The History of Nursing Research Methodology in Iran: A Mixed Methods Study

Introduction: Nursing research has dramatic effects on nursing practice. Studying the history of nursing research can provide valuable information about past challenges and future prospects. This study aimed to explore the history of nursing research methodology in Iran.Methods: This was a mixed methods study. In the quantitative part, articles published by nurses in the last four decades were reviewed using a checklist. In the qualitative part, several Iranian nursing doyens and experts were recruited through purposeful and snowball sampling and interviewed through semi-structured interviews. The main focus of the interviews was on the history of nursing research methodology in Iran. Qualitative data were analyzed through conventional content analysis. Finally, the findings of the two parts were merged.Results: The number of nursing articles and journals increased from 39 and one in the 1980s to respectively 461 and thirty in the 2010s. Articles published in the 1980s and the 1990s were mainly related to descriptive researches (91.9% and 88.4%, respectively), while articles in the 2000s were mainly related to quasi-experimental researches (42.8%) and articles in the 2000s were mainly related to quasi-experimental and experimental researches. Qualitative researches become common in the 2010s. The results of the qualitative part were presented based on three era.Conclusions: Nursing research in Iran has had significant improvements in the last three era. Yet, nurses need to make more serious attempts to provide conclusive evidence for nursing practice, improve the Iranians’ health status, and promote the position of nursing in Iran and the position of Iranian nursing in the world

The triangle of anxiety, perfectionism, and academic procrastination: exploring the correlates in medical and dental students

Abstract Introduction Academic procrastination is a common phenomenon among medical science students. This issue can negatively affect the students’ academic performance. The aim of this study was to investigate perfectionism and anxiety as potential predictors of academic procrastination in medical and dental students. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among medical and dental students of a public medical sciences university in the south of Iran. Students were assessed using the procrastination assessment scale for students (PASS), Tehran multidimensional perfectionism scale (TMPS), and anxiety subscale of the general health questionnaire (GHQ). Predictors of academic procrastination were evaluated using multiple regression analysis with adjustments made for gender and academic semester. Results A total of 176 medical and 79 dental students participated in the study. None of the perfectionism components were predictors of academic procrastination. However, anxiety was a significant predictor of academic procrastination in the total sample of students (standardized β = 0.404, p < 0.001), as well as dental (standardized β = 0.356, p < 0.001) and medical (standardized β = 0.478, p < 0.001) students. Anxiety and academic procrastination were both negatively correlated with students’ grade point averages. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that anxiety, as opposed to perfectionism, has a more significant influence on academic procrastination among medical and dental students. Interventions aimed at lowering anxiety may be beneficial for reducing academic procrastination, thereby enhancing the academic performance of the students

Does Academic Commitment Affect the Learners\' Progress through Academic Buoyancy? A Structural Equation Model

This study aims to test the proposed model of the relationship of some cognitive and motivational variables. The research method was correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of all female highschool students in Bandar Abbas in the academic year of 2018-2019 (1633 students) and the sampling method was multi-stage. The sample size was 600 people. Data collection tools were Hosseinchari and Dehghanizadeh Academic Well-being Questionnaire, and Human-Vogel & Rabe Academic Commitment Scale, and high school final exam score. Spearman correlation test and factor analysis were used for analysis. Results indicated significant relationship between academic commitment and academic achievement (r = 0.097, P≤0.05), academic achievement and investment dimension (R = 0.129, P≤ 0.01), and academic satisfaction and academic achievement dimension(R = 0.098, P≤0.05) and academic commitment with academic achievement level(R = 0.147, P≤0.01). There was also a significant relationship between dimension of commitment replacement and academic achievement (r = 0.132, P≤0.01). The analysis of standard and non-standard coefficients showed that except for the relationship between the dimensions of commitment and the overall score of commitment that was expected, other paths were not significant. Despite the results above, the model fit indices were good and indicated the moderate model fitness

Explaining the Residents’Perception of Desirable Clinical Education: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Background: Specialized and subspecialized medical education is of key importance in the higher education system due to the special role of residents in various fields in the educationalmedical system of universities and the important role of graduates of these fields as specialized and subspecialized physicians in the community health system; therefore, the examination of their views on desirable education can lead to the improvement of the quality of education. Objectives: The present study aimed to explain the views of residents of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, on desirable education. Methods: This study was performed using qualitative content analysis. A total of 17 participants were selected by purposive sampling in the academic year of 2019-2020 from the educational hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences and interviewed in face-to-face and semistructured manners. After collecting the data, all the interviews were implemented and reviewed, and categories were extracted. Results: Data analysis led to the extraction of six main themes, including capable clinical professors, effective clinical environments, comprehensive planning, comprehensive and preventive educational rules and regulations, efforts to improve educational processes, and educational management. Conclusion: Health promotion is one of the needs of today’s society. Clinical education should be responsive to society, and the desirability of this education will lead to community health promotion. In this regard, it is suggested that education and health officials take an effective step toward improving residency course education by proper planning, performing continuous evaluations of the status of residency education, and considering the factors affecting the desirable clinical education. Keywords: Residents, Content analysis, Clinical education, Qualitative stud