Identifying and Validating the Components of the Coaching Skill among Faculty Members of Medical Sciences University of Isfahan

Coaching can be introduced as a new approach for individual professional development and education. Coaching skills are the important part in the approach. Coaching skills are needed Because of clinical and fields nature in medical sciences. Therefore, the study aim was identify and validate of coaching skill components among Faculty members of Medicine Sciences University.
Research method was mixed method (qualitative and quantitative). For qualitative Part, 17 persons were selected and reviewed among faculty members of Medical Sciences University of Isfahan by Network of Specialists and For quantitative assessment, participants were chosen 157 persons among faculty members at medical sciences university of Isfahan in 2016-2017 randomly. Data were analyzed by using PLS software.
By analyzing the qualitative data, eight components of coaching skills were adjusted and then their validation was done in the quantitative part. The Cronbach's alpha and the combined reliability of the eight components were above 0.70, and the convergent validity criterion was higher than 0.50 for the eight components which indicated the correlation of the construct of coaching skill with its components. These components are: question& answer, listening, individual and position evaluation, feedback, collaboration and interaction, flexibility, emotional stability.
The results showed that there were eight components of coaching skill among faculty members of Medical Sciences University of Isfahan which they need to coach for influencing more in education.