The Survey of Educational Needs to Empower Faculties in GUMS

Asadi, A; Taheri, Mahdokht; Salari, Arsalan

doi:10.18869/acadpub.rme.8.2.37

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“…However, challenges related to the abstractness of the concepts and the di culty of measuring them in the form of academic activities have resulted in negative attitudes towards cultural material among university instructors. The results of some previous studies which show a negative attitude towards cultural activity related to faculty members (32) and the inevitable need to develop both appropriate qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure cultural, disciplinary, and social activities are consistent with the results of our research (33).…”

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Challenges and Solutions for The Promotion of Medical Sciences Faculty Members in Iran: A Systematic Review

Salajegheh¹,

Hekmat²,

Macky³

2021

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Introduction: Faculty members play an important role in achieving the goals of higher education and take the responsibility of educating and disciplining students. This research aimed to investigate the challenges and concerns facing faculty member promotion regulations and provide appropriate solutions.Method: This study was a systematic review conducted by searching PubMed, Scopus, Eric, Web of Science, Cochrane, SID, Magiran, and Irandoc journals and databases with Persian and English keywords in the period from 2015 to 2020. Titles, abstracts, and full texts were screened and the data were extracted over two authors. Results: Thirteen articles were included. Challenges to promotion of faculty members were reviewed and grouped into five main categories: 1) the general regulations for the promotion of faculty members, 2) cultural, disciplinary, and social activities, 3) educational activities, 4) research-technology activities, and 5) scientific-executive activities. Conclusion: Despite several amendments to regulations for the promotion of faculty members, this process always encounters challenges due to the complex nature of its related tasks. This article provides tips to policymakers on regulations of promotion for educational activities.

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confidence: 91%

Challenges and Solutions for The Promotion of Medical Sciences Faculty Members in Iran: A Systematic Review

Salajegheh¹,

Hekmat²,

Macky³

2021

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“…6 In Asadi and et al study, design lesson plan and virtual tutorials as an important educational need which in our study attention to virtual tutorials and design lesson plan is in the least need which was in line with Esfahan and Qom study. 5,7,8 In Mirzaei and et al study, in the field of education and learning, the most need for new methods of teaching and the least need for Journal Club but in our study in two clinical and basic groups the most need for use of shortterm training courses and having the necessary facilities for training and at least was the lesson plan design and attention to virtual tutorials. In the field of assessment in clinical and basic group, the most need for oral test and analysis of academic achievement tests and the least need for case report and multi-choice tests which not in line with Mirzaei study.…”

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Educational needs assessment of faculty members in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Shafaei-Khanghah

Enteshari-Moghaddam

Seraji

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONTraining means any kind of activity or pre-programmed change that aims to create learning in individuals and make the necessary changes in the person's behavior in order to meet the need. 1The advancement and development of organizations and institutions need to increase the level of knowledge, insight, skills and behavior of human resources, and the need for planning in organizations and educational institutions is the desirability of using limited resources and facilities and achieving maximum productivity. Due to the fact that in a systematic and realistic planning, reliable, comprehensive and accurate information is needed, so the need assessment process has been considered more than ever. 2 ABSTRACTBackground: Identifying the educational needs is an essential step in planning faculty development programs and plays an important role in promoting the quality of education and can help educational planners to be able to design effective strategies based on available resources and provide effective training. The aim of this study was to determine the educational needs of faculty members in medical school of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study that has been done on 88 faculty academic members in two clinical and basic groups Data collected by a questionnaire and collected data were analyzed using statistical methods in SPSS.20. Results: 53.4% of cases were in group clinical and rests of them were in basic group. 75% of cases were male and rest of them were female. 57% had more than 10 years of work experience. There was a significant difference between two groups in the field of research in the area ethics in research and in the field of information technology in the area of using electronic resources between two groups. Based on the prioritization of the needs within the clinical and basic academic members, the greatest need in both groups was related to the writing of scientific texts in English. Also, the lowest priorities within the clinical and basic members were the familiarity with English journals (26.8%) and the use of electronic resources (27.7%). Conclusions: Results showed that the level and type of needs among university faculty members fits with the needs of the faculty members in other universities that is required to response the needs of clinical and basic professors, necessary educational and research actions based on the priorities in 6 areas will happen in future.

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“…As reported in some studies, one of the main concerns of faculty members is the lack of attention to the quality of education [ 38 , 26 ]. Therefore, the educational activities need to evaluate from a qualitative perspective and direct towards innovation, teamwork, and inter professional activities which ultimately aim to improve the organizational development [ 39 , 40 ].…”

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“…Due to the value of research in addressing public concerns, it is necessary to direct the relevant activities of faculty members towards responsiveness the needs of society, creating change, advancing the scientific field, and engagement in the national policymaking process [ 38 ]. Qualitative review of a limited number of faculty members’ papers would draw more attention to the quality of research instead of concentrating on increasing the number of papers [ 39 ].…”

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Challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran: a systematic review

2022

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Introduction The faculty promotion system is expected to benefit the faculty, institute, and profession and lead to the sustainable and comprehensive development. This present systematic review aims to investigate the challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran. Method This study was a systematic review conducted by searching in PubMed, Scopus, Eric, Web of Science, Cochrane, SID, Magiran, and https://irandoc.ac.ir/line with Persian and English terms in the period from 2015 to 2020. Study selection and data extraction were performed independently by reviewers. Results Thirteen articles were included. Challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members were reviewed and grouped into five main categories: 1. The general regulations for the promotion of faculty members, 2. Cultural, disciplinary, and social activities, 3. Educational activities, 4. Research-technology activities, and 5. Scientific-executive activities. Conclusion Despite several modifications to regulations for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran, this process still encounters challenges because of its complex nature. This article provides tips to policymakers on regulations of promotion for educational activities.

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The Survey of Educational Needs to Empower Faculties in GUMS

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Challenges and Solutions for The Promotion of Medical Sciences Faculty Members in Iran: A Systematic Review

Challenges and Solutions for The Promotion of Medical Sciences Faculty Members in Iran: A Systematic Review

Educational needs assessment of faculty members in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Challenges and solutions for the promotion of medical sciences faculty members in Iran: a systematic review

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