Roles of Two Learning Methods in the Perceived Competence of Surgery and Quality of Teaching: A Quasi-experimental Study among Operating Room Nursing Students.

Introduction: Nowadays, Clinical courses are meticulously structured to give students essential opportunities to elevate their professional qualifications,so that the patients' safety is protected and their conditions improve. Given the many challenges in the clinical environment of the operating room, this study was conducted to compare the impact of team-based and task-based learning methods in the clinical settings on the perceived competence of surgery and the quality of training from the operating room nursing students' point of view.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on fifty 5 semester operating room technology students at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in 2023.

A placebo-controlled study of tropisetron added to risperidone for the treatment of negative symptoms in chronic and stable schizophrenia.

Rational: A growing body of evidence illustrates that 5-HT3 receptor antagonist drugs may be of benefit in the treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of tropisetron add-on to risperidone on negative symptoms in patients with chronic stable schizophrenia.

Methods: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled 8-week trial, 40 patients with chronic schizophrenia who were stabilized on risperidone were randomized into tropisetron or placebo add-on groups.