Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran

Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran Ahmad Kalateh Sadati 1, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani 2* 1Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 2Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abstract Introduction: Medicine and related subjects are fundamental pillars of the development of modern humanities, as humanities have been able to provide a good basis for explaining health issues. The goal of this study was to explore the challenges facing medical humanities in Iran. Methods: This exploratory research aimed to assess the challenges facing the development of medical humanities in Iran. This qualitative research used a triangulation method for data collection. The participants’ observations in one session for making disciplines in the Ministry of Health and 12 interdisciplinary science development discussions in the Southern Medical Education Region comprised the data of the present study. Based on Bourdieu and Foucault’s theories, data were analyzed using the directed qualitative content analysis method. Results: The study showed that the field of medical education is heavily dominated by the knowledge and power of biomedical discourse. This dominant, hegemonic, and non-homogeneous discourse takes the bulk of the field so that it does not communicate with other fields of knowledge. Nevertheless, marginal discourses also pursue a kind of resilience ethos and this resistance ethics has managed to fulfill part of its goals in the short term. The formation of medical humanities in the field of medical education depends on the resilience continuity of resistance morality in academic discourses. Conclusion: The development of medical human medicine is one of the requirements of medical education in Iran, which is proposed to be pursued at the policy and intellectual levels. Keywords: Medical Education; Interdisciplinary Studies; Medical Humanities; Iran Please cite this article as follows: Kalateh Sadati, A, Bagheri Lankarani K. Medical humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran. Hakim Health Sys Res. 2019; 22(4): 298-307. *Corresponding Author: Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Building No. 2, Eighth Floor, School of Medicine, Zand Ave., Postal Code: 71348-45794, Shiraz, Iran. Tel/Fax: +98-7132309615, Email: [email protected]