Ahmad Ahmadi; Mansoureh Taghavinia; Kamran Soltani Arabshahi; Mohammad Sadegh Ghasemi
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Background Based on the plan of revolution and innovation in medical education that was issued by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and the extensive role of such programs in the qualitative promotion of universities, The academic ranking of world universities is of great importance, ...
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Background Based on the plan of revolution and innovation in medical education that was issued by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and the extensive role of such programs in the qualitative promotion of universities, The academic ranking of world universities is of great importance, since the qualitative and quantitative implementation of academic ranking can influence the realization of the university’s goals. Hence, the current study aimed at collecting data about the academic ranking of world universities as well as its criteria and indices and their relationship with globalization. Methods To gain access to reputable databases in university ranking, an extensive search was performed in Google Scholar. Thereafter, after getting access to reputable databases such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Times higher education world University ranking (THE), Quacquarelli Symonds world University rankings (QS), Webometric, and Islamic world science citation center (ISC), data were collected and classified. Results Based on the collected data, the history of university rankings and ranking systems, as well as criteria and indices pertaining to the academic ranking of world universities, was derived, and the specificities of the criteria and indices were discussed. Conclusions University rankings are usually performed on a combination of performance-associated indices and criteria. Efforts to achieve a desirable position based on the criteria and indices of the ranking system play an important role in the promotion of educational quality and globalization.
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