Medical faculties' view about the importance of educational roles

Changes in medical education have drawn attention to student-based learning. It is necessary that teachers' educational roles be redefined to conform to these changes. While numerous educational activities are listed for medical teachers, it seems that they involve themselves in only some of th...

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Published inAdvances in medical education and practice Vol. 9; pp. 417 - 422
Main Authors Abolbashari, Samaneh, Moonaghi, Hossein Karimi, Bazzaz, Mojtaba Mousavi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove Medical Press
Subjects
Activity programs (Education)
Analysis
Core curriculum
Curriculum
faculty member
Information services
Medical education
Medical personnel training
Medical schools
Medicine
Original Research
Problem based learning
Questionnaires
Role models
Schools
Students
Studies
teacher role
Teachers
Teaching
Iran
teacher role
faculty member
medical education
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Summary:Changes in medical education have drawn attention to student-based learning. It is necessary that teachers' educational roles be redefined to conform to these changes. While numerous educational activities are listed for medical teachers, it seems that they involve themselves in only some of these roles. We conducted this study to assess the importance of different educational roles in the view of medical faculties. A questionnaire that consisted of a total of 12 roles classified into six categories including information provider, role model, facilitator, examiner, planner, and resource developer was prepared. Faculty members were asked to score the importance of each role using a 1-10 scale. Participants assigned the highest score to "on-the-job role model" (9.47) and the lowest score to "curriculum planner" (8.31) from their own point of view. They also assigned the highest score to "planning or participating in student exams" (8.10) and the lowest score to "learning facilitator" (6.51) from the perspective of the importance of roles in their school's programs. Faculty members are generally familiar with different educational roles but they need to be informed about some of the roles which have gained lower scores in this study.
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ISSN:1179-7258
1179-7258
DOI:10.2147/AMEP.S163218