. Fariba Khanipoor; . Mitra Amini; . Laila Bazrafcan
Volume 7, Issue 3 , May and June 2017, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: To be more successful in medical education and identify the strengths andweaknesses of the curriculum in this field, assessment of the students’ views, graduates, ...
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INTRODUCTION: To be more successful in medical education and identify the strengths andweaknesses of the curriculum in this field, assessment of the students’ views, graduates, professors,and experts is essential. The aim of this qualitative assessment was to identify the strengths andweaknesses of the medical education curriculum.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This research is a qualitative study using the Eisner’s educationalconnoisseurship and criticism model that was conducted in Shiraz Medical Sciences University in2014. In this research, graduate medical education curriculum was criticized by a team of educationalexperts. Fifteen professors in the first stage of the focus group meeting addressed the threestages of educational criticism. In the second stage, several interviews were conducted with theabove‑mentioned people. In the third phase, the implementation of video recordings from the focusgroup meeting was performed in written form. In the fourth stage, conventional content analysis wasused to analyze the qualitative data.RESULTS: This curriculum has advantages and disadvantages in the constituent elements of theprogram. Its weaknesses include lack of written a guide for practical courses, lack of considerationof joint practical exercise to make integrate between lessons, lack of sufficient attention to aspectsof practical and functional knowledge in this field, lack of attention to performance evaluation anddevelopment, and lack of routine review of the curriculum. On the other hand, the strengths of thisstudy include the suitability of this field for professors and its positive impact on professors andstudents performance in the classroom.CONCLUSION: As medical education is partly an emerging field in Iran and considering theweaknesses, reviewing the curriculum based on the main part of program, the outcomes, curriculumcontent, teaching strategies, student assessment, and course management are recommended.