Investigating the feasibility and necessity of providing Islamic ethics courses with a health-oriented approach in universities of medical sciences and presenting suggested topics

In the review of the educational resources of Islamic education courses, it can be seen that in the preparation of the texts and educational content of these courses, not enough attention has been paid to the specialization and field of study of the learners; While there is this capacity for some Islamic education courses to have a stronger relationship with other experimental sciences, professional specialties and the study field of the learners.On the other hand, the teaching of these courses over many years has revealed the pathology of these courses and the evaluation of the performance of Islamic education groups. It has also led the decision-makers to the attitude that the presentation of these lessons in the current way has been effective and how it has achieved its mission in the field of individual and social life of the target community in various fields of science.Students of medical sciences universities will work professionally in a field that is completely practical and experimental and related to the realities of people's health and life. Based on this, it is logical that the educational content of Islamic education courses, including the Islamic ethics course, should be compiled and taught in a special way based on professional needs for these students to meet their needs. Therefore, investigating the feasibility and necessity of presenting Islamic ethics lessons with a health-oriented approach in the field of medical topics and providing a general framework for determining health-oriented topics and topics is the main goal of this research.

This study was conducted with a qualitative approach in the academic year of 2018-2019 at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The study aims to improve the quality of services, which is formed with a need-oriented attitude and concern for content development. The purposeful sampling includes 22 professors of Islamic ethics course in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, experts in the field of Islamic education and experts in the field of health and familiar with the topics of the field of Islamic education.The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire containing six open-ended questions, four of which are about the possibility of presenting this course with a health-oriented approach according to its dimensions (possibility according to the objectives of the lesson, possibility according to the approved headings, possibility according to the four dimensions of health, and possibility according to the background) The fifth question is about the usefulness and necessity of this approach for medical students, and the sixth is a request to suggest appropriate topics for this course with a health-oriented approach. In terms of content validity, the questionnaire was reviewed and approved by experts and professors who are experts in the field of health and familiar with Islamic teachings. The implementation of this project was carried out in three stages. In the first stage, the meeting of the specialized committee on Islamic ethics was held with the presence of the professors of this course. After presenting the topic and explanations and obtaining informed consent, people presented their views and after discussion and exchange of views, the views of the attendees were collected. After the meeting, the head of the committee extracted the data from the questionnaires about each of the questions and the frequency of each answer was determined as a percentage. In the second stage, the results of the expert committee meeting were presented in the meeting of experts who are experts in the field of Islamic ethics. And after the discussion and exchange of opinions, the agreed opinion of the majority was determined in the meetings of the specialized committee and experts. In the third stage, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the topics, it was necessary for expert professors from the field of health, who are familiar with the topics of Islamic education, to choose and express their opinion. After the purposeful selection of health expert professors in the meeting of experts, the results were sent to them and after their comments, the final summation of these three stages was done and the view based on the opinion of the majority was extracted.

This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the feasibility and necessity of presenting a lesson on Islamic ethics with a health-oriented approach and providing a framework of proposed headings for revising this lesson with a qualitative and developmental method. The results showed that the health-oriented approach in the course of Islamic ethics is possible for the majority of the participants in this research in terms of goals, topics, background and dimensions of health. And its presentation is useful and necessary for medical students. The opinion of most professors and experts on the usefulness and necessity of the health-oriented approach in the course of Islamic ethics shows the necessity of trying to pay attention to the interdisciplinary topics of Islamic education and the field of health. Paying attention to this approach can provide the context for transformation, modernization and efficiency of this lesson.

All the participants found it possible, necessary and useful to present Islamic ethics lessons with an approach to the medical profession according to the goals, headings, four dimensions of health and its background, and while providing documentation and reasons, they suggested headings and topics with this approach. Based on this, providing a course on Islamic ethics with an approach to health topics is not only possible, but also necessary, and attention will be paid to the professional needs of medical students. In addition, it is the source of dynamism and efficiency of this course and attention to interdisciplinary topics in the field of health and Islamic education.