Reza Dehnavieh; Roostam Seifaddini; Mohammad Javad Zahedi; Mohammad Hosain Mehrolhassani; Somayeh Noori Hekmat; Mina Ansari; Nahid Khajeh poor
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 232-246
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Background & Objective: After preparing the health scientific road map universities of medical sciences should play their role in this regard This study aimed to identify the main challenges of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran in achieving the goals of the health scientific road mapMethods: ...
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Background & Objective: After preparing the health scientific road map universities of medical sciences should play their role in this regard This study aimed to identify the main challenges of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran in achieving the goals of the health scientific road mapMethods: This study was conducted as a qualitative study The study population consisted of KMU`s top managers and experts Purposeful and snowball sampling methods were used 25 interviews were conducted in 2012 Using a semistructured interview the challenges of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in achieving the goals of health scientific road map were investigated A framework method was applied for the data analysis Results: At the end of this qualitative study 10 basic concepts consisting of policy making and management financing and facilitating processes development and promotion of human resources development and promotion of education research dissemination of knowledge entrepreneurship services provision culture and norms and facilitating communication and 46 subgroups of challenges were identified Conclusion: Given the importance of achieving the goals of health scientific road map and the importance of medical sciences universities in this regard Kerman University of Medical sciences must develop a comprehensive plan to reduce the challenges
Reza Dehnavi; Mahmood Reza Dehghani; Hossein Ebrahimipoor; Somayeh Noori Hekmat; Mohamad Hossein Mehrolhasani; Somayeh Sorodi Nasab; Fatemeh Karimdadi
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, , Pages 189-194
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Background & Objectives: A proper and effective consultation requires using efficient communication skills during the consultation process The aim of this research was to determine communication skills of undergraduate students advisors in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: This descriptive ...
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Background & Objectives: A proper and effective consultation requires using efficient communication skills during the consultation process The aim of this research was to determine communication skills of undergraduate students advisors in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: This descriptive crosssectional study was performed from March 2010 to August 2010 Study population included undergraduate students of four colleges of whom 379 students were selected by stratified sampling A selfdesigned 17item questionnaire was used to collect data Questions were designed based on different communication skills of advisors and modified by getting the opinions of 8 experts in the field Validity was approved by testretest and data were analyzed by using descriptive and analytic statistics and through SPSS software Results: Mean scores of oral and written communication skills providing feedback understanding others being a good listener and the ability to influence others were 546% 5095% 5562% 5776% 5835% and 5549% respectively Conclusion: Considering the importance of communication skills in the success of an appropriate counseling improving advisors communication skills is essential and it is necessary to consider different aspects of communication skills such as oral and written communication skills providing feedback Understanding others being a good listener and the ability to influence others
Somayeh Noori Hekmat; Mohamad Reza Maleki; Hamid Reza Baradaran Attarmoghadam; Reza Dehnavieh
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2010, , Pages 181-184
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Background & Objective : Nowadays immigration of health care graduates is one of the most important challenges for which health care policy makers should try to find a solution Hence t his study was conducted to determine the most significant contributors to immigration of graduates to foreign ...
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Background & Objective : Nowadays immigration of health care graduates is one of the most important challenges for which health care policy makers should try to find a solution Hence t his study was conducted to determine the most significant contributors to immigration of graduates to foreign countries Methods : In this crosssectional study conducted on the students of Iran University of Medical sciences 407 students were selected using stratified sampling method Data was collected using a questionnaire its validity was already confirmed by experts and its internal consistency reliability was calculated by Chronbachs alpha (r=089) Results : According to the study samples point of view the highest scores were given to economic factors with the mean score ( ± SD) of 431 ( ± 03) out of 5 while official and educational factors ( =429 SD=05) professional factors ( =404 SD=07) globalization ( =345 SD=068) social factors ( =333 SD=077) and cul tural factors ( =326 SD=11) were in the next steps Conclusion: Our results suggest that policymakers should consider significant factors such as economic and educational ones to maintain expert health care workforce In planning such strategies one must focus on expanding educational and career opportunities It is also recommended that Iranian health policymakers notice issues like oversaturation of job market in some especial fields