Program of development and innovations in medical education from the perspective of policymaking: A mixed method study

The Program of development and innovation in medical education, is the mainstream of policymaking. This study was conducted to evaluate the innovation program from policy-making standpoint.

The study was conducted in a mixed method. In the qualitative section, after library studies and interviews with experts, the research tool was designed. The statistical population consisted of national program experts and purposeful sampling. Questionnaire consisting of 14 items was designed using Likert scale, with a score of 1 to 5, was used after confirming face validity, content validity and reliability with Cronbach's alpha test of 0.91.Evaluation of program suitability was done in three ways: undesirable (2.33 to 3.33), relatively favorable (2.34 to 3.66) and desirable (3.67 to 5). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and analysis of variance.

Paying attention to improving the quality of higher education "and" free of ambiguity and intelligibility of program "had the highest and lowest scores, with a score of 4±0. 85 and 2. 45±1. 40, respectively. The evaluation of the program's desirability in terms of compliance with the policy-making clauses in 8 items was relatively favorable and in 6 categories was desirable and none was undesirable. Policy Program scores by gender, work experience, academic rank, age and place of work were not significantly different

Policy of development and innovation programs has a relative to complete desirability. In view of the more complex, difficult and specialized continuation of the atmosphere of innovation in this era and variety of actors in this field, In order to avoid possible damage of this massive development program, continuous monitoring of the realization of the policy based on mission orientation approach is emphasized.