Journal of Education and Health Promotion

BACKGROUND: Educational centers accommodate people of varying generations. Indeed, eachgeneration has its specific priorities and values that affect its performance and decisions in ... Read More BACKGROUND: Educational centers accommodate people of varying generations. Indeed, eachgeneration has its specific priorities and values that affect its performance and decisions in variousaspects, including educational aspects. Understanding the traits of members of a given generationfacilitates understanding how their performance can be improved inside and outside the classroom.So, this study was designed to identify the non‑educational characteristics of MD students in theuniversities of medical sciences in Iran.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study adopted a qualitative exploratory approach.Data were collected through face‑to‑face, semi‑structured interviews. Participants included generalmedicine students who had completed at least one semester. Sampling was purposive with maximumvariation. Sampling was continued until data saturation, and a total of 32 interviews were conducted.Graneheim and Lundman’s content analysis approach was adopted to analyze the data. Lincoln andGuba’s reliability criteria were used to achieve the accuracy and reliability of the data.RESULTS: A total of 32 students were interviewed (n = 18 women and n = 14 men; age range:19–27 years). The participants had completed 2–13 semesters and had between one and six siblings.A total of 10 major categories emerged as the generational traits of students. The main categoriesincluded devoted parents, money as the key reference of value, non‑sexism, religious perplexity,experiencing oneself with others, my life’s address, tunnel vision, evasion from responsibility, winningfame, and I and nothing else.CONCLUSION: For them, gender and religion have lost their former meaning and they believein more freedom. They are also one‑dimensional people, lethargic and night people, who evaderesponsibility and have a strong desire to be seen, approved, and respected. They also prioritizethemselves and their peace of mind. Since these characteristics can have many direct and indirecteffects on various aspects of their lives, including the educational aspect, it can be very beneficialfor people interacting with them to identify and consider these characteristics.

Generational characteristics of general medicine students in Iran

. Azarmidokht Firoozjahantighi; . Fariba jokar; . Fariba Haghani; . Shirin Ahmadnia

Volume 12, Issue 2 , February 2022, , Pages 1-10

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Generation‑dependent non‑educational characteristics of medical students

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Generational characteristics of general medicine students in Iran

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