[Students' evaluation methods by academic staff in Shahrekord university of medical sciences]

Effective evaluation is one the most important basic issues of educational processes and not only to diverse the students, but also help the instructor in his activities. Purpose: The aim of this study was to detect the methods of evaluation by instructors in Shahrekord university of medical sciences. In this descriptive study, 122 instructor answered to a questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was detected by the experts, viewpoints and its relibility was determined by alph chronbakh [0.79].Data was analyzed by spss and p<0.05 was concidered significant. 69.4% of instructors used final and continuous evaluation and 16.2% used only final evaluation .Explanatory and multi-choice questions were the most common questions in examinations .88.3% Of instructors believed that the final examination is the most important criteria in their evaluation and 38.2% used mid-term examination. final and continuous evaluation were the most methods in evaluation.Most of questions were explanatory and multiple-choice and were selected before examination and not during the designing of course plan. mid-term examination and selection of questions during the designing of course plan writing is suggested

[Factors influencing quality of life in patients with myocardial infraction]

Myocardial infarction is a common and dangerous life threatening disease with an impact on quality of life. The present descriptive-analytical study aims to determine quality of life in patients with myocardial infarction referring to Hadjar hospital affiliated to the Shahre-kord University of Medical Sciences. This was as descriptive- analytical study in which 150 patients admitted to cardiac care unit of Hadja hospital within 8 weeks post infarction were selected by non random sampling method. Data were collected through interview, patients' medical records and patients self report. The tool for collecting data regarding quality of life was SF36 questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings showed that the mean value of age was 55.7 +/- 10.5 and that quality of life in majority of subjects [%53] was fairly favorable. Regarding aspects of quality of life, most patients had fairly favorable general status [physical and psychological health] [%62] and social function [%65]. Also, sleep pattern of majority of subjects [%61] was favorable and most of them [62%] had unfavorable physical activity. There was statistically significant correlation between quality of life and variables such as duration of disease [P<0.05], intensity of pain [P<0.05], decline or loss of job function, and the degree of fatigue [P<0.05], but there was no statistically significant relationship between quality of life and other demographics as age, gender, marital status, economic status and occupational status. Because fatigue and pain have some relationship with quality of life in patient with myocardial infarction, health care personnel, spatially nurses should pay attention to dimensions of quality of life when planning care for these patients. Failure to do so may leads to quality of life of patients to be neglected