sholeh bigdeli

Job burnout syndrome includes emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. It has been shown that 40% of individuals in industrial societies suffer from this syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between basic psychological needs (BPNs) satisfaction and job burnout among basic and clinical sciences’ faculty members of Iran University of Medical Sciences.
This is a practical survey. The population includes all basic and clinical sciences’ faculty members of Iran University of Medical Sciences (n=449) in 2014. In this study, 100 subjects were selected using cluster random sampling. The instruments were Maslach and Jackson’s Burnout Inventory and Deci and Rayan’s Basic Psychological Needs (BPNs) Satisfaction with confirmed validity and reliability from previous studies.
The findings showed that satisfaction of BPNs had significant negative relationship with emotional exhaustion (p This study showed satisfaction of BPNs of faculty members has a significant effect on reducing general job burnout. Besides, it became clear that as autonomy increases, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization decreases, and personal accomplishment increases, though competency increases with the increase of personal accomplishment and job burnout.

In the age of information and knowledge, the necessity of using virtual reality techniques for teaching nursing knowledge and skills, considering the sensitive tasks of nurses, is not hidden from anyone. Simulation-based educational software with high realism and quality are notable strategies to limit the risks of nursing education based on traditional method that can improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. The present study aimed at analyzing the role of models, approaches and learning theories in the design and production of educational software based on virtual reality techniques and simulation in nursing.
For the purpose of the present systematic review, all articles which were published from 2000 to 2015, which were related to educational software based on virtual reality in nursing both in English and Farsi were analyzed. To search for the study, databases such as SID, CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO Host, Irandoc, Iranmedex, Google Scholar and relevant journals were used by using key words including education, nursing, theories of learning, software, simulation-based, computer-based, virtual reality techniques, models and their combinations. Several steps were taken for selecting and analyzing the full text of these studies. And, the articles which qualitatively met the inclusion criteria were assessed by using the relevant checklists.
Of the 850 articles that were related to the use of educational software based on virtual reality techniques and simulation in nursing, 12 articles which were directly related to the purpose of the study were chosen for further analysis. Of the 12 articles, four articles considered learning as a cognitive phenomenon. Five articles had used Jefferies simulation model and principles of learning theories.
The study concludes that the educational centers for training skilled nurses need the educational software based on virtual reality techniques as an educational tool, it seems necessary to direct the purposes of simulators toward learning based on professional competence paradigm with the use of simulation models and learning theories.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of health mangers’ evidence-based decision-making in Kermanshah University of Medial Sciences in 2013. In this descriptive - analytical survey, research tool was a 33-item questionnaire based on Kansas standard. The study sample was randomly drawn from among 180 experts, heads and deputies of health care centers in Kermanshah province. The collected data were analyzed deductively by SPSS 16. There was a significant difference between the number of times evidence-based decision making was used based on gender (P <0.023). However, no difference was observed in terms of management levels (P > 0.495). As a result, decision-making based on evidence has been accepted as a new reliable approach among medical staff of Kermanshah university of medical sciences and considered to improve the quality of evidence-based decision-making.

A new training strategy in many medical universities around the world, which has been considered by educational planners, is interprofessional education (IPE). The main aim is designing and implementing IPE, reinforcing teamwork and collaboration among the health team members. This study has been done aiming to explore effective factors in the designing and implementing IPE in health system of Iran from the perspective of faculty members. This qualitative study used content thematic analysis methodology. A purposive sampling was used and continued until the data were saturated. The participants were six faculty members with more than 5 years of teaching experience or educational activities in Educational Development Center (EDC) or Educational Development Office (EDO). The four main themes emerged from the interviews were classified as follows: the structure of the educational system, economic issues, cultural atmosphere, and social conditions. They were all associated with some positive factors such as curriculum changes and reforms, design and implementation of the interprofessional education in various forms and some negative factors such as lack of physical structure appropriate for the IPE in the universities, promotion of culture of individualism and uni-professionalism, etc. The results of this study showed that in our country, the effect of educational, cultural, social and economic barriers on the development and implementation of IPE, and also, unfamiliarity of educational system with the various aspects of IPE, has made the implementing of these programs in the curricula of different professions of health sciences difficult.

the method and way of learning and teaching are effective in acquiring clinical skills, and identifying the shortcomings of learning and teaching will lead to better planning. The purpose of this study was to explain the experiences of the learning clinical procedures of the internal medicine residents in gastroenterology department. qualitative study using content thematic analysis was done. Six fourth-year residents were selected and interviewed considering purposive sampling. The data of the interviews were transcribed and analyzed after rereading. the collected data are divided into three categories: learning and experience with the following four categories (learning time and experiencing, leaning and experiencing times, learning and experiencing opportunities), training and the lack of the training of some procedures. These categories are explained by using some quotes derived from the data. the results of this study suggest that the administrative management of internal residency is poor and should get seriously in implementation and application of intended instructions existing in the prepared program of Medical Education and Specialized Council of internal residency period. The attending physicians and residents must be aware of the content of education program at the beginning of the residency periods and the trainers must try to supervise the residents’ education.