فصلنامه طب و تزکیه
سال سی و دوم شماره 2 (پیاپی 126، تابستان 1402)

According to upstream documents, the internationalization of medical education is one of the main strategies for advancement of priority-based higher education system based on health equity that could be lead to the training of efficient and committed human resources. In this article, the main policies of the internationalization of education have been presented. Establishment, and organization; development scientific network, and emergent joint educational programs with prestigious universities in the world; and monitoring international cooperation in the field of medical sciences are the main policies that should be considered by national, and sub-national policy-makers. Therefore, the improvement of in scientific, cultural, social, political and economic aspects of internationalization based on ethical principles could lead to the creation of a global citizen culture, especially in scientific societies.

Background and Objective: Educational needs assessment of faculty members and their subsequent empowerment are among the top priorities in universities. In order to bring about organizational transformation in the field of education, a long-term development program for members of the academic staff, called the Strategic Education Leadership Empowerment Program )Mini-MBA(, will be designed, implemented, and evaluated within the higher education health sector. The aim of this article is to present the results of the first step of this program, namely targeted needs assessment. Methodology: This study was conducted using a descriptive-cross-sectional method in the period from December 2022 to February 2023. The focus was on enhancing productivity in executive management and creating a broad and rich communication network of effective experiences among senior managers. During this period, a questionnaire with 58 items was utilized. Findings: The participants’ age ranged from 28 to 67 years, the highest and lowest years of service were 1 and 36, respectively. Managers of research and development centers were the most responsive to the questionnaire, with 94.9% of academic staff members answering the questionnaire. In terms of gender, the majority of participants were male )60.2%(, while the remaining 39.8% were female. In the area of familiarity with educational regulations, the highest priority for all senior university managers was the regulations for the promotion of academic staff )professorial board( in universities. Conclusion: Improving human resource productivity requires enhancing quality and managerial capabilities. ith reference to the survey results, we can prioritize the empowerment program for senior educational managers at the country’s medical universities in their specific areas of interest. This includes becoming familiar with the new promotion regulations, exploring innovative models in higher education systems, emphasizing value creation, and fostering superior ideation in the field of medical sciences education. Through this approach,senior managers have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge and transfer it to the actual educational environment, thereby enabling the realization of educational objectives. The empowerment program for senior managers makes it easier to achieve the goals outlined in the comprehensive efficiency management program in the medical education system. Keywords: Need assessment, Empowerment, Medical Science

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the existing resistance of physicians, care facilities, and the public to digital health or telehealth services was broken. Although digital health businesses in Iran have been expanding for the last decade, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in realizing the goals intended to expand it. Considering that there is still no approved code of ethics about e-health and telehealth,now, the most important concern is awareness and compliance with ethical considerations in electronic health and telehealth platforms. In this paper, the important ethical axes were brought up in the form of twelve tips. Methods & Materials: A narrative review was conducted by searching the Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Sciences, for the years 2014 to 2022. Non-english language articles, proceedings, and papers related to the ethics of health e-learning, and telemedicine or e-health research were the study’s exclusion criteria.

The most important ethical considerations in 12 axes were classified including ”privacy“, use as a complementary solution“, ”equality and accessibility“, ”trust“, ”informed consent“, ”professional commitment and responsibility“, ”autonomy“, ”confidentiality“, ”validity and reliability“, ”compensation“, evaluation and feedback“ and ”license and certification“.

The twelve tips for ethics, should be the main axes of the e-health and telehealth code of ethics. Meanwhile, it is suggested that all digital or telehealth platforms, inform and sign these in the form of an ethical commitment letter to the people involved in service delivery. It is also necessary for users of these services to be aware of these twelve ethical points.

Institutional Research model is a structured process of organized research and regular evaluations in a university aimed at supporting strategic and operational knowledge management for policy-making, planning, and decision-making. The objective of this research is to design an institutional Research model in universities affiliated with Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR). Methods and Materials: The present study aims propose Institutional Research model in universities affiliated with Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research and falls under the category of applied research. The required data were collected through examining documents from Examining the documents of Institutional Research offices of prestigious universities in the world, texts, scientific reports, and official job descriptions of universities affiliated with Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research. In terms of data collection methodology, it belongs to the “exploratory qualitative research” group, and the data type is qualitative. The study population consists of university experts and stakeholders who have sufficient knowledge about the subject. The Strauss and Corbin’s coding method (open, axial, and selective coding) was used for data analysis.

Through data analysis and interviews conducted, six main dimensions in the field of institutional research were identified, and 28 components were extracted. A summary of the results was provided.

Higher education is a complex system that faces different cultural backgrounds, diverse fields of study, and resource imbalances in various educational systems. These differences indicate that uniform policies will not be effective for all higher education institutions. Therefore, policies need to be tailored to these differences. Institutional research serves as a mechanism for centralizing and facilitating data collection, analysis, and interpretation to enhance decision-making in Iranian. 

Considering the importance of virtual learning, this study intends to investigate the challenges of the course content in virtual education during the Covid19 Pandemic. Methods and Materials: This descriptive study was performed in the academic year 2020 to 2021. The statistical population included the contents uploaded in the Navid system, carried out in the complete census. he study tool is a researcher-made checklist consisting of 16 components to measure the contents in both technical quality and educational strategies areas. The data was entered into Excel software and reported by number and percentage.

The training was 100% virtual due to the Corona pandemic. 7740 slides in 12 educational packages were reviewed in 166 sessions in terms of content in ICM Course. Most of the contents were uploaded asynchronously (97%) in an audio PowerPoint presentation (98%), with desirable sound quality (95.8%) and image (92.8%) in the Navid system. In terms of educational strategies, the most frequent challenges in all packages were related to the components of the questionnaire design slide (2.4%), conclusion (5.4%), and out line (13.8%), respectively.

The easy availability of files in the Navid system provided the opportunity to evaluate the content uniquely for the first time. Educational content is one of the basic foundations of virtual learning systems and bears the primary responsibility of education. Despite the formal development of electronic courses in the Corona era, in many cases, educational content is still available to learners in a non-interactive and asynchronous manner.