fa بررسی مقایسه‌ای دیدگاه دانشجویان رشته پزشکی و پرستاری در زمینۀ ایجاد و توسعۀ روش‌های پزشکی از راه دور Midwifery Orginal research <p>Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the viewpoints of medical and nursing students on development of telemedicine procedures at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Ninety medical students and 55 nursing students were selected using stratified random sampling in the first semester of 2011-2012. The students&#39; viewpoints on creation and development of telemedicine were measured using a questionnaire. The questionnaire included demographic section, and the students&#39; viewpoints on telemedicine and different telemedicine tools. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the Cronbach&#39;s alpha coefficient. Statistical tests were used to analyze the data including the t-test and ANOVA for quantitative variables and Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-squared tests for qualitative variables. Results: There were significant relationships between information literacy and organizational factors with gender (P&le;0.001). There were also significant relationships between the stakeholders&#39; factors with gender and family location (P&le;0.001). There were significant differences between the medical and nursing students&#39; viewpoints on the factor of stakeholders (p=0.029). Conclusion: Medical and nursing students&#39; viewpoints were similar except for the stakeholders factor. Community and family support for development of telemedicine tended to develop differences in the viewpoints of the students</p> Telemedicine, The internet, Medicine, Nursing, Iran 81 91 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-85-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Ahad Alizade احد علیزاده 10031947532846008096 10031947532846008096 No Akbar Mohammadi اکبر محمدی mohammadi8194@yahoo.com 10031947532846008097 10031947532846008097 Yes Hadi Hosseini هادی حسینی 10031947532846008098 10031947532846008098 No Mohammad Khadmloo محمد خادملو 10031947532846008099 10031947532846008099 No