فهرست مطالب
Future of Medical Education Journal
Volume:8 Issue: 2, Jun 2018
- تاریخ انتشار: 1397/06/06
- تعداد عناوین: 8
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Pages 3-7BackgroundIdentifying the needs and priorities of accountable education is an important issue for providing needs based training and empowering students in responding to the real needs of the community. The present study was conducted to
identify and prioritize accountable educational needs in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences.MethodsThis is a qualitative research. The participants in this study were selected through purposive sampling. The participants consisted of faculty members (18 people) as well as experienced managers and experts in healthcare centers and hospitals (16 people). A four-stage framework was conducted for this study. The stages included the provision of the initial list of accountable education needs, evaluation of the initial list by the experts, provision of the final list of needs for prioritization, and identification of appropriate solutions to meet the priorities obtained.ResultsResults of the prioritization of accountable education areas indicated road accidents as first priority with the highest mean score. Medical ethics and stress management were respectively the second and third priorities.ConclusionIdentifying the priorities of accountable education may result in optimal use of limited resources in order to functionalize the education provided to students and also to be used in researchKeywords: Health Education, Medical education, Health Priorities -
Pages 8-12BackgroundOne of the most important issues is the best method to teach embryology course to medical students. Small group discussion (SGD) were used to working together, integral to learningdeveloping intellectual skills and interactive learning experience.MethodsThe 72 medical students were equally randomizedto the SGD (group I) and usual lecture based teaching (LBT), (group II) in general embryology course. The position of both groups changed in systems-base embryology. A pre-test and two of post-
tests (beginning; midterm for general embryology; final for systems-base embryology) were used to assess embryology knowledge of students with using an independentt-test. The questionnaire were designed to collect the attitudes of the students about the SGT.ResultsResults showed no significant difference of the mean score between the two groups from the pre-test. The mean score of the SGD group compared to the LBT group significantly increased in general embryology(17.9±2.2, n=33 vs. 15.3±1.1, n=35) and in system-base embryology (17.5±1.2, n=31 vs. 14.3±3.2, n=32). Based on the questionnaires data, SGT was useful for effective interactivity (87.85%) and interpret the congenital disease. Students interested to use of the SGD in other course (86.47%) and they agreed (87.8%) traditional teaching methods are better for learning embryology.ConclusionThe SGT creating more collaboration, good performance, active participation, improves the anatomy knowledge and attitudes of medical students. Result suggested we will use of this teaching strategy in our universityKeywords: Embryology, Medical students, Small group discussion -
Pages 13-20BackgroundBecause of the importance of community health and the growing need for health care Health organizations have expanded their scope and with an entrepreneurial approach seeking to upgrade their performance. Knowledge is the most important capital of organizations and key factor in economics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge management on organizational entrepreneurship through learning capacity.MethodsThis research was an applied type, and in terms of method, it was a descriptive survey. The statistical population of the research was the Hospital health staff of Guilan province in 2016, the statistical sample estimated 370 by Morgan table. This research was conducted with three standard knowledge management questionnaires, organizational entrepreneurship and learning capacity with structural equation modeling and smartpls2 software. The reliability of the research tools were calculated Organizational Entrepreneurship 0.88, Knowledge Management 0.93, and Learning Capacity 0.85, respectively.ResultsKnowledge management 0.46 and organizational learning capacity have positive effect on organizational entrepreneurship. Also, knowledge distribution 0.94 and knowledge storage 90% and interaction with environment 0.84 and participatory decision-making 0.82 were identified as the most important factors of knowledge management and organizational learning capacity.ConclusionManagers are encouraged to pay attention to organizational learning capacity and knowledge management skills to increase organizational entrepreneurship. Improvement and attention to knowledge management and the expansion of organizational learning capacity can strengthen entrepreneurship. Therefore, health managers and policymakers should consider these issuesKeywords: Hospital, Knowledge Management, Organizational Entrepreneurship, Organizational Learning
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Pages 21-27BackgroundThe aim of current study was to identify the most suitable strategies for faculty development and improving educational potential of faculty members in medical sciences.MethodsThe study was cross-sectional. First, using the literature and with the help of experts, a list of all suitable strategies for faculty development was extracted. Then the questionnaire was created based on that list and after determination of its reliability and validity using retest method (correlation coefficient=0.87) was distributed among 96 faculty members of the faculty of Medicine in the target university whom were selected using random sampling method. The results were then analyzed using descriptive and analytical methods.ResultsThe strategies of workshops, observation the excellence performance, short courses and fellowships had the maximum average scores (2.59, 2.51, 2.42 and 2.33), and monitoring the performance of the faculty with the average score of 1.67 was determined to be the lowest average. The results showed that workshop solutions, short-term training courses and Fellowship are related to the faculty member's age groups. (P-ValueConclusionThe results showed that most suitable strategies for improving the educational performance of faculty members included workshops, short-term training courses, fellowships and observation on the best performance.Keywords: Development, Education, Faculty members, Strategies
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Pages 28-32BackgroundThe dramatic increase in the number of general practitioners and their limited job situations has increased the desire to continue studies in specialized fields. However, different fields are not desired in the same way. Therefore, to plan for the guidance of general practitioners towards fields needed for the society, understanding the motives for choosing a field is necessary. The present study is aimed to investigate the incentives affecting the selection of specialty field in the students of medicine of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 243 interns. In this study, the medical school graduation questionnaire was used. After collecting the data, they were first coded into fields and then in four groups of surgery, internal medicine, diagnostics medicine, and psychiatry and analyzed using SPSS software version 19 and Chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests.ResultsIn this study, the five most popular fields were radiology, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, pathology, and dermatology, respectively. Fields with the least interest were infectious diseases, oncology and internal medicine. There was a significant difference between the desired field and sex (p = 0.003). Among factors affecting the choice of specialty, good income had the highest mean, which was significantly different between men and women (p = 0.011).ConclusionCurrently, it seems that students are more concerned with issues such as income and the ease of study than they are concerned with their interests and academic qualities and competenciesKeywords: Field selection, Incentive, Students
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Pages 33-37BackgroundOne of the important elements of medical education is morning report. The method of a morning report depends on the addressed group and its purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational quality of morning report sessions from the perspective of Mashhads pediatric interns.MethodsThe population included pediatric interns of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire included the intern's attitudes towards the general medicines morning report as compared with those of residents. The credibility of the questionnaire was estimated by experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.93. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-sample T-test) using SPSS 19.ResultsInvestigating 14 items showed that, apart from the mental relaxation item in which t=1.372 was not significant at α = 0.05, the interns recognized all the items as appropriate. According to them, these sessions provide more opportunity for content presentation, question and answer, creating satisfaction, more discussion in different fields, more education and usefulness, and provide further evaluation of interns.ConclusionBased on the findings of this study, from the perspective of pediatric interns, the condition of general medicines morning reports in hospitals is favorableKeywords: General Medicine, Interns, Medical education, Morning Report
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Pages 38-43BackgroundConsidering the importance of two variables of stigma and empathy in the care of patients with psychiatric disorders and the impact of cultural conditions on them, there is evidence that these two variables have reciprocal effects.ObjectiveTo determine the correlation between stigma and empathy toward psychiatric disorders in nursing studentsMethodsIn this descriptive correlational study, 155 nursing students who were attending mental health education at Avicenna Psychiatric Hospital in Mashhad were selected as available. The data collection tool was a questionnaire of Kassam health care provider stigma and Jefferson Nurses empathy questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and analytical statistics.ResultsPearson correlation test showed that there was a significant difference between mean total score of stygie (r = 0.23, p = 0.004) and subscale of social responsibility (r = 0.29, pConclusionThe results showed that there is an inverse relationship between social responsibility of patients with psychiatric disorders and empathy. Therefore, it is recommended that educational interventions should be considered in accordance with the community culture in order to promote empathy and reduce stigma in nursing studentsKeywords: Stigma, Empathy, psychiatric disorders, nursing
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Developing Educational Competencies Required for the Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency Program in Iran: A Competency-based CurriculumPages 44-50BackgroundCurriculum design and development are among the key components of medical education. Today, the dominant approach to curriculum planning is the competency-based approach. However, despite the emphasis posed by the medical education scientific community on this approach, medical education in both undergraduate and graduate levels in Iran continues to be delivered traditionally. As it is highly important for infectious diseases specialists to acquire the necessary competencies for the treatment of patients with infectious diseases, this study aimed to identify and present such competencies through localizing the competencies laid down by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the United States.MethodsThis study built on ACGME competencies as its point of departure. The Delphi method was used to extract the required items (i.e., competencies) into a questionnaire. When the content and face validity as well as the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed, copies of the questionnaire were distributed among faculty members, specialists and residents. The items were prioritized according to the scores given by the participants.ResultsAccording to the results of this study, one general rotation and ten specialized rotations were defined for infectious diseases residents. In each rotation, the expected competencies are enlisted. These competencies are categorized differently in competency-based curricula for the infectious diseases specialty residency programs.ConclusionAccording to characteristics of a competency-based curriculum, accountable physicians can be assuredly expected to be trained according to the requirements of the community in case they are trained within such a programKeywords: Competency, based curriculum, Infectious diseases, Outcome, based curriculum