Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The role of educating health‑care personnel in prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID‑19: A narrative mini review

. Parinaz Tabari; . Mitra Amini; . Neil Arya; . Mohsen Moghadami; . Kaveh Khoshnood; . Mansoureh Shokripour; . Navid Omidifar

Volume 11, Issue 11 , December 2021, , Pages 1-8

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Front‑line clinicians and health‑care workers need to be educated to provide care in critical situationssuch as large‑scale catastrophes and pandemics. This narrative review is ... Read More

Performance analysis of data mining algorithms for diagnosing COVID‑19

. Raoof Nopour; . Hadi Kazemi‑Arpanahi; . Mostafa Shanbehzadeh; . Akbar Azizifar

Volume 11, Issue 10 , November 2021, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: An outbreak of atypical pneumonia termed COVID‑19 has widely spread all overthe world since the beginning of 2020. In this regard, designing a prediction system for the ... Read More

Survey of medical students’ attitude and knowledge toward physical medicine and rehabilitation in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

. Saeed Khosrawi; . Hadis Ramezanian; . Roya Mollabashi

Volume 8, Issue 4 , April 2018, , Pages 1-6

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CONTEXT: Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) is a specialized clinical field of musculoskeletaldiseases and physical impairment that is unknown for most of the medical students.AIMS: ... Read More CONTEXT: Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) is a specialized clinical field of musculoskeletaldiseases and physical impairment that is unknown for most of the medical students.AIMS: This study aimed to assess medical students’ attitude and knowledge toward PMR and itsrole in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases.SETTING AND DESIGN: This cross‑sectional study was done on 175 medical students of IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences from 2015 to 2016. Sample population was selected by randomsampling among 350 students.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were evaluated by a research‑made questionnairewith confirmed validity and reliability. This questionnaire included 36 questions divided in four partsincluding demographic data, knowledge, attitude, and performance ranking.STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data were analyzed using SPSS 20. Statistical test for quantitativeand qualitative variables was carried out by mean ± standard deviation and percentage or number,respectively. For analyzing variables, Student’s t‑test and Chi‑square test were used.RESULTS: In this study, 150 medical students with a mean age of 24.48 ± 1.48 years participatedof which 40% of them were male. The mean score of Student’s knowledge about PMR and its rolein diagnosis and treatment of disorders was 5.16 ± 1.90, and 91.3% had low level of knowledge.The mean score of student’s attitude toward PMR and its role in the diagnosis and treatment ofmusculoskeletal problems was 3.33 ± 0.46, and 69.3% had attitude level above the average.Evaluation of student’s performance showed that when they manage patients with musculoskeletalproblems as general physician, they refer the patients to physiatrists at the first step if it is necessary.CONCLUSION: Understanding the factors influencing the attitudes and knowledge of medical studentsis prime to help establishing the roles, providing proper facilities, carrying out successful planning totrain expert physicians and create a motivated environment in medical schools.

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The role of educating health‑care personnel in prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID‑19: A narrative mini review

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Performance analysis of data mining algorithms for diagnosing COVID‑19

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Survey of medical students’ attitude and knowledge toward physical medicine and rehabilitation in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

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