Barriers and obstacles to the internationalization of the curriculum at Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

The aim of this study was to investigate the bottlenecks and obstacles to the internationalization of the curriculum in Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and exploratory mix (phenomenology-correlation) in terms of the nature of the collected data. The community of research participants consisted of professors of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. In the qualitative section, using the theoretical purposive sampling method, 32 people and in the quantitative section, based on the Cochran's formula and using the cluster sampling method, 235 professors were selected. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative part. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part was the content analysis technique and in the quantitative part was the confirmatory factor analysis technique in the Pls software platform. The results of the qualitative section led to the identification of five main themes including infrastructure, constraints, educational process, executive and services. In a small part, the validity and reliability of the mentioned themes were confirmed. Therefore, paying attention to the bottlenecks and obstacles for the quality development of the University of Medical Sciences with the aim of moving towards globalization is very useful and effective, so that it can be said that a university can act on a global scale with these factors.