Identification of the Internship Problems of Health Services Management Students from Perspective of the Faculty Members and Educators: A Qualitative Study

Identification and elimination of the internship problems of Health Services Management students is essential for improving the quality and effectiveness of the courses in this field. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the internship problems of Health Services Management students in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from perspective of the faculty members and educators. This is a qualitative study which was conducted phenomenological approach in 2018. In this study, 12 educators in the field of Health Services Management in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, were interviewed. Samples were selected using purposive sampling. Data were analyzed using framework analysis by MAXQDA version 10. In this study, 4 main themes and 25 subthemes were obtained. The main themes included macro-level, faculty and faculty members, hospital, and student problems.  According to the results, the interventions at the level of policy-making in the medical education system in order to improve the educational curriculum and internship course, as well as the use of motivating factors for the better interaction of the hospital staff with the educators and students seem essential.