A Review of Persian-Language Articles Published in The Field of Medical Education

Review of published research in the field of medical education helps determine the direction of future research. The aim of this study was to perform a quantitative content analysis of Persian language articles published in the field of medical education during 2014.
In this study, all articles published in nine scientific journals in the field of medical education during 2014 were reviewed. The variables were extracted from the full-text of articles including title, the number of authors, type of article, research methodology, sample size, research population and topics. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
A total of 366 articles were analyzed. In the titles of articles, 97% of the articles referred to research variable, 41% to research methodology and research population, and 13% to research intervention. Also, 39% of the articles referred to the site and 11% to the time of the research. 42% of articles were descriptive. The most common topics were teaching methods, student health status and thinking style.
This study focused on the analysis of published articles during a one-year period. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of publications in later years would provide the necessary information for research and educational policy-making in medical education.