Journal of Education and Health Promotion

An analysis of the challenges in recruiting clinical teachers in Iranian medical universities: A qualitative analysis

. Akram Sadeghian; . Shahram Tofighi; . Nikoo Yamani; . Tahereh Changiz

Volume 11, Issue 4 , May 2021, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Employing appropriate and deserving staff is goal of human resourcemanagement (HRM). A group of staff at medical science universities are clinical teachers. Consideringthe ... Read More BACKGROUND: Employing appropriate and deserving staff is goal of human resourcemanagement (HRM). A group of staff at medical science universities are clinical teachers. Consideringthe position and importance of these peoples, this study addresses the challenges of recruitingclinical teachers.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a qualitative study of the conventional content analysis donein Isfahan medical university in 2018. The participants were selected through intensity sampling ofpurposive sampling method, and data were obtained through semi‑structured interviews conductedto survey 23 experts and clinical faculty members concerning the challenges involved in employingclinical teachers. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis method and OneNote 2013.RESULTS: Two main categories and ten subcategories were classified as follows: HRM inadequacyin educational departments with six subscales such as indefiniteness of the workforce status for HRmanagers, reluctance of educational departments to increase human resources, nonproportionalityof the teacher–student ratio, recruitment of faculty based on the needs in the treatment sector,weakness of the infrastructure to use nonfaculty teachers, and reduced public interest in employmentas a faculty and weakness of the selection process with four subscales based on data analysis suchas undesirable manner of selection, recruitment based on the score given by the national board ofmedical examiners, purpose‑based calls to recruit predefined individuals, and personal and emotionalissues, rather than managerial standards, governing cooperation with teachers.CONCLUSION: Recruitment process is part of HRM tasks. Employment system in a medicalsciences university must be considered to improve the clinical faculty recruitment. HRM inadequacyin educational departments and weakness of the selection process are challenges that affect theemployment system. According to these findings, it is necessary to review the regulations and tasksof HRM in medical sciences universities.

Clinical instructors' recruitment callenges: Interpretive Structural Modeling approach

. Akram Sadeghian; . Shahram Tofighi; . Nikoo Yamani; . Tahereh changiz

Volume 10, Issue 6 , June 2020, , Pages 1-9

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CONTEXT: Universities of medical sciences are responsible for educating and training humanresources (HRs) that provide services to all members of the community. Clinical educators play ... Read More

Challenges of Iranian national health scientific map

. Ahmadreza Izadi; . Mohammadkarim Bahadori; . Shahram Tofighi; . Ali Ebraze; . Maryam Yaghoubi; . Ehsan Teymourzadeh

Volume 9, Issue 2 , February 2019, , Pages 1-14

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CONTEXT: Iranian National Health Scientific Map is a national plan the implementation of whichremarkably influences the progress of the country, though it is facing challenges in its ... Read More

Performance improvement through proactive risk assessment: Using failure modes and effects analysis

. Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian,; . Tahereh Naseri Boori Abadi; . Shahram Tofighi; . Sekine Saghaeiannejad Esfahani

Volume 4, Issue 2 , May 2014, , Pages 1-4

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Introduction: Cognizance of any error-prone professional activities has a great impact onthe continuity of professional organizations in the competitive atmosphere, particularly inhealth ... Read More

Medical Records Department and Balanced Scorecard approach

. Sima Ajami; . Afsaneh Ebadsichani; . Shahram Tofighi; . Nahid Tavakoli

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 1-6

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Context: The Medical Records Department (MRD) is an important source for evaluating andplanning of healthcare services; therefore, hospital managers should improve their performancenot ... Read More

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An analysis of the challenges in recruiting clinical teachers in Iranian medical universities: A qualitative analysis

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Clinical instructors' recruitment callenges: Interpretive Structural Modeling approach

Abstract

Challenges of Iranian national health scientific map

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Performance improvement through proactive risk assessment: Using failure modes and effects analysis

Abstract

Medical Records Department and Balanced Scorecard approach

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