نشریه افق توسعه آموزش پزشکی
سال هفتم شماره 2 (تابستان 1395)

Nursing curriculum is to be compatible with patients and health system’s needs. The rate of social responsiveness of these curriculums is not clear. The present study aims at determining the content validity of nursing curriculum based on opinions of experienced staff in health system. The study is cross-sectional and descriptive carried from August 2014 to September 2015. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and purposeful sampling. The rating agreement among raters was calculated based on item (I-CVI) and scale analyses (S-CVI). 32 staff were included by age mean of 43 years and work experience of 20 years. Coefficient mean of content validity was 0.83. The range of content validity was 1 to 0.50. Nursing curriculum has acceptable relevancy with clinical care necessities; however, considering specialization in nursing curriculum enhances its content validity remarkably. Therefore, it is recommended that specialization in nursing curriculum be more taken into account. Key words: education, social responsiveness, validity, curriculum, nursing

Given the importance of education and its undeniable role in the development of societies, it is necessary for educational programs to be fully investigated regarding the ultimate objectives. Based on the importance of students as the best source for identifying the weak and strong points of education, the present study aims at investigating Mashhad dentistry students’ points of view regarding the education of Microbiology including Bacteriology and Virology. This is a cross-sectional study carried on 49 students of basic sciences of Dentistry in 2014. Students’ opinions, the satisfaction of educational needs, clinical relationship, professional practice of education, and the need of future reviewing for courses were studied through a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Data were analyzed through SPSS 23 and the significance level was considered as p<0.05. Seventeen participants (%34.7) were males. The mean age was 19.76 ± 1.13 years. The highest scores (4.2 ± 0.9 & 4.1 ± 0.6) were obtained by two items of “The necessity of course modification adaptable with Dentistry field” and “Teaching of MD professors results in the relationship between basic and clinical sciences”. The lowest score (2.4 ± 1) was obtained by “The necessity of course modification adaptable with job needs of dentists”. As indicated by the results of the present study obtained through students’ opinions, the content of the curriculum is not adaptable to students’ future needs. This problem can be resolved by reviewing the current curriculum. Keywords: Microbiology, Dentistry, Education

With the development of cognitive system, some metacognitive processes are formed resulting in meaningful learning and thereby regulate and control thinking processes during learning. Therefore, this study aims at predicting self-regulated control elements in thinking control components. This is a descriptive-correlational study whose population consists of all students of Mashhad Ferdousi University in academic year of 2013-14 among which 145 students were randomly selected. Participants filled two questionnaires of Wells and Davis’s thought control questionnaire and Boufard’s self-regulation questionnaire. As indicated by the results of Pearson correlation test, among five components of thinking control components, distraction, reappraisal, social control and discipline have a significant positive correlation with self-regulation. However, Anxiety showed a negative correlation with self-regulation. In fact, the results showed that self-regulation intentionally distracts the person’s mind from anxiety raising elements (p>0.05). As indicated by the results, self-regulation component enable learners to enhance their goals and create opportunities so that they can actively assess and control their thought processes.
Keywords: Thinking control, self-regulation, education, thinking strategies

The present study aims at studying graduate and postgraduate students and faculty members’ points of view of Dental School of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences regarding the quality of library services through Libqual instrument. This is a survey study with research population of 148 graduate and postgraduate research students and faculty members of Mashhad Dental School. Study instrument is Libqual-based questionnaire modified according to the status of Dental School’s library. Participants answered the items in two levels of “Available & Expected”. There was a significant difference among three groups regarding two components of service quality and information control. However, this difference was not significant regarding library space component. In Expected status, there was no difference in three components among three groups. The scores of all study components were significantly lower than ideal in both available and expected status. Given the study limitation, presented aspects of Libqual and according to the library users’ opinions, the study components were not optimal indicating the necessity of more considerations toward improving library services quality.
Keywords: Service quality evaluation, Libqual model, university library, Mashhad Dental School

Integration issue is one of the most important educational strategies in medical sciences resulting in concept harmony in students’ minds, enhancing learning level and ultimately, improving the quality of education. The present study aims at studying the integration of educational methods in Physiopathology courses from some of the students and professors’ points of view involved in the reviewing process in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. This is a descriptive and survey study with practical objectives whose research population consists of students of 2010 and some faculty members of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on Likert range whose validity and reliability were confirmed by faculty members of Department of Medical Education. In order to analyze the data, we made use of descriptive statistical approaches. As indicated by the results of the present study, the integration of educational programs of Physiopathology improves students’ learning level.

Training medical staff with ability to answer sophisticated needs of public health is a major concern in medical education. To reach this goal, it is crucial to design assessment methods that are capable of evaluating clinical reasoning with acceptable validity and reliability in a timely manner. Key feature questions are one of the best assessment tools for this purpose that address critical decision points in patient management and evaluate students’ skills in numerous real clinical scenarios. Key feature questions are flexible and can be designed in various formats such as multiple choice questions or short essays. It seems that widespread use of KFQ is an upcoming perspective in evaluating medical sciences students in our country.