جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Faculty Members » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Faculty members can provide services in the university in the best way when they have knowledge and awareness of the goals of the organization and their role in determining those goals. Therefore, the organizational socialization of this group at the beginning of entering the university is one of the most important issues to take advantage of this power. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the need for socialization in the new faculty members of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences.

This study was conducted using a qualitative method by semi-structured interviews. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with 6 educational managers and accessible sampling with 10 new academic faculty members, and the challenges and solutions of this field in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences were determined. The data was analyzed using the directed content analysis method. The data were analyzed using the framework content analysis method.

The most important problems identified for new academic staff members include: lack of knowledge of work and administrative issues of the university (work processes, rules and regulations, etc.), lack of familiarity with teaching methods and interaction with students, and insufficient ability in this field, and lack of familiarity with the duties of the academic staff.

The findings of the research showed that the existence of a codified and comprehensive program to acquaint faculty members with the structure and function of the university, rules and regulations, priority programs of the university, communication with students and improving teaching ability in the early years of the faculty member's entry into the university is necessary.

  Professional development and increasing the knowledge and skills of professors are necessary for the success of the efforts made in terms of improving educational systems. Meanwhile, psychological capital and reducing work-family conflict play a constructive role in achieving these goals. The current study aimed to investigate the potential correlation between psychological capital and work-family conflict and professional development among faculty members at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

  The current study employed a quantitative approach. The research method used was descriptive and correlational, utilizing structural equation modeling. The study focused on the faculty members of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2022. According to the statistical resources, there were 793 faculty members at the university during the mentioned period. As per Morgan's table, the sample size consisted of 260 individuals. The instruments utilized to collect the required data were a professional development questionnaire of faculty members developed by Davarpanah (2018), Luthans et al.’s (2007) psychological capital questionnaire, and Carlson et al.’s (2000) work-family conflict questionnaire. To statistically analyze the research data, SPSS software (version 23) was first used to verify the normality of the studied variables. To calculate the correlation coefficients between them, AMOS version 23 was utilized.

  According to the correlation matrix table, there was a significant correlation between professional development and psychological capital. Also, there was an inverse and significant correlation between work-family conflict and psychological capital, and there was a non-significant correlation between professional development and work-family conflict. The psychological capital coefficient of influence on professional development was 0.61, and work-family conflict had a -0.11 impact factor on professional development. Therefore, it can be stated that psychological capital has a significant relationship with professional development and work-family conflict has an inverse and significant relationship with professional development. The measurement models fit well based on the results of confirmatory factor analysis and assessment indices. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.951.

  Based on the results of the current study, it is concluded that the psychological capital play a vital role in professional development of faculty members. Furthermore, work-family conflict may cause the negative and noteworthy consequences in association with professional development of faculty members.

The academic promotion of faculty members is directly related to the promotion of universities, especially medical universities that are responsible for educating medical students. In this regard, this study aims to explore the barriers, solutions and effective motivational factors in the process of academic promotion for clinical faculty members in Iran.

This is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. Semi-structured interviews with 9 clinical professors from Jahrom University of Medical Sciences who were experienced the promotion process were used to collect data. The collected information was analyzed based on Colaizzi’s seven-step method.

Based on the analysis, 69 primary codes and semantic units were extracted which led to identifying 10 main themes and 23 sub-themes in three areas of barriers to promotion (lack of knowledge of professors regarding the promotion process, lack of human resources, structural challenges, regulation challenges, audit board challenges), solutions to overcome barriers (increasing professors’ awareness, developing facilities, modifying the evaluation system), and motivational factors (Intrinsic and extrinsic factors). 

The findings of the present research revealed a new perspective on the challenges of type 3 universities in Iran regarding the academic promotion process for clinical professors. To improve the process, it is recommended that, the awareness of professors about the promotion regulations and their indicators and clauses should be increased by holding workshops. Experts should be assigned to help them. The promotion regulations should be modified according to the status and characteristics of clinical professors. Intrinsic motivational factors including the salary and the reward system should be strengthened for them.

In universities, the issue of attracting and retaining faculty members is of great importance. If this is not possible for any reason, it can lead to the academic stagnation of academic staff members the loss of motivation in their career path, and interruption in the implementation of their seven duties. Considering the importance of the advancement of academic staff members as educational and research elites of the country and their significant role in training skilled human resources, especially the role of academic staff members of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in training graduates of medical sciences that are related to the general health of the society, are related, this study was carried out to identify, diagnosing the factors and ways to prevent their scientific stagnation.

This study was conducted with a qualitative method from January to December 2023. In this research, according to the nature of qualitative research, to explain the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of the participants, the purposeful sampling method with maximum diversity was used, as well as the snowball sampling method because the goal was to select participants, Which was a rich source of information and helped the researcher to better understand the concept of scientific stagnation. The participants were faculty members who had been faculty members for at least 10 years. In addition to conducting in-depth and semi-structured interviews, upstream documents and the results of similar studies were also examined.

In total, 3 themes, 18 categories, and 118 codes were extracted as follows: The main themes of this study are the causes of scientific stagnation, the challenges of the advancement path, and the strategies to prevent scientific stagnation. The theme of scientific stagnation includes 47 codes and 6 categories (individual, organizational, psychological, skill, job, and research factors). The content of the challenges of the promotion path, including 33 codes and 6 categories (the challenges of the path of the promotion regulations, challenges in cultural, educational, research, executive activities, and challenges of examining cases for promotion of scientific rank). The content of the solutions to prevent scientific stagnation includes 38 codes and 6 categories (the solution to prevent scientific stagnation in connection with the regulation of promotion, cultural, educational, research, executive activities, and the review of files for the promotion of scientific rank.)

Based on the results of the present study, the researchers identified the causes of scientific stagnation; also, they believe that revising the promotion regulations is the most important way to prevent scientific stagnation. They stated that in the revision of the bylaws, in addition to the quantitative indicators, in each of the scoring factors, their quality can also be addressed. In terms of education, the quality and innovation of education should be considered. In the research section, pay attention to the applicability of the research. They believed that scientific stagnation is preventable and can be countered through broader scientific productivity measures and reward systems that encourage innovative and exploratory projects. In the executive department, the quality of work and useful changes and developments during the executive activity should be the criteria. In cultural activities, pay attention to social and quality activities; also, they brought up the faster process of promotion cases and the existence of elite human resources to handle possible problems. They stated that with the approach of delegating authority to the country's medical sciences universities and revising the promotion and promotion bylaws, it is possible to deal with the factors causing scientific stagnation and take a step towards a responsive university.

Musculoskeletal disorders are among the health challenges for faculty members, affecting their performance and work-related quality of life. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between these disorders and the ergonomic features of their workstations.

This research was conducted among 22 faculty members after obtaining informed consent and using a census method. The prevalence of disorders was assessed using the Cornell questionnaire, and the evaluation of the workstation was performed using the Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) method. Then, 14 anthropometric dimensions (differentiated by gender) were measured, and 13 workstation characteristics were assessed. Finally, 11 criteria were used for anthropometric fitness evaluation. Moreover, data analysis was carried out using SPSS software (version 26).

Approximately 46% of the participants had experienced pain and discomfort in one of the musculoskeletal areas, with the wrist, neck, shoulder, and lower back being the most affected areas, respectively. The ROSA results indicated that 22.73% of the participants' workstations required ergonomic improvements. The most significant mismatches were found in the criteria of 1) trunk length-chair backrest length, 2) thigh thickness in a seated position-distance between thighs and desk, and 3) shoulder width-chair seat width.

The signs of a connection between the high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and the lack of anthropometric compatibility/inadequate knowledge among faculty members in the field of ergonomics were observed. This issue underscores the importance of considering ergonomic/anthropometric characteristics of office desks and chairs during the procurement of office supplies and emphasizes the need to enhance ergonomics knowledge.

Educational grand rounds are a special form of clinical education that are used in many medical and academic centers in Iran. This study aims to survey the perceptions of faculty members, residents, interns, externs, and students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (JUMS) regarding the grand rounds held in the internal department  a hospital in Jahrom, Iran.

This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 83 people (faculty members, residents, interns, externs, students) in the internal department of Seyyed al-Shohada Hospital affiliated to JUMS  in 2023. The data collection tools included a demographic form and a standard Grand Round questionnaire. 

According to the majority of participants, the held grand rounds were at a good or very good level. Most of them perceived the presence of the intern in the grand rounds as useful and necessary. Moreover, 62% perceived that holding the Grand Round in a classroom and presentation by the professors was more efficient. Also, 58.9%  perceived the discussion about differential diagnoses as the best strategy for introducing the patient. 

The perceptions of the majority of faculty members, residents, externs and interns of JUMS regarding the held grand rounds are higher than perceptions of students.

Coaching is one of the new methods in medical science education that plays an important role in meeting the needs of learners. The requirement of professional coaching is the growth and development of faculty members. The issue of coaching education and the growth and development of faculty members and their role in clinical education is felt more than ever before. Therefore, in the current research, a reverse process has been done for the autopsy of this knowledge. Therefore, this study has been done with an overview of the application of the coaching approach in the growth of faculty members and especially its application in higher health education. The present study is a systematic review in which the keywords were determined based on MESH and then searched in Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, Google scholar, Pubmed, Iran Medex, SID, Uptodate, and Magiran databases in the period of 2003-2021. Two languages Persian and English were conducted and during 5 stages of review, 34 articles were found, including 17 English articles and 17 Persian articles. There has been very little examination of the results of this in the field of medical sciences; However, using the models of coaching and development of faculty members of other universities can greatly help the process of organizational improvement of higher health education. Based on the results of studies, coaching plays a significant role in the development of faculty members of higher health education and health and treatment approaches. Injecting the concept of coaching and its role in the growth of faculty members is a road map for improving the quality of higher health education and applying their principles in the operational plan of the health system transformation document and a practical goal in providing health and treatment services.

Academic satisfaction is an effective structure in education. Compliance with professional ethics standards by faculty members is very important. This present systematic review aims to assess the professional ethics of faculty members and its’ relationship with students' satisfaction with education.

In this systematic review, articles published between April 2014 and December 2023 were examined. Internal databases including,Noormags, Civillica, SID, Magiran, and Google Scholar search engine were used to collect articles. In order to search the main keywords including Professional Ethics, students, faculty members, academic satisfaction were used in Persian sources. After evaluating the inclusion criteria and the quality of the articles, 14 studies were found to be eligible and included in the present study.

The results of past studies show that the professional ethics of faculty members was average. Among the components of professional ethics of faculty members, we can mention keeping students' secrets, professional ability, evaluating students, and communication skills. Among the dimensions of professional ethics, compliance with justice has the greatest impact on students' academic satisfaction. Since students feel gender discrimination, professors should be careful in implementing their procedures and act in such a way that students do not feel gender discrimination.

The results of the studies indicate the role and importance of professional ethics of faculty members on students' academic satisfaction.

 Due to the progress and expansion of medical science, innovation and promotion of community-oriented medical education has a significant impact on the quality of medical services. The existence of creativity and innovation in every field of medical education among faculty members and their innovative performance can provide a suitable platform for improving the quality of medical education. Meanwhile, self-management skills and professional development play a constructive role in improving the knowledge and skills of faculty members to achieve these goals. The research aimed to investigate the potential correlation between self-leadership and innovative job performance among the faculty members at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

The current study employed a quantitative approach with a practical purpose. The research method was descriptive and correlational, utilizing structural equation modeling. We focused on the faculty members of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences during the academic year 2021-2022. According to the statistical resources, there were 793 faculty members at the university in the mentioned period. As per Morgan's table, the sample size consisted of 260 individuals. The methods utilized to collect the required data were the standard questionnaire of occupational innovation developed by Etlai and Akif (1982), the professional development questionnaire of faculty members developed by Davarpanah (2018), and the self-leadership questionnaire developed by Rahimi, et al. (2019). To statistically analyze the research data, the SPSS 23 software was used to verify the normality of the studied variables. To calculate the correlation coefficients between them, AMOS Ver. 23 was utilized.

According to the correlation matrix table, there was a direct and significant relationship between professional development, self-leadership, and inventive performance. The measurement models fit well based on the results of confirmatory factor analysis and assessment indices. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.82. The self-leadership coefficient of influence on work innovation was 0.37, self-leadership had a 0.38 coefficient of influence on professional progress, and professional development had a 0.31 impact factor on job innovation.

  This study revealed that faculty members' self-leadership and professional development had a positive and statistically significant effect on their innovative career performance. The results also confirmed the mediating function of professional development in the relationship between self-leadership and innovative career performance.

This research aimed to provide a model for empowering the academic staff members to enhance medical sciences.

This research had a mixed-method design (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population for the qualitative part included start-up experts, and the quantitative part included all academic staff members working in the medical units of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran. In the qualitative part of the study, a purposive sampling approach was utilized to select participants. On the other hand, a randomly clustered sampling technique was employed for the quantitative part to ensure a representative sample.   The research tool consisted of a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made Likert-scale questionnaire. T-test and multivariate regression were computed using SPSS 23.

The effect of various components on empowerment, listed in order of priority based on the beta coefficients, is as follows: marketing and commercialization of knowledge (β=0.354), attracting business elites (β=0.306), knowledge sharing (β=0.265), analysis of financial risk (β=0.143), formation of business support association (β=0.111), value design and use of new technologies (β=0.075), financial and legal support of the government (0.066) =β), environmental changes (β=0.056), increasing value-creating activities (β=0.044), infrastructure provision (β=0.037), and discussion about startups (β=0.024).

The effectiveness of business activities in the competitive landscape of launching start-ups is enhanced through the empowerment of academic staff members. Empowered academic staff members enable managers to clearly understand their organization's position and make informed decisions in response to the prevailing conditions. This empowerment enables them to identify the appropriate application areas and take strategic steps towards developing medical knowledge.

Faculty members are one of the major factors in the structure of higher education in a country.Therefore,the development of faculty members as part of university-level human resources management has a special place in university management. The faculty members development is key to promoting the quality of higher education. The purpose of this study was to develop a model of development faculty members at Farhangian University.

The present study was conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach and using the grounded theory approach.Data were collected and analyzed using semi-structured interviews,focusing on the two traits of twist and compeer in three stages of open coding, axial coding and selective coding were collected and analyzed used MAXQDA software.Sampling was purposeful and theoretical. To evaluate the validity of the theory based on the present research,three methods of participant review and review of non-participating experts and questionnaire capability were used.

Based on the interviews, 650 codes or basic concepts, 92 sub-categories and 14 main categories were extracted; the extracted categories were analyzed in the form of a paradigm model.
 

Findings show that the main categories of Faculty development in Farhangian University are based on antecedents, processes and outcomes. It is suggested that academic policymakers have a systematic view on the theory and practice of this paradigm. Because, each of these categories are effective in planning, organizing and optimally leading the development of faculty members.

The faculty members of Universities experience significant level of job stress due to their multiple roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of organizational justice and work-family conflict in the job stress of academic staff members of Guilan University of Medical Sciences.

This is a cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational design study. The statistical population of this study comprised faculty members of Guilan University of Medical Sciences about 452. The participants were selected through convenience sampling, and 127 individuals were enrolled in the study. R. S. Eliot job stress (1994), Niehof & Moorman organizational justice (1993), and work-family conflict Carlson, Kacmar & Williams (2000) questionnaires were utilized for data collection. The data were analyzed via Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analysis with IBM SPSS.  

 There was a significant negative correlation between job stress and organizational justice (r = -0.324, P = 0.001). Moreover, a significant positive correlation exists between job stress and work-family conflict (r=0.620, P=0.001). The results of multiple analyses implied that job stress is significantly explained by organizational justice (b= -0.066, P=0.039) and work-family conflict (b=0.310, P=0.001) (P<0.001).

Universities, as a systematic social structure, in line with their human resource management, can increase their staff performance by identifying factors which lead to improvement in understanding of organizational justice and reducing job stress, by this the organizational efficiency can be risen.

 The field of “medical library and information science” has a broad research platform due to its interdisciplinary nature. However, the lack of resources necessitates the attention to research priorities in this field. This study aims to identify the research priorities of Iranian faculty members and PhD students in medical library and information science.

 This is a descriptive survey study that was conducted in 2020. The study population included all PhD students (n=45) and faculty members (n=36) in medical library and information sciences from different medical universities of Iran. Sampling was done by a census method. The data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s alpha (α= 0.98). The data analysis was performed in SPSS statistical software on the data from 64 questionnaires using descriptive statistics (Mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (T-test and Friedman’s test).

 Friedman's test results showed that research priorities of faculty members were education (Mean=4.01), entrepreneurship (Mean=3.96) and research (Mean=3.80); For the students, the research priorities were evidence-based practice (Mean=4.15), information literacy (Mean=3.87) and education (Mean= 3.76).

 Replacing traditional and theoretical topics with practical and future-based topics can be effective in preventing waste of time and resources in future studies.

The purpose of this study is to narrate the experiences of a university professor on the path to becoming a faculty member in the universities of the Ministry of Science and the problems of promoting the academic rank of professors in higher education in Iran.

The research method was interpretive paradigm, qualitative approach and the narrative-research method was biographical. Atlas TI software was used to analyze the research data.

Findings of the research in the field of challenges and problems to reach the faculty of universities showed that in some universities, faculty members are selected based on the tastes, views and perspectives of the department, faculty and university and less to discuss the qualifications and scientific and research background.

Faculty members in the university must have certain research criteria to be promoted, and professors are in a difficult position due to the dominance of the quantitative view. Therefore, in the discussion and conclusion, further description of the findings was mentioned and also practical suggestions were presented.