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Objectives: The purpose of the study was to compare the emotion regulation strategies of blind and sighted students
Methods: The research method used was descriptive and causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all the sighted and blind students at the University of Isfahan and the Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan
The sample volume was 64 members [32 members in each group]
Sampling was conducted using the availability sampling method for the first group and the simple random sampling method for the second group
Data was gathered and measured with the help of the Emotion Regulation Scale by O.P. John and JJ. Gross, and analyzed using SPSS 21 and the ANOVA test
Results: The results indicated a significant difference between two groups with regard to applied emotion regulation strategies [P<0.05]; Blind students applied both strategies [cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression] less. The effect of gender, interaction between gender and vision status was also not significant with respect to emotion regulation [PXX05]
Discussion: Emotion regulation is a possible influential factor in many problems that blind people suffer from, more than sighted ones, and using interventions that target emotion regulation strategies would be useful
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Introduction: Due to the need for transition from accrual accounting as the first phase of health financial management reform to unit cost as the second phase of this reform, this study was conducted in 2012 to investigate the most important constraints faced by Medical Sciences Universities against this reform
Method: This was a qualitative study through happlying Delphi method. Fifteen experts including resource development assistants and financial managers of Medical Universities accompanied with experts in health new financial management reform from Ministry of Health and Medical Education were attended 3 rounds of Delphi for achieving agreement
Results: Findings indicated that the most potential constraint belongs to the "need for human resource empowerment in executive body of the universities". "Novelty of unit cost in health sector" and "lack of previous similar experience" were also identified as the first actual limitations in establishing the second phase of health financial management reform
Conclusion: Considering the complete establishment of accrual accounting as one of the most important pre requisites for unit cost success, in order to flatten the way for reform, it is necessary to prepare a unique and specific framework and guideline for unit cost of services through contribution of all departments and branches of MOHME and financial officers of Universities of Medical Sciences
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Introduction: Due to the vital role of nurses and the effects of scientific advances on nursing care, providing high quality nursing services is not possible without participating in the in-service training programs and becoming familiar with the new techniques. This study aimed to determine the motivational factors influencing the participation in the in-service training courses among nurses working in the teaching hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2013
Method: This was an applied, cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study. A sample of 216 nurses working in the teaching hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences was selected using stratified sampling proportional to size and simple random sampling methods. The required data were collected using a questionnaire determining the motivational factors influencing the nurses' participation in the in-service training courses, including personal factors, organizational factors, and those related to the profession and the training courses planning. SPSS 18.0 and some statistical tests including ANOVA, Independent-Samples T-Test, as well as Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze the collected data
Results: The results showed that the mean score of nurses' motivation for participating in the in-service training programs was 3.41 +/- 0.5. Also, the highest and lowest means of motivational factors affecting the studied nurses' participation in the in-service courses were associated with the factors related to the profession [3.75 +/- 0.71], and those related to the training courses planning [3.20 +/- 0.59], respectively. In addition, there were significant associations between the personal factors [p=0.037] and factors related to the profession [p=0.047] and the studied nurses' positions, between the organizational factors and their employment status [p=0.007], and between the factors related to the training courses planning and the nurses' service unit [p=0.014]. Furthermore, there was a significant and negative correlation between their nursing job experience and organizational factors [r= -0.21, P= 0.004]
Conclusion:: According to the results and in order to increase the studied nurses' motivation for participating in the in-service training courses, the following suggestions can be offered: making a proper educational needs assessment, paying careful attention to the nurses' educational needs, determining the suitable time and place for providing training courses, and encouraging the nurses' participating in the in-service training courses, etc.
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Red Crescent society of Tehran province held some short-term on the job training courses for all employees in order to achieve effective and efficient human resources and to improve their performance. However, this paper aims to evaluate the effect of these training courses in the efficiency of personnel from 2007 to 2009. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected by using the self-administration questionnaire. About 119 cases were selected through stratified sampling and eventually 112 persons were responded to the questionnaire. The results showed that effectiveness of "efficacy of short-term on the job training courses was less than average in view of staff. About 5/1% of the changes concerning the dependent variable [efficiency of employees] were covered by the independent variable of on the job training courses. The obtained beta level was 0/226 in a simple linear regression for the independent variable. According to the results, some items should be considered on organizations such as job analysis, evaluation of staff performance on the job, and conducting various tests