Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 10 6 2020 06 01 Clinical instructors' recruitment callenges: Interpretive Structural Modeling approach 1 9 29116 EN . Akram Sadeghian . Shahram Tofighi Department of Forecasting and Theory Building, The Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran . Nikoo Yamani . Tahereh Changiz Journal Article 2023 03 02 CONTEXT: Universities of medical sciences are responsible for educating and training human<br />resources (HRs) that provide services to all members of the community. Clinical educators play a<br />significant role in the promotion of health and education in medical sciences universities.<br />AIMS: The aim of this study was to prioritize and develop a model to illustrate the relationship between<br />faculty recruitment challenges in medical sciences universities.<br />SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) is a system design method initially<br />introduced by Warfield (1974). This method helps create order in the complex interconnections<br />between components of a system by interpreting the opinions of a group of experts. It both determines<br />the priority of elements influencing one another and uncovers the association between the elements<br />of a multipart set in a hierarchical structure.<br />SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this method, the identified challenges were built into a paired<br />comparison questionnaire to be completed by policymakers and experts. By the same token, the<br />obtained results were analyzed with the ISM technique.<br />STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The four steps include identified variables related to the issue, structural<br />self‑interaction matrix, initial reachability matrix, and final reachability matrix was used for analysis.<br />According to these steps, the ISM model was portrayed.<br />RESULTS: The ISM model was developed in ten levels that divided into three parts including key<br />challenges, strategic challenges, and dependent challenges.<br />CONCLUSION: Health promotion and quality of education in medical sciences universities is<br />dependent on quality of faculty recruitment system. According to the results, it is imperative that HR<br />managers and policymakers improve existing rules and develop policies to solve the challenges in<br />this area.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_29116_8ac8abb13b9fe96f24fe2cab11a18fc2.pdf