Background and Aim: Academic burnout is the feeling of inadequacy and mental fatigue induced by chronic stress in students lacking the necessary resources to carry out their duties and tasks assigned to them. This study aimed to determine academic burnout and some related factors in medical students of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad in 2015-2016. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 181 medical students in degrees of basic sciences, traineeship, and internship were selected by convenience sampling. The data collection instrument was the Persian version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey and a checklist of demographic variables. The collected data were analyzed using SPSSv. 18 software, descriptive and analytical tests, such as t-test and ANOVA. Results: The mean total score of academic burnout was 34.69 ± 14.69. It was concluded that 23.2% of the subjects had a high level of burnout and 51.4% a moderate level. No significant relationship was found between age, marital status, having the second job, and the educational level without any of the dimensions and the total score of the burnout questionnaire (P>0.05). The mean of academic dissatisfaction was higher in men than in women (p = 0.01). With regard to the place of residence, the mean score of inefficiency in the student home was significantly higher than that of the dormitory (p = 0.04). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that a significant percentage of students suffer from academic burnout. In this study, female gender played a protective role in the dimension of academic dissatisfaction and living in a dormitory in the area of inefficiency.

Background and aims:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Iranian women .One of the challenges of educational planners in gamut of reproductive health is how to deliver effective medical and health instructions. It feels and absolute need to have a native Educational model. This study attempted to determine the effect of breast cancer screening education based on SHEP (Systematic comprehensive Health Education and Promotion) model to Healthy volunteers on women's attitude covered by Mashhad health centers.Methods:This was a quasi-experimental study with two group/ Trainers and Audients, done in 2 urban health centers affiliated to Mashhad district health authority, divided randomly to experimental and control centers. 6 health volunteers and 60 women with random selected from each center were the sample of the study. An 8-hour workshop conformity SHEP model was conducted over two days for health volunteers in experimental group. In both centers 10 women were allocated for each health volunteer, were taken a pre-test with a breast self-examination checklist, and a questionnaire evaluating their knowledge and attitude about breast cancer screening and intend to do mammography and clinical examination. 2-hour educational session was performed for them by health volunteers, immediately and 4 weeks after educational sessions 2 post-tests were taken. Research data were processed and analyzed, using t-test, two-way ANOVA, Mann Whitney, Friedman, Chi Square, Fisher's exact test in SPSSv20Results:The mean scores of knowledge, attitude and practice was not statistically different between two groups in pre-test (p>0/05).There was a significant difference in mean scores of knowledge, attitude and practice between two groups immediately and one month after the intervention and on both times was higher in experimental group (p<0/05).Conclusion:Results of this study emphasize the efficiency of training based on SHEP model by usage peer Trainers on women's short and long term knowledge promotion about breast cancer screening, their attitude reformation toward breast cancer screening and improvement their performance in breast self-examination and intention to mammography and clinical breast examination.