Understanding the capacity development of faculty development programs: a sequential explanatory mixed methods study.

Background: Faculty development programs can bring about both individual and organizational capacity development by enhancing individuals' attitudes, values, and skillsto enable them to implement organizational change. Understanding how faculty development programs produce capacity development, and the influencing factors, requires further understanding. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of the participants of a faculty development program about the capacity development features of the program and the influencing factors.

Effective factors in planning, implementation, and management of educational program evaluation in medical sciences: A practical guide.

Background: Educational program evaluation is a complex issue, and it is essential to have knowledge of the potential challenges and solutions during the whole process. The present study aimed to identify the influential components in planning, implementation, and evaluation management of educational programs in medical sciences and then provide an applied guide to guarantee the best possible evaluation by evaluators of educational programs.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in three steps.

Health profession education hackathons: a scoping review of current trends and best practices.

Background: While the concept of hacking in education has gained traction in recent years, there is still much uncertainty surrounding this approach. As such, this scoping review seeks to provide a detailed overview of the existing literature on hacking in health profession education and to explore what we know (and do not know) about this emerging trend.

Methods: This was a scoping review study using specific keywords conducted on 8 databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, PsycINFO, Education Source, CINAHL) with no time limitation.

Psychometric evaluation of Maastricht clinical teaching questionnaire based on the cognitive apprenticeship model.

Background: The Maastricht Clinical Teaching Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the quality of clinical teaching. This study was aimed at translation and psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of this questionnaire to evaluate clinical teaching based on the cognitive apprenticeship model.

Materials And Methods: The translation of the questionnaire was performed according to Guillemins framework.

Investigating the role of clinical exposure on motivational self-regulation skills in medical students based on cognitive apprenticeship model.

Background: The importance of motivation regulation in medical students is highly significant due to their unique educational circumstances, such as clinical exposure. However, the role of clinical exposure in learning motivational self-regulation skills in students has not been explored thus far. This current study aims to investigate the role of clinical exposure on motivational self-regulation skills in medical students based on cognitive apprenticeship model.

Exploring medical students' perceptions of empathy after cinemeducation based on Vygotsky's theory.

Background: Medical students' empathy toward patients with Alzheimer's is rarely found in formal medical curricula. Based on Vygotsky's theory, watching films and reflection can be considered as effective methods to improve empathy. The present study aimed to explore medical students' perceptions of empathy toward patients with Alzheimer after participating in an educational program by using interactive video based on Vygotsky's theory.

Pathology and solutions for activities of medical education development offices.

Background And Aim: Education development offices are one of the main branches of medical education centers for directing the educational performance of medical sciences universities to achieve educational goals. Due to their close presence and communication with educational environments, these offices are highly important. To effectively guide and empower these offices, it is necessary to analyze their current situation, identify the challenges, and provide solutions to address them.

Exploring the viewpoint of faculty members of medical sciences universities about effective factors on their organizational retention: a qualitative study.

Background And Aim: Faculty retention in medical sciences universities is one of the most important values for the survival of the educational system. This study aimed to explore the viewpoint of faculty members of medical sciences universities in Iran about effective factors affecting their organizational retention.

Methods: Qualitative study using deep interviews collected by maximum variation sampling.

Psychometric evaluation of Persian version of medical artificial intelligence readiness scale for medical students.

Background: Artificial intelligence's advancement in medicine and its worldwide implementation will be one of the main elements of medical education in the coming years. This study aimed to translate and psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the medical artificial intelligence readiness scale for medical students.

Methods: The questionnaire was translated according to a backward-forward translation procedure.

Identification of alternative topics to diversify medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy student theses: a mixed method study.

Introduction: The impact of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy student theses on public health is a crucial concern for policymakers in medical science universities. If student theses correspond to the needs of society, they can significantly affect students' scientific and practical abilities and lead to the provision of more efficient health services. This study aimed to identify alternative topics to diversify medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy student theses.

Faculty Development in the COVID-19 Era: A Rapid Systematic Review.

The coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a worldwide evolving situation that has resulted in rapid adaptations of faculty development interventions in medical education. The present rapid systematic review aims to provide a narrative synthesis of the evidence concerning focus, intervention type, instructional methods, duration, and the evaluations results of the faculty development interventions in the medical education area in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a systematic study conducted on 5 databases (Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, ERIC, and Scopus) from December 2019 to November 2021.

Challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran: a systematic review.

Introduction: The faculty promotion system is expected to benefit the faculty, institute, and profession and lead to the sustainable and comprehensive development. This present systematic review aims to investigate the challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran.

Method: This study was a systematic review conducted by searching in PubMed, Scopus, Eric, Web of Science, Cochrane, SID, Magiran, and https://irandoc.

Organizational impact of faculty development programs on the medical teacher's competencies.

Background: Faculty development programs as useful approaches for organizational development improved competencies in faculty members which assist them to cope with workload and environment changes. Evaluating organizational development for faculty development programs provides insight into the impact of these programs on system development. The aim of present study was conducted to study the organizational development for faculty development programs at Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

Psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire to evaluate organizational capacity development for faculty development programs.

Background: Organizational capacity development is an important outcome of faculty development programs, but there is a lack of an appropriate instrument for its evaluation.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to evaluate the organizational capacity development for faculty development programs and to test its psychometrics.

Materials And Methods: The initial capacity development for faculty development questionnaire (CDQ-FD) of 26 items was developed based on a literature review and opinion of experts.

Identification of capacity development indicators for faculty development programs: A nominal group technique study.

Background: Although there have been many research studies of the effectiveness of faculty development in health profession education, the contribution of these programs to organizational development through capacity development has not been studied. Further understanding of capacity development requires appropriate indicators and no previous indicators for faculty development of health profession educators were identified. The aim of the study was to identify indicators of capacity development in the context of faculty development programs at Tehran University of medical sciences (TUMS).

Computational design as a green approach for facile preparation of molecularly imprinted polyarginine-sodium alginate-multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite film on glassy carbon electrode for theophylline sensing.

This paper reports on the synthesis of a novel molecularly imprinted composite film using the mathematical modeling. This composite was then used in the electrode modification for the determination of theophylline. The ratio of monomer to template in optimum condition was obtained to be 4.

Median Nerve Ultrasonography Measurements Correlate With Electrodiagnostic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Severity.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess whether median nerve ultrasonography (US) measurements correlate with the severity scale of electrodiagnostic studies (EDS) of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of patients aged ≥18 years who underwent both median nerve US and EDS. US measurements of the median nerve cross-sectional area at the distal wrist crease and forearm were used to calculate the median nerve wrist-to-forearm ratio.

Motor Neuron Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management.

Patients with motor neuron diseases may present to primary care clinic or may be initially encountered in the inpatient setting. Timely diagnosis of these conditions is a key factor in early intervention and therapy, and accuracy of diagnosis is of extreme importance, in particular for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with its poor prognosis. The aim of this review article is to provide a clinical and diagnostic framework for the diagnosis and evaluation of motor neuron disease for primary care physicians.

Evaluating the nutritional value of date pits and demonstrating their application in laying hen diets.

This experiment was carried out to study the feeding value of ground date pits (DP) (Phoenix dactylifera L.) with and without enzyme supplementation on laying hens' performance. Apparent metabolizable energy value of DP was determined by the total collection method using 10 adult Leghorn cockerels.