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Background and Aim: Although it is the twenty-first century, the leading cause of mortality in several countries still resides with infectious diseases. From among the infectious diseases, zoonoses, gain double importance because of their epidemiologic control nature. This study aimed to compare knowledge of medical students and graduates concerning zoonoses diseases. Methodology: In this descriptive-analytic study, 73 medical students and 58 participated who were selected by the census. To assess the participants' knowledge of zoonoses at the four levels of clinical symptoms, transmission, diagnosis and prevention methods, a researcher-made questionnaire was devised according to Diseases' Management and Prevention Booklet of the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Education upon supervision by infectious disease specialists. It had two sections: demographic characteristics and knowledge about the three diseases. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using t test. Findings: Students' mean scores about brucellosis, Crimean Congo, and rabies were 13.88 ± 2.47, 13.2 ± 2.16, and 11.11 ± 2.42 respectively, while those of the graduates were 14.29 ± 2.33, 13.91 ± 2.32, and 11.37 ± 2.33 respectively. The difference between awareness scores of students and graduates was not significant (p > 0.05). However, there was a significant difference in their awareness in terms of prevention of rabies and Crimean Congo (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings indicate that there is no difference between the awareness of students and graduates. This highlights the significance of education during academic studies. Thus, there should be further emphasis on educational planning during academic studies and on self-guiding learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: clinical education with patient-focused learning is very important in medical education. Therefore, it is very essential to select an appropriate education method. The current study was conducted to analyze the impact of simultaneous presentation of medical stager and inter in seminars provided with a pre-organizer strategy and from the students' perspective (2012-2013). Methods: this is a semi-experimental study with post-test method for a group of students. The students' perspective was evaluated via a questionnaire (including four arenas) designed by the researcher, after educating with seminar method and in the end of four semesters. The study population included stagers and interns studying during the four semesters. 33% of the students (36 people) were female and 70 students were male (66%). Results: the results presented that 57.7% of the students believed this method enhanced team-working, and 67.9 % believed it activated the students. 89.6% declared this method upgrades learning and 50.9% mentioned that it organized and categorized the information in students' mind. In total, 70.8% of the students preferred this method to other methods. There was no significant relationship between average, age, gender and grade with students' perspective in relation with the influence of this method in organizing information, increasing learning, activating students, and enhancing team-working (P>0.05). Conclusions: according to the results, this method in recommended and it upgrades the quality of clinical education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]