Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Online classes versus traditional classes? Comparison during COVID‑19

. Sanjana Kumari; . Hitender Gautam; . Neha Nityadarshini; . Bimal Kumar Das; . Rama Chaudhry

Volume 11, Issue 11 , December 2021, , Pages 1-4

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BACKGROUND: Nowadays, the use of Internet with e‑learning resources anytime and anywhereleads to interaction possibilities among teachers and students from different parts of the ... Read More

Students’ perspectives on the virtual teaching challenges in the COVID‑19 pandemic: A qualitative study

. Forough Mortazavi; . Raha Salehabadi; . Masoume Sharifzadeh; . Fatemeh Ghardashi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The COVID‑19 pandemic led to the closure of crowded places such as universitiesand replaced face‑to‑face learning with virtual education. The purpose of this qualitative ... Read More

Sabbatical as a part of the academic excellence journey: A narrative qualitative study

. Mohammad H. Yarmohammadian; . Patricia Davidson; . Chao Hsing Yeh

Volume 8, Issue 9 , September 2018, , Pages 1-14

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INTRODUCTION: Sabbaticals were first offered by Harvard University in the late 17th century toprovide “renewal” for faculty members. In this period of career development, ... Read More

Assessing critical thinking in medical sciences students in two sequential semesters: Does it improve?

. Zeinab-Sadat Athari; . Sayyed-Mostafa Sharif; . Ahmad Reza Nasr; . Mehdi Nematbakhsh

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2013, , Pages 1-5

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Objectives: Critical thinking is an important outcome criterion of higher education in anydiscipline. Medical and paramedical students always encounter with many new problems inclinical ... Read More

Determination of rate of customer focus in educational programs at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences1 based on students’ viewpoints

. Assadollah Shams; . Mohammad Hosein Yarmohammadian; . Hadi Hayati Abbarik

Volume 2, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 1-6

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Background: Today, the challenges of quality improvement and customer focus as well as systemsdevelopment are important and inevitable matters in higher education institutes. There ... Read More Background: Today, the challenges of quality improvement and customer focus as well as systemsdevelopment are important and inevitable matters in higher education institutes. There are somehighly competitive challenges among educational institutes, including accountability to social needs,increasing costs of education, diversity in educational methods and centers and their consequentincreasing competition, and the need for adaptation of new information and knowledge to focuson students as the main customers. Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine the rateof costumer focus based on Isfahan University of Medical Sciences students’ viewpoints and tosuggest solutions to improve this rate. Materials and Methods: This was a cross‑sectional studycarried out in 2011. The statistical population included all the students of seven faculties of IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences. According to statistical formulae, the sample size consisted of384 subjects. Data collection tools included researcher‑made questionnaire whose reliability wasfound to be 87% by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Finally, using the SPSS statistical software andstatistical methods of independent t‑test and one‑way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Likert scalebased data were analyzed. Results: The mean of overall score for customer focus (student‑centered)of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences was 46.54. Finally, there was a relation between themean of overall score for customer focus and gender, educational levels, and students’ faculties.Researcher suggest more investigation between Medical University and others. Conclusion: It isa difference between medical sciences universities and others regarding the customer focus area,since students’ gender must be considered as an effective factor in giving healthcare services quality.In order to improve the customer focus, it is essential to take facilities, field of study, faculties, andsyllabus into consideration.

Information and communications technology, culture, and medical universities: Organizational culture and netiquette among academic staff

. Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian,; . Hoorsana Iravani; . Mehdi Abzari

Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 1-6

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Introduction: Netiquette is appropriate behavioral etiquette when communicating throughcomputer networks or virtual space. Identification of a dominant organizational culture andits ... Read More Introduction: Netiquette is appropriate behavioral etiquette when communicating throughcomputer networks or virtual space. Identification of a dominant organizational culture andits relationship with a network culture offers applied guidelines to top managers of the university to expand communications and develop and learn organization through the use of theinternet. The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between netiquette andorganizational culture among faculty members of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS), Iran. Materials and Methods: To achieve this aim, the research method in this studywas correlational research, which belonged to the category of descriptive survey research.The target population comprised of 594 faculty members of the IUMS, from which a sample of150 was randomly selected, based on a simple stratified sampling method. For collecting therequired data, two researcher-made questionnaires were formulated. Even as the first questionnaire tended to measure the selected sample members’ organizational culture accordingto Rabbin’s model (1999), the latter was designed in the Health Management and EconomicResearch Center (HMERC), to evaluate netiquette. The reliability of the questionnaires wascomputed by Choronbach’s alpha coefficient formula and they happened to be 0.97 and 0.89,respectively. Ultimately, SPSS Version #15 was used for the statistical analysis of the data.Results: The findings revealed that the organizational culture and netiquette were below average level among the sample members, signifying a considerable gap in the mean. In spite ofthat, there was no significant relationship between netiquette and the organizational cultureof the faculty members. Conclusion: Emphasizing the importance of cultural preparation anda network user’s training, this research suggests that the expansion of network culture rulesamong IUMS and organizational official communications, through the use of internet networks,in order to promote university netiquette and convenience in communication development, onthe basis of special etiquette.

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Online classes versus traditional classes? Comparison during COVID‑19

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Students’ perspectives on the virtual teaching challenges in the COVID‑19 pandemic: A qualitative study

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Sabbatical as a part of the academic excellence journey: A narrative qualitative study

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Assessing critical thinking in medical sciences students in two sequential semesters: Does it improve?

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Determination of rate of customer focus in educational programs at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences1 based on students’ viewpoints

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Information and communications technology, culture, and medical universities: Organizational culture and netiquette among academic staff

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