Background and aim: Minimally invasive surgery represents the actual tendency in many medical domains including urology. Gaining practical skills for these procedures becomes essential when preparing the future resident physicians in urology. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that using medical simulation as an education tool improves the practical skills of the urology house officers in laparoscopy by using an accessible tool such as a box trainer. Methods: The study includes the objective and subjective evaluation of the practical skills of 54 students with no experience in laparoscopy. Each participant was evaluated before doing the practical activity on the simulator both in a subjective manner by filling a self-evaluation form and also objectively by timing the duration of doing laparoscopic basic tasks, knot tying and realizing a continuous suture. The participants were divided in two groups (A-28 participants, B-26 participants). Each group executed the same procedures with the same instruments, but with a different teaching technique. Results and conclusions: Medical education with the help of a laparoscopic box trainer simulator is a useful tool for improving practical abilities and the time of execution of general procedures.
Background and Aim: The prevalence of high-risk behaviors is one of the most serious issues threatening the health of young people. The first step in preventing youth risk-taking is to recognize the problem and its dimensions. The purpose of this study was to investigate high- Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted from March to August 2019. The sample set was 4,000 students. Data was collected by multi-stage sampling at eight universities in Tehran. Demographic information and standard youth-risk questionnaires were used. SPSS 19 software was used to perform an independent t-test, Pearson ANOVA, and linear regression at a significance level of 0.05 on the questionnaire data collected. Results: The mean of the total tendency to high-risk behavior was 130.34±40.37. Significant risks identified were driving (27.3±8.33), violence (18.86±6.4), smoking (18.86±7.68), drugs (22.47±8.83), alcohol (24.10±8.57), and high-risk sexual behavior (18.47±7.49). High-risk behaviors were more common in men, single people, and people living in dormitories (P<0.05). Age and gender were the best-correlated predictors of students' high-risk behaviors. Conclusions: Results show that the tendency to high-risk behaviors in students is a worrying situation. as, at younger ages, the tendency to engage in high-risk behaviors is greater. Among young men and in dormitory life, students are more prone to high-risk behaviors. So, more monitoring in dormitories, especially male dormitories, and better planning and education to reduce high-risk behaviors among students, is necessary.
