Accountable Education Pattern for Rehabilitation Sciences curriculum

The most important mission of medical universities is Training capable  and committed graduates who meet the needs of society and the health system .In general, accountability to the community is one of the main priorities of the health education system, so if universities want to meet the needs of the community, they must design their education system based on the needs and priorities of community health.In this regards,this study has been done to identify dimentions  and components of accountable education for rehabilitation sciences curriculum.  

This mixed research was first conducted in a qualitative stage with semi-structured interviews with experts and specialists in the field of rehabilitation by purposive sampling method until theoretical saturation in medical sciences universities of Tehran in 2021.  By analyzing contents of interviews, dimensions,components and indicators were identified and a questionnaire with 136 item was designed that after ensuring its validity and reliability and in order to design an Accountable Education model for the rehabilitation science Curriculum, this questinnaire by 85 deans, deputies, department heads and faculty members of the rehabilitation schools of Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences was completed.Data  were  analyzed through kolmogorov-smirnov test  through SPSS and AMOS.

In the qualitative part of research, 6 dimensions of society, higher health education system, university, professor, student, Curriculum and 21 components and 136 indicators were identified and based on this, an Accountable Education model was designed for the rehabilitation science education program. Quantitative research findings based on CFI, RMSE and Chi-squared showed that the dimensions identified in a homogeneous structure support the constructs of a concept model called the Accountable Education Model for the Rehabilitation Science Curriculum.

This study showed that 6 general dimensions, society, higher health education system, university, professor, student, Curriculum as dimensions of Accountable Education play an important role in fulfilling the mission of third and fourth generation universities.