by using ANOVA and Tokey post-test by SPSS23 software at a significant level less than 0.05.
Results: The results of this study showed that the mean score of balance in educational self- talk group than motivational self-talk group (p = 0.045) a control group (p = 0.008) was significantly higher. Thus, the mean score balance performance test, motivational self-talk and control groups showed no significant difference (p = 0.689)
Conclusion: According the findings of this study, balance training with educational self-talk affects on balance in women with MS. Thus, balance training with educational self-talk can be a good approach to improve the balance in the women with MS. oxidative stress and DNA damage considerably. Thus, it is advisable for operating room personnel to consume green tea as a natural antioxidant supplement.
Javad Mesrabadi, Saeed Mohammadi Moulod,
Volume 21, Issue 1 (4-2018)
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Background: Learning disorders is one of the most common problems of students, which attracted the attention of many psychologists and many studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of various interventions on different classes of learning disorder. The present study aimed to conclude general conclusions about the effectiveness of various educational and therapeutic interventions and the discovery of possible moderating variables.
Materials and Methods: In order to achieve the research purpose by using meta-analysis method, quantitative results of 128 selected researches which were obtained according to the criteria for entering and leaving and using keywords were used. In total, 623 primary effect sizes were obtained and analyzed by using CMA2 software.
Results: The results of the analysis showed that amount of combined effect size of the educational and therapeutic interventions on learning disorders was 1.13, and after dividing into multiple predecessor and consequence variables, the amounts of the combined effect size for educational interventions and therapeutic interventions for overall class of learning disabilities were respectively 0.74 and 1.26, for reading disorder 0.87 and 1.01, for writing disorder 1.20 and 1.22, and for mathematical disorder 1.29 and 1.26 that all of these effects size were significant (p≤0.001). Also, the results of independent t-test showed that the difference in the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions on reading disorder and educational interventions on mathematical disorder is significant (p≤0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the size of the effects obtained, it can be said that educational and therapeutic interventions have a very high effect on learning disabilities, and the use of therapeutic interventions for reading disorder and educational interventions for mathematical disorder is more effective.
Mahboobeh Darzi Poor, Reza Tavakoli, Davood Shojae Zade, Zahra Rezagholizadeh Omran,
Volume 25, Issue 1 (3-2022)
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Background and Aim Nosocomial infection is a health problem in all countries. Considering the role of midwives in controlling nosocomial infection, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on model on preventive behaviors of nosocomial infection by Babol hospitals midwives was done.
Methods & Materials The present study was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control group. The interventions were performed in three 40-minute sessions in the Shahid Yahya Nejad Hospital in April and May 2017. The data collection tool was a structure Health Belief Model based(Awareness, structure Health Belief Model and behavior) on a questionnaire completed Its validity and reliability were assessed two months before and one month after Midwives who met the inclusion criteria education. Data were collected and analyzed by SPSS software v. 24 by Anova , T-test and ANCO one-way Covariance tests.
Ethical Considerations This research paper has been approved by the ethics committee IR.IAU.TMU.REC.1398.068 and informed consent will be taken from the participants in the study the information will remain confidential.
Results Before the intervention, the two groups did not differ significantly in terms of, mean scores of different model structures. After intervention, there was a significant difference in the mean and standard deviation of the effect of education on knowledge score (1.0±0.3), perceived sensitivity (2.8±1.5), perceived severity (3.6±1.7) Perceived barriers (-6.4±1.3), perceived benefits (5.1±4), self-efficacy (4.6 ± 2.6) and behavior( 3.1±1.1) was seen in the intervention group (P>0.05).
Conclusion By increasing the scores obtained from the structures Especially self-efficacy and reduction of perceived barriers, designing and implementing an educational program based on model in midwives can increase their performance regarding the prevention of nosocomial infections.
Zeinab Safdari, Saeed Moosavi Pour, Zabih Pirani,
Volume 25, Issue 6 (3-2023)
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Introduction: The outbreak of covid-19 caused an impact on the process of education in schools and universities. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of virtual education based on interactive multimedia, video and educational factor on the learning rate and cognitive load of students in the conditions of covid-19 postgraduate students.
Methods: The method of the present research was quasi-experimental. The statistical population of the research included all master's students in the field of educational sciences in the course of research methods in the academic year 2019-1400, in the number of 36 people who were present in three different classes.
Results: The statistical sample also included a census of the research population, 36 people who were randomly assigned to three groups of interactive multi-media based education (9 people), film-based education (16 people) and training agent (11 people) And they responded to PASS (1994) cognitive questionnaire. To analyze the data, univariate covariance analysis was used through SPSS-23 statistical software. This research was reviewed in Islamic Azad University - Arak Unit and approved with the ethics code IR.IAU.ARAK.REC.1401.096. Informed consent was obtained from the participants and they were assured that their information would be confidential
Conclusions: The results showed that there is a significant difference in learning variables and cognitive load between each of the interactive multimedia groups and the video with the educational factor compared to the traditional group, with an error level of 0.05, and these groups performed better in learning variables and cognitive load. It can be said that virtual education based on interactive multimedia and video can be used to increase learning and cognitive load and cause students' academic progress.
