CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELITE INSTRUCTOR: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Instructor is one of the most effective elements in training process. Researches indicated that instructor plays an important and essential role in learning progress. University students who are the basic beneficiaries of university education have specific criteria in their expectations from elite and professional instructors. Accordingly, this study aimed to specify characteristics of an elite instructor from the viewpoint of medical science students. T his is a qualitative study with inductive - conventional reasoning method which had investigated students’ viewpoints on the basis of Naturalism Philosophy. The participants are 19 students who are studying different majors in Tehran Medical Sciences University. Individual semi-structure d deep interview was employed for data gathering. These data were analyzed through conventional content analysis. T he results lead to indicate three interrelated theme of knowledge & rhetoric, ethical requirements in training, and mutual relation and cooperation with student s. The last theme includes a subcategory of flexibility in handling a class. T he results of this study revealed that university instructors not only play an important role in training young academic generation, but also they can significantly affect the students’ behavioral patterns.