Characteristics of Professional Ethics in the Health Education System of Northwestern Medical Universities: A Qualitative Study

The aim of this study was to identify the components of professional ethics in health education in the field of health of the northwestern universities of medical sciences in Iran.

This qualitative research was conducted through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 43 experts in northwestern medical universities. Purposeful and theoretical sampling method was used to select the samples. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

On the basis of semantic commonalities, 48 concepts were formed, and placed in six categories of ethical components of implementers in the health education system by the titles of responsibility to the general public, responsibility to the profession, responsibility to employers, responsibility in providing education Health, responsibility in research and evaluation, and responsibility in professional preparation.

 The Vice Chancellor for Health of Medical Universities is in charge of providing, maintaining and promoting the health of the community, moving in this direction by planning, organizing, evaluating and providing health services as wll as using innovative and creative methods. Improving the health of the covered community is one of the major goals of this important unit in the community. The ethical model obtained in the health education system of the health department of the northwestern medical universities of the country has components such as loyalty; responsibility; competitiveness; honesty; respect for others; respect for social values and norms; justice and fairness; empathy with others; liquidity; decisiveness; the trust; Cross-sectoral cooperation; observance of order; positive attitude and commitment.