Examining the Degree of Satisfaction of Medical Librarianship and Information Science Students of the Country's Universities of Medical Sciences with the Field of Study and their views on the Field of Study and Career Future

Paying attention to how to train human resources to administer and perform health-therapeutic services is of particular importance. Career expectations and attitudes that students have about their future careers should be properly known, because career expectations and its role in creating employment and thus economic growth cannot be ignored. For this purpose, it is necessary to have information about the current situation and students' attitudes. Based on this, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the degree of satisfaction of medical librarianship and informatics students of the country's medical sciences universities with their field of study and their views on their field of study and their future careers.

This is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study on medical librarianship and information science students of universities of medical sciences offering this field in the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, which include universities of medical sciences in Isfahan, Ahvaz, Bushehr, Tehran, Tabriz, Shahid Beheshti, Kerman, Iran, and Hamadan were conducted. The sample size for this study was estimated to be 148 people. The data collection tool in this study was a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part included the demographic characteristics of the students, the second part included 8 questions to measure satisfaction, 9 questions to examine the students' point of view about the field of study, and 4 questions to measure their point of view regarding the future of employment. Questionnaire questions were scored on a five-point Likert scale from very high (5 points) to very low (1 point). Finally, the obtained information was analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, average) and analytical tests (independent t and chi-square) using SPSS software version 26 at a significance level of 0.05.

The overall satisfaction of students in the study field of medical librarianship and information was reported as 44.51%. The way of teaching practical and theory courses, personal and personality characteristics of the professors and their academic level from the point of view of average students were mentioned. The most important factor that creates a positive attitude of students towards the field of study was the possibility of serving people and society.

increasing educational facilities and equipment, improving their knowledge about this field and creating conditions to increase job opportunities in order to increase the level of satisfaction and interest in continuing education, as well as proper curriculum planning in this field will be effective.