TY - JOUR ID - 91466 TI - Policy-Making in Determining the Mission of Medical Sciences Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Competitive Advantage and Scientific Strength JO - Strides in Development of Medical Education JA - SDME LA - en SN - 2645-3525 AU - Shafian, Sara AU - Heidarpoor, Peigham AU - Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz AU - Yazdani, Shahram AD - Management and Medical Sciences Education School, Shaheid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 17 IS - Supplement SP - 1 EP - 10 KW - Coronavirus KW - COVID-19 KW - Academic Departments KW - Scientific Strength KW - Competitive Advantage KW - Mission Differentiation DO - 10.22062/sdme.2020.91408 N2 - Background: The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) caused a pandemic in most countries, and how to face the pandemic is a major issue that needs to be addressed worldwide. Objectives: The current study aimed at determining the competitive advantage and scientific strength of medical sciences universities to face this pandemic.Methods: A mixed-methods was employed to conduct the current study from May to April 2020 in three steps: a) identifying the academic departments with the most exposure to this pandemic; b) designing the protocol to calculate the scientific strength and competitive advantage, c) allocating the mission to academic departments.Result: The scientific strength and competitive advantage were calculated for clinical and non-clinical departments in all medical sciences universities. The obtained results indicated that some universities, for instance, Tehran, Shahid Beheshti, Iran, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Shiraz, Kerman, and Mashhad, had the most competitive advantage that would increase their responsibility to face this pandemic.Conclusion: Policy-makers that clearly identify the mission and objectives of their institutions and define the relevant tasks may have better performance based on the capacities and abilities of the medical sciences universities. UR - https://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_91466.html L1 - https://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_91466_fcbb1ca4e2d8d944df4c1f5253591e70.pdf ER -