Exploring the Important elements in the evaluation of the thesis supervisor of medical students: A qualitative research

The evaluation of the student dissertation supervisor is one of the important issues in improving the scientific and research level of students that has received less attention. Therefore, this study endeavored to identify the components of evaluation instruments of medical students' dissertation supervisors.

This study was conducted with a qualitative approach and conventional content analysis method in the academic year 2021 in Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. After reviewing the available articles and texts, the interview guide questions in a group discussion session with the participation of the research team; designed. Data were collected through structured interviews (electronically) and group discussion, and by purposeful sampling of stakeholders. The proposed Lundman and Graneheim steps were employed to analyze the data.

In this study, 22 faculty members and 10 students participated, which was collected from data analysis; 260 initial codes were obtained and after the final analysis in group discussion sessions, 50 codes were classified into three categories. Nine codes were obtained in the category of Supervisor Capacity, 15 codes in the category of General Ethics, and 26 codes in the category of Professional Ethics.

In this study, 50 major factors were identified as elements and components of the evaluation instruments of the student's dissertation supervisor that can be used in the evaluation process of professors.