The Opinion of Professors and Students of Kermanshah Medical School Regarding Cultural Concepts and Indicators

In the religious and social system of Iran, cultural activities are of special value and dignity and the necessity of paying more attention to this issue is emphasized in universities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cultural preferences of medical professors and students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.

This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The statistical population consisted of all professors of basic sciences, medical students of graduate sciences and postgraduate students. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire consisting of two parts:1) demographic information; and 2)basic cultural indices in ten domains of macro indices.

Overall, the results of the micro-cultural indices indicated that threeindicators of innovation and creativity, scientific justice and entitlement from the teachers' point of view,social justice, independence seeking,and educational attainment from the students’ point of view, and general ethics, educational attainment, and demanding righteousnessamong postgraduate students hadthe highest average scores.

Due to abstraction of concepts and the difficulty of measuring valuesas well as the importance and delicacy of the subject, rigorous and systematic scientific studies can provide conditions and arrangements in universities that, in addition to education and research, cultural and social activities are undertaken more accurately and effectively. Therefore, in order to promote cultural activities in universities and to make the most of students' use of this important function in higher education centers, it is necessary to interact with them.