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Background: Following the outbreak of coronavirus and its impact on the educational process of medical students, attention was paid to e-learning due to the importance of education and research. The aim of the present study is an evaluation of virtual and actual education models on the learning of internal interns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The present study is a trial that was performed on 112 internal interns of hospitals from January to December 2020. Each participant was randomly assigned to one of the actual or virtual educational model groups with personal consent. Educational method was case-based discussion in both groups. The learning outcomes of the interns of these two groups were compared in 9 areas with 95% confidence level and 5% random error. Data about age, sex, type of residence (home or dormitory), pre-internship score (≤150 or >150) and entrance exam rank (≤300 or >300) were collected. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Results: The mean ±SD age of the participants was 24.9±2.3 years, 46% of participants were men and 54% of them lived in dormitories. The results of the study show that the difference in pre-test and post-test scores with actual and virtual education models in the male and female is significantly different (p-value=0.020). Virtual education for men and actual education for women have resulted in higher difference scores in pre-test and post-test. Actual and virtual education models were not different in academic achievements of the participants. Thus, the scores obtained in 9 areas did not make a significant difference between the two types of educational models. Conclusion:The comparison of virtual and actual education demonstrated that there is no significant difference between these two methods in student output. Given the conditions that have been created by COVID-19 in the world, it seems that the use of virtual education can be a good alternative to educating medical students so that education does not stop. Copyright © 2023, Journal of Iranian Medical Council. All rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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The aim of the present study was to review the laboratory studies in COVID 19 in different patients. The outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan, China, and the reason for its increasing spread is not fully understood. According to research, COVID-19 virus, like other risk factors in any country, has many heterogeneous effects, especially in the field of environment and energy. The clinical symptoms of this disease are nonspecific and cannot be easily distinguished from other acquired pneumonias. Therefore, radiological findings and laboratory tests play an important role in the diagnosis and follow-up of the disease. Preliminary studies have shown that people with underlying diseases are at higher risk for complications and mortality from COVID-19. Approximately 50% of hospitalized patients suspected of having a new coronavirus have other chronic diseases, and about 40% of hospitalized patients with confirmed new SARS-CoV-2 infection have heart disease. They are vascular or cerebrovascular. The researchers have also found a large difference in mortality by age group. © 2021 by SPC (Sami Publishing Company).