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It is widely acknowledged that research is crucial for development of countries. Despite various studies on the benefits of research, there is no fresh study about students' familiarity with principles of research methodology in developing countries. In this study, we aim to assess undergraduate medical students' knowledge in principles of research methodology and its contributing factors. In this cross sectional study, we investigated 65 randomly selected students who were in their basic science stage of medical studies at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010. To determine knowledge about principles of research, participants filled a validated and reliable questionnaire. The characteristic information of the students and their answers to ten questions on research principles were collected. Linear regression models were applied to predict the score of knowledge of the participants. Median age of participants was 19 ranging from 17-21. 15 [25%] of participants were male and 45 [75%] were female. 45 [75%] of participants had not attended Students' Scientific Research Center [SSRC] research methodology workshop. The mean of knowledge score was 6.99 +/- 3.23 [out of 20]. We observed no significant difference in knowledge of the students and also participation in SSRC research methodology workshop between two genders [P = 0.75 and 0.86, respectively]. Linear regression model showed participation in research methodology workshop independently predicts 59% of variance of students' knowledge about principles of research methodology and adding students' semester to the model increases the prediction to 70%. Despite limitations of this study, our findings highlight low to moderate level of knowledge of undergraduate medical students in principles of research methodology and the important impact of research methodology workshops
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Humans , Female , Male , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Students, Medical , Biomedical Research/methods , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Learning is a complex process that many factors such as learning style has key roles on it. The goal of this study was to determine learning style of different field of medical residents. By random selection, seven medical fields [radiology, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, psychology, ophthalmology and emergency medicine] selected. Sixteen residents from each field were chosen. They asked to fill Kolb learning style Inventory. The most common learning style among medical residents was assimilator followed by converger. Considering assimilator and converger learning styles among medical residents is recommended that faculty members should use diagrams, lectures and self-learning methods.
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Cardiovascular diseases are described as the most important health problems in developing countries which are developed in parallel with industrialization of communities. Based on the high morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease, this study was performed for examining the population lab inhabitants' knowledge and practice. In this cross - sectional study, 1576 inhabitants of the Population Lab Region were studied by cluster random sampling in 2002. 181 persons were selected from this population. The frequency of each cardio- vascular diseases risk factor such as; hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesity, hypertension, Diabetes, family history of heart attack, being man, stress and excitement, sedentary life style, salty food, vegetables fruits, fatty food and red meat consumption, were assessed. In addition, the population study's practice regarding controlling the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases was determined, as well. Moreover, specific questionnaire and direct interview were used for collecting data and then the gathering data was analyzed by SPSS and EPI - Info soft wares. In this study, 71.8% of people were women while 28.2% of them were men. Besides, there was a significant relationship between the people's knowledge about cardiovascular disease and the level of their education [P < 0.001]. According to the results, 65.2% of population believed that heart attack was the most prevalent cause of death in comparison with 44% of them considered car accident and 13.3% agreed with cancers. On the other hand, 74% of people used liquid oil in their food and 77.9% of them knew the side effects of unhealthy foods such as; salty food as one of the cardiovascular risk factors. The inhabitants' knowledge regarding to the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases was approximately acceptable. However, there was a significant different between their knowledge and practice. Therefore, providing suitable educational programs for improving people's nutrition, physical activity and the other relevant factors for preventing cardiovascular risk factors would be mentioned