fateme javaheri

Considering the increasing usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in various specializations of medicine, it seems necessary to instruct our medical students on how to utilize them. This paper provides a view on incorporating ML educational content into the medical curriculum.

Gallery Walk (GW) is a student-centered educational method emphasizing team-based learning. In this approach, students actively participate in the learning process while the instructor is a facilitator.

This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of the GW method to the lecture method in teaching the topic of general anesthesia care during the induction phase.

This study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test approach involving 60 nurse anesthesia students at Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Ahvaz, Iran, in 2022. The data were collected through 30 four-choice questions assessing the knowledge of nurse anesthetists in the main stages of general anesthesia induction. After randomly assigning students into two homogeneous groups, an intervention group (GW) and a control group (lecture), the study investigated the effects of the two educational methods on learning outcomes and retention of general anesthesia care during the induction phase. This was done by comparing the mean scores of the students on three tests.

There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of themeanscores of the immediate posttest (GW: 22.3 ± 0.47, lecture: 20.8 ± 1.01) compared to the pretest (GW: 15.13 ± 0.87, lecture: 14.73 ± 1) (P < 0.001). Additionally, there was a significant difference in themeanscores of the one-month posttest (GW: 23.37 ± 0.61, lecture: 17.33 ± 1.12) (P< 0.001) between the two groups. No significant difference was observed between the two groups regarding themeanscores on the immediate posttest (P = 0.186). Unlike the lecture group, there was no significant difference between the mean scores of immediate and delayed (one-month) posttests in the GW group (P = 0.16).

The GW method not only enhances knowledge but also proves to be significantly more effective than the lecture method in retaining knowledge of general anesthesia care during the induction phase. Therefore, GW is recommended as an effective educational method for topics that require long-term retention.

Despite the thousands of years old of traditional Iranian medicine background, this health care system has not yet been able to find a complementary place in modern medical treatment. This study is an attempt to show the political mismatch in the field of cultural contextualization that is necessary for determining the place of traditional medicine in the Iranian health system. The research method is exploratory study with a qualitative approach that has used the thematic analysis method of Brand and Clark to extract and analyze the data. The applied tool was in-depth interviews with 30 key specialists and experts in traditional medicine. After extracting the main concepts and reviewing the upstream documents, the sub-themes and finally the main theme were gradually obtained. The results of this survey make it clear that some of the inconsistencies in traditional medicine go back to the mismatches of cultural policy in representing the position of Iranian traditional medicine, which is subject to cultural resistance in some parts of society and the medical education system. At the same time, the ideological formulation of some proponents of traditional medicine and the incoordination within and between departments in relevant organizations to introduce and realistically inform the capabilities of this medical knowledge has caused incredulity in some members of society to the capacity of this knowledge.

 With the development of health and well-being in the contemporary world and the increase in life expectancy resulting from it, the issue of aging has become a significant social issue in many countries. As a result of such circumstances, the adoption of effective policies in the field of aging has become more important and necessary. The present study seeks to compare the aging policies of Iran and Sweden.

 For this purpose, the most important documents and aging policies of the two countries were read, and based on these policies, four key axes in the field of aging policy were extracted, which are: public/private support, material / spiritual support, Support based on passivity / elderly intervention, support based on socialism/individualism.

 The results of policy comparison showed that the policies of the elderly in Iran and Sweden in the first three axes have a significant similarity so that the policies of both countries are generally government-oriented (first axis), based on material support. (Second axis) and had a more passive approach to the elderly (third axis). But the comparison in the fourth axis showed that Iran's policies are more individualistic and in Sweden generally have a socialist nature.

 In general, considering the similarity of the general lines of aging policies in Iran and Sweden and their significant differences in terms of the general welfare of the elderly, it can be concluded that aging issues in Iran are more related to the nature of policies. How policies are implemented is relevant.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the social capital and the quality of life among the elderly living at homes and those living at sanatoriums in Tehran. To achieve this aim, the survey method and the questionnaire tool were used to select and study 384 elderly people in Tehran. The findings show that the quality of life of the elderly living at homes is better than those staying in nursing institutions. There is also a significant association between the type of housing of the elderly and their social capital; those living at homes have higher social capital and a better quality of life than those living at sanatoriums. The results also show that there are significant associations between social capital and its constituent dimensions and the quality of life of the elderly. The results of multivariate analysis showed that after controlling for all  the variables, the type of housing still has a strong and significant impact on the quality of life of both elderly groups. However, this effect is stronger for the elderly living at homes than those staying in nursing homes. The variables of social participation, type of housing, social trust and social support have the greatest impact on the quality of life of the elderly, respectively