The status of accountable education in clinical education departments of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Accountability leads to transparency and commitment to responsibilities and makes each authority improve mission and promote the current system. Accountability of medical education system in the society requires considering degree of achieving the goals in this regard. This research has been done to study degree of achieving the accountable education indicators in clinical education departments in Tabriz University of medical sciences. Method: This descriptive study carried out on four clinical education departments of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences including pediatrics, psychiatry and internal medicine departments (both learners and instructors) at the Medical Faculty, Educational-treatment centers of Imam Reza (AS), Sina and Razi using accountable education assessment tool consisting of 10 areas, 25 related criteria and indicators. Data was collected by interview, observation and documents reviewed .Data were analyzed using Mean statistics and alpha cronbach through SPSS. Results: the functions of pediatrics, psychiatric and internal medicine educational groups in terms of ten-area accountable education were as follows: Pediatrics (61.45%) fairly good, psychiatry (43.37%) moderate and internal medicine (33.73%) moderate with a slightly lower function than psychiatry groups. Conclusion: It seems that different functions of studied groups can be originated in causes such as, the communication of the educational departments heads with Medical Education Development Center and Department of Medical Education, knowledge of the accountability principles and standards, assessment methods, evaluation methods, interests and understanding the field of accountable education.

Exploring the Dimensions and Components of Accountable Education for the Rehabilitation Sciences Curriculum in Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Content Analysis

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) defines social accountability for medical schools as directing educational, research, and service activities to address community health concerns and needs [4]. Accountability is a criterion for evaluating and measuring the accountability of educational institutions to the needs of society [5], what can be deduced from the works and scientific texts related to the medical education system and the health system, attention to the needs and expectations of society is a social responsibility for universities and educational groups [6]. Educational institutions must actively participate in developing the health system and be effective in the community by following the basic principles (quality, equality, relevance, and effectiveness) [7].…”