Model of Professional Ethics in the Health Education System of the Vice Chancellor for Health of the Northwestern University of Medical Sciences

The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model of professional ethics in the health education system of the Vice Chancellor for Health of the Northwestern University of Medical Sciences. This combined study was conducted as a combination of qualitative and quantitative sequential exploratory mix. In the qualitative section, 43 experts including health education professors of northwestern medical universities were selected by purposive sampling and theoretical sampling and qualitative data were collected using in-depth interviews on the subject up to saturation stage after data collection. And definition of concepts and categories, information was provided to key participants and opinion polls were conducted and comparisons with the literature were made to confirm the external validity. Open coding, axial coding and selective coding analysis were performed. After extracting the final components of the questionnaire, 60 questions were prepared based on the theoretical foundations and information of the interviews. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.92. In the quantitative section, 473 people were randomly selected from all health care providers and health education experts in the field of health of Northwestern University of Medical Sciences. After distributing the questionnaire, the extracted data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis and measurement equations for each of the structures were significant based on the amount of factor loads obtained and the amount of factor load of all indicators was greater than 0.3. The fitted measurement model had a good fit and was approved. The validity of the model was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's high alpha coefficient, and finally the final model of professional ethics in the health education system of the Northwest Health Department with loyalty components; 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; A commitment was made. Also, the degree of importance of each component of professional ethics in the health education system of the health department of the northwestern universities of medical sciences was determined.