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Students' academic counseling has been emphasized as one of the duties of faculty members. The reason for students’ dissatisfaction and not having positive opinion about the performance of advisors in many studies would be the inadequate information of the advisers from the educational regularities. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the awareness of the advisers about educational regulations and their performance status.

In this study, 120 academic advisers were selected through census sampling method to participate in the study. Their awareness was determined by a self-made questionnaire consisting of 18 parts and was developed according to educational regulations. The advisors’ performance was based on a questionnaire prepared by the Deputy of Education of the university. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and indicators of Mean, Percent and Pearson correlation test.

In 13 sections out of 18 on educational regulations, the awareness of the advisers was relatively favorable and in 5 sections it was quite desirable. The university officials reported a favorable status in most cases and in only one case "holding at least 3 student group sessions for a semester" the status was unfavorable.

In most cases, the academic advisers’ awareness was relatively approving and their performance was quite favorable. Only in the case of "holding group counseling sessions" the performance was undesirable. To keep advisors more informed, it is recommended that their awareness of educational regulations be evaluated at the end of each year and the grade of this assessment be included in the general evaluations.

The experiences of research and educational service recipients are important for improving the quality these services. Since the views of the first postgraduate nursing students at Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran have not been investigated so far, the present study aimed to describe the experiences of these graduates in terms of curriculum implementation and thesis status.

This qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis on 19 nursing graduates, who were selected via purposive sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews (20-40 minutes) until data saturation. Data analysis was performed simultaneous with data collection using the OneNote software. The interview contents were reviewed repeatedly, and open codes were identified and categorized in the form of subthemes. The similar subthemes were organized as the main themes.

The findings were classified in seven main themes, including the necessity of the change and improvement of theoretical education, the necessity of the change and improvement of clinical education, research improvement, proper performance of thesis supervisors, the necessity to improve the performance of thesis advisors, proper performance of statistical thesis advisors, and the need to respect the students by the faculty members and educational personnel.

Although the graduates provided positive feedback regarding the implementation of educational and research programs, they were also faced with various challenges that require the revision of the educational curriculum by the nursing education board. Furthermore, the meticulous supervision of the university in the process of conducting student research activities is strongly recommended.

The role of clinical instructors in the quality of clinical education is important and can be effective in obtaining the professional capabilities by creating an appropriate learning environment. Knowing the opinions of students as the main element of education can be effective in improving the education. In this regard, the present study was carried out to determine the students' opinion about the performance of educators in the clinical setting at Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. In this cross sectional study, 386 students of nursing, midwifery and operating room attended by census method. The data collection tool was a valid and reliable questionnaire which included demographic characteristics and 19 items measuring students' views. Data description was performed using SPSS and descriptive Statistics. In all 19 items, the students described positive attitude of the performance of educators. In a bout of items "Summarizes content in the end" and "Involving the students in scientific activities", although the most of students had positive viewpoints, about 30% of them mentioned that sometimes this happens. Most of students described the positive performance for instructors in clinical environments. A few of the students believed that the clinical instructors do not summarize the content at the end and do not involve the students in scientific activities. Hence, summarizing clinical content and involving the students in scientific activities were suggested.

The experience of teachers is transferred to students in the classroom; and for the implementation of this, the continuous presence of students is necessary. Despite the numerous studies on the causes of absence, the strategies of its reduction have not been investigated. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the strategies reducing the absenteeism in theoretical classes from the viewpoints of students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. The population of this study consisted of all students studying in the second semester in 2016-2015 and just 401 students from Medical (n=75), Nursing and Midwifery (n=182), Health (n=32) and Paramedical (n=112) schools were randomly selected in proportion to the number of students in each school and field of study. The research involved collecting data from a researcher-made questionnaire. Then, data analysis were performed with SPSS and P

Many ill children have symptoms and signs, some of which are dangerous. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of education on self-efficacy of mothers about alerting signs in children less than five years.
This interventional, semi-experimental study was conducted on 116 mothers with children under five years old, referring for treatment to six health centers in Arak, Iran. Data was collected using multistage sampling, with the completion of a researcher-made valid and reliable questionnaire together with interviews. Then, based on this questionnaire, results that was training needs assessment selected educational ways and designed educational program. Educational intervention in the case group was established during the four learning sessions and was conducted posttest by questionnaire completion, three months after the educational intervention. Finally, data were analyzed by SPSS software in significance level of P Findings showed that the average scores of mothers’ self-efficacy in intervention and control groups did not have a meaningful relationship before the intervention, using independent t-test (P > 0.05), but there was a meaningful relationship between them after the intervention by paired t-test (P Based on the results of this study, educational intervention on initial assessment was effective in improving mothers’ self-efficacy about alerting signs in children, and helpful training programscan be designed based on that.

Primary dysmenorrhea is one of the most common complaints among women in reproductive age in that about half of young women suffer from dysmenorrhea. Nowadays، many people have a tendency to use a traditional medicine for dysmenorrhea. Hence، we aimed to compare the analgesic effect of Agnogol and Mefenamic acid in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. This clinical trial was conducted on 44 women with primary dysmenorrhea referred to Hajar hospital in Shahrekord. The participants were randomly allocated to two groups of Agnogol (n=23) to use one 3. 2 mg Agnogol pill for three times a day and Mefenamic Acid (n=21) to use 250 mg Mefenamic acid every 8 hours a day for three days. The pain severity was detected by Visual Analogue Scale. We used Independent and Paired t test for comparing the means of quantitative variables and Chi Square for qualitative variables (P<0. 05). considering age، menstrual duration، menstrual interval، and pain severity score، there was no significant difference in two groups at the beginning of the study (P>0. 05). After intervention، a significant reduction was found in the mean of pain score over time in both Agnogol (P<0. 001) and Mefenamic acid (P<0. 001) groups، but the difference between two groups was not significant (P>0. 05). given the same effect of Agnogol in mitigating dysmenorrhea، we recommend it as an appropriate alternative for Mefenamic acid.