Leila Bazrafkan; Niko Yamani; Mahsa Shakour; Athar Omid; Zahra Johari; Azadeh Rooholamini
Volume 10, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 312-321
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Background & Objective: Globalization is one of the most important topics in higher education today which presents a powerful challenge and an opportunity for medical sciences university and healthcare provider Nowadays increasingly faced with healthcare challenges that require an understanding of ...
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Background & Objective: Globalization is one of the most important topics in higher education today which presents a powerful challenge and an opportunity for medical sciences university and healthcare provider Nowadays increasingly faced with healthcare challenges that require an understanding of global health trends and practices yet little is known about what constitutes appropriate global health training The main purpose of this research was to review the association between perception of globalization and information mastery and curriculum planning Methods: This was a descriptiveanalytical study on medical students The study population consisted of 180 medical sciences students who were selected with random sampling methods In order to measure attitudes of students towards globalization measures were developed and used by researchers For the purpose of evaluating of the validity of the measures construct validity was utilized by factor analysis In order to determine the reliability of the measures Cronbachs alpha was used as well Results: Findings indicated that the total respondents agreed or had positive approach towards globalization Based on the results of the factor analysis four factors ie personal and social attitude with 15 questions sociopolitical attitude and 7 question two questions for performance and the fourth factor was the resource management concept of globalization which were identified with only one question in the questionnaire Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results showed that there was no statistically significant association the students perspective and demographic variables gender school and age Conclusion: The positive perception of globalization highlighted the needs of global health educational competencies and approaches used in medical schools and the need to facilitate greater consensus amongst medical educators and students on appropriate global health training for future health care providers This process led to world integration density of human awareness and world culture formation
Behnam Sadeghirad; Ali-Akbar Haghdoost; Majid Fasihi Harandi; Azadeh Rooholamini
Volume 6, Issue 1 , July 2009, , Pages 10-20
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Background & Objective : In this study we aimed to evaluate the status of Worlds leading universities in PhD students education and to compare it with Iranian universities applying the approach of educational status evaluation in a research based way Methods: Using a systematic review ...
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Background & Objective : In this study we aimed to evaluate the status of Worlds leading universities in PhD students education and to compare it with Iranian universities applying the approach of educational status evaluation in a research based way Methods: Using a systematic review all documents present in the webs and related links of universities of first 10 countries in Shanghais Academic Ranking of World Universities were systematically reviewed information related to PhD education was systematically collected and analyzed Results : Reviewing 28 leading universities revealed that the educational model in educating PhD students in 22 of them was research based and the rest are using course based model Passing taught courses as an index in course based model is considered to be among minimum course requirements in most of the universities which are using research based model In cases where passing such courses is voluntarily a consultant professor plays a significant role in guiding the students in selecting and attending theoretical courses Conclusion : Based on the above explanation and similar to other successful countries it seems that it is time to create various models for training postgraduate students to meet industrial needs With revisions in educational curriculums purposeful attempts should be made to solve possible problems and train people who meet countrys developmental needs in regards with the twenty year prospect
Mahmoud Reza Dehghani; Abbas Kamyabi; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Azadeh Rooholamini; Zahra Hoseini Nejad; Nematollah Mousapour
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 67-76
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Background & Objective : Expensive medical educational cost long term education and difficult lessons all support this evidence that with unemployment of medical graduates in professional activities much national stock will be used vainly Due to lack of enough knowledge and documents about medical ...
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Background & Objective : Expensive medical educational cost long term education and difficult lessons all support this evidence that with unemployment of medical graduates in professional activities much national stock will be used vainly Due to lack of enough knowledge and documents about medical graduates career activities this study was conducted in order to evaluate their career status Methods : In a retrospective cohort study all 528 medical graduates who were graduated between 2001and 2007 from Kerman University of Medical Sciences were studied Necessary data latest career and educational status of medical graduates were collected by direct and indirect phone interviews In order to determine the impact of effective factors on career status and residency exam acceptance Logistic Regression and Survival analyses were applied Results : The access rate to graduates was 86% At least three years after graduation 62% of medical graduates were engaged in medical careers which were mostly in clinics military or social services personal offices and clinical specialties Among all subjects 40 persons (76%) were jobless and almost the same rate was doing non medical jobs Eighteen percent were engaged in working or studying in clinical specialties and others had left Iran Survival analysis showed that female physicians were employed faster and more in medical professions (median for female and male were 38 & 45 years respectively P=0009) Women were more successful than men in professional careers (12%) and residency exam acceptance (17%) which were not statically significant Mean score during education was effective factor on residency exam acceptance Conclusion : It seems that almost 20% of medical graduates in Kerman City were not employed in careers related to their education in long term prospect (more than three years after graduation) or left the country It is important to consider causes of male physicians failure in comparison with female physicians while there is a great need to male physicians services low income can somehow explain it