structured interview

In order to achieve the goals of the packages of reform and innovation in the medical science education, including the promotion of the system of evaluation and medical examinations, decentralization and fair implementation in the health education system, changing the process of holding the second stage of the entrance exam of Ph.D in medical universities was considered by the Secretariat of the Council for Education of Health and Basic Medical Sciences. In order to determine the framework for the implementation of the second phase of the Ph.D entrance exam (interview), the views of medical education faculty members and practitioners and responsible for holding examiners in the medical sciences universities were gathered during the sessions using panel experts' techniques. In the next stage, a structured test was designed by MMI method, interview team members were empowered. Then necessary activities were taken, including the creation of a portal for uploading volunteers' educational and research documents, the preparation of interview checklist as well as monitoring coordination sessions between executive universities. After determining the location of the interview and setting the time of performance, in order to admit of 953 students in 63 fields of study (174 educational groups), 3868 eligible candidates were introduced to universities for the interview. Interviews were held at 24 universities. To hold a structured interview 1800 professors participated.

Accreditation is one of the evaluating health care organization tools especially in hospitals and is also one of the priorities of Ministry of Health in Iran. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of accreditation on health service delivery in hospitals from perspective views of experts. This qualitative study was conducted by semi-structured interviews and opinions of 12 experts at Isfahan University of Medical Science in the field of hospital accreditation in 2012. After transcription of each interview، content analyses was used to minimize and structuring qualitative data. According to this study، 10 main theme and 72 sub- themes were identified. Main themes included: Necessity، implementations priorities and mechanisms of Accreditation effect، accreditation impact on service quality and organizational performance، patient satisfaction، commitment and job satisfaction of staff، reducing factors the impact of accreditation، confounder factors the effect of accreditation and the executive proposals in order to implement accreditation program in Iran. Accreditation could be properly implemented through setting Conditions، selecting the appropriate accreditation model، justify stakeholders about the necessity of accreditation، monitoring، establishment of appropriate information systems، information transparency and changing the general attitude of the organization. It would take positive effects to achieve hospital goals and improve the quality of services.