comparison of maternal and child health indicators before and after the family physician program in Shiraz, from 2001 to 2012

Background: One of the aims of the family physician program [FPP] is to improve the maternal and child health indicators. This study aimed to comparison maternal and child health indicators in Shiraz rural areas before and after implementation of FPP during 2001 to 2012

Methods: This applicable study was conducted in Shiraz in the south west of Iran in 2014. The child and maternal health indicators before [2001 to 2005] and after FPP [from 2006 to 2012] were gathered from the Health Center [Enghelab and Shohadaye Valfajr]. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire consisted of 20 maternal and child health indicators. Descriptive statistics was used and for analyzing the data, Excel and Stata software and comparisons of rates and joint point regression tests were employed

Results: the results showed that The FPP lead to decrease in stillbirth, infant mortality and child under one-year mortality in the rural area. Also all the vital horoscope indicator [mortality under one month, mortality under one year, the frequency of the infants under one year, the percentage of stillbirths, crude death percentage, crude birth percentage, general fertility percentage, total fertility percentage] have improved after FPP in Health Center rather than Enghelab Health Center

Conclusion: the maternal and child health indicators had improvement after FPP implementation. Therefore, it is recommended to continue the program

impact of the teachers' non-verbal communication on success in Teaching

Introduction: Non-verbal communication skills, also called sign language or silent language, include all behaviors performed in the presence of others or perceived either consciously or unconsciously. The main aim of this review article was to determine the effect of the teachers' non-verbal communication on success in teaching using the findings of the studies conducted on the relationship between quality of teaching and the teachers' use of non-verbal communication and also its impact on success in teaching

Methods: Considering the research method, i.e. a review article, we searched for all articles in this field using key words such as success in teaching, verbal communication and non-verbal communication. In this study, we did not encode the articles

Results: The results of this revealed that there was a strong relationship among the quality, amount and the method of using non-verbal communication by teachers while teaching. Based on the findings of the studies reviewed, it was found that the more the teachers used verbal and non-verbal communication, the more efficacious their education and the students' academic progress were. Under non-verbal communication, some other patterns were used. For example, emotive, team work, supportive, imaginative, purposive, and balanced communication using speech, body, and pictures all have been effective in students' learning and academic success. The teachers' attention to the students' non-verbal reactions and arranging the syllabus considering the students' mood and readiness have been emphasized in the studies reviewed

Conclusion: It was concluded that if this skill is practiced by teachers, it will have a positive and profound effect on the students' mood. Non-verbal communication is highly reliable in the communication process, so if the recipient of a message is between two contradictory verbal and nonverbal messages, logic dictates that we push him toward the non-verbal message and ask him to pay more attention to non-verbal than verbal messages because non-verbal cues frequently reveal the intention of the sender of the information and reflect his/her emotional reactions. Based on the obtained results of this study, it is recommended that attention to non-verbal communication skills can make a positive change in the future of a student's life. It seems necessary for the teachers to practice and learn effective communication skills, especially for those who always interact with a large group of students. One of the factors contributing to the success or failure of students is the quality of the relationship and how the teacher builds this relationship with students. Especially, it is more effective for students who are more responsive to human relations and communication skills. Finally, it is recommended that the teachers should improve their communication skills to have better communication with their audience. The authorities are recommended to help improve the teachers' level of communication skills through holding training courses

Evaluation of medical education virtual program: P3 model

Introduction: In e-learning, people get involved in a process and create the content [product] and make it available for virtual learners. The present study was carried out in order to evaluate the first virtual master program in medical education at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences according to P3 Model

Methods: This is an evaluation research study with post single group design used to determine how effective this program was. All students 60 who participated more than one year in this virtual program and 21 experts including teachers and directors participated in this evaluation project. Based on the P3 e-learning model, an evaluation tool with 5-point Likert rating scale was designed and applied to collect the descriptive data

Results: Students reported storyboard and course design as the most desirable element of learning environment [2.30 +/- 0.76], but they declared technical support as the less desirable part [1.17 +/- 1.23]

Conclusion: Presence of such framework in this regard and using it within the format of appropriate tools for evaluation of e-learning in universities and higher education institutes, which present e-learning curricula in the country, may contribute to implementation of the present and future e-learning curricula efficiently and guarantee its implementation in an appropriate way

Evaluation of the implementation of the knowledge management processes in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences teaching hospitals, 2014

Introduction: Recognition and implementation of knowledge management have an important effect on improving the quality of hospital activities. According to the direct relationship with the society's health, health and treatment departments need knowledgeable and skillful staff. Thus, this research investigated different dimensions of the knowledge management processes in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2014

Method: This cross-sectional analytical study was performed on 103 top and middle-ranked managers of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences hospitals. The instrument was a valid and reliable questionnaire containing six knowledge management dimensions. Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 16, using the one-sample t-test and ANOVA

Results: The results of the study showed that among the processes of knowledge management dimensions, acquisition and knowledge creation[mean=3.2] and strategy and policy of knowledge [mean=3.13] had the highest ranks and assessment and feedback of knowledge [mean=2.86] and knowledge sharing [mean=2.61] were at the lowest levels. The comparison between these six dimensions demonstrated that there were significant relationships among strategy and policy of knowledge and acquisition and knowledge creation [p=0.047],strategy and policy of knowledge and organizing and documenting of knowledge [p=0.206], organizing and documenting of knowledge and knowledge sharing [p=0.259], organizing and documenting of knowledge and use and reuse of knowledge [p=0.325], use and reuse of knowledge, and knowledge sharing [p=0.100]

Conclusion: According to the results, the conditions of strategy and policy of knowledge and acquisition and knowledge creation dimensions are at the average level and other dimensions of knowledge management processes are poor in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Considering the importance of knowledge management in improving the performance of the hospitals and achieving the organizational goals, applying all dimensions of knowledge management especially knowledge sharing and assessment and feedback of knowledge is vital