introduction: while social media has the potential to be used to make professional and personal connections, it can also be used inappropriately, with detrimental ramifications for the individual in terms of their professional reputation and even hiring decisions. this research explored students’ and faculty members’ perceptions of the acceptability of various social media postings. methods: th...

purpose: this article presents the results of study aimed at devising comprehensive, standard and objective criteria for measuring faculty members' workload. material & method: the indicators for measuring faculty members' workload were collected through a comprehensive review of the literature, a survey of the available documents and methods for measuring workload in the country, and faculty m...

the goal of this study was to assess attitude towards plagiarism in faculty members of medical school at tehran university of medical sciences. one hundred and twenty medical faculty members of tehran university of medical sciences were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. they were asked to answer to valid and reliable persian version of attitude towards plagiarism questionnaire. attitude t...

background and aim: academic evaluation is one of the strategies applied for the enhancement of teaching conditions. student-based evaluation is one of the most common kinds of evaluation. the current study is aimed at the identification of important criteria of academic evaluation from the viewpoint of medical school students.   materials and methods: this is a descriptive, cross-sectional stu...

introduction: this study was conducted to determine the most important strengths and weaknesses of the present evaluation system in tehran university of medical sciences and achieve the main factors to improve this system. method: it was a mixed method study design in two separate and sequential phases. the first phase was a qualitative step applying a document analysis method to interpret the ...

aim: the comprehensive evaluation program of the health system in higher education is a strategic plan in line with the goals of health reform program. the planning levels are based on 12 general policies. as professors of medical universities have an important role in public health promotion, this study aimed to identify the outcomes of faculty development at medical universities in the northe...

introduction: india has the highest number of medical colleges in the world and subsequently the higher number of medical teachers. there is a dire need of adopting a systematic approach to faculty development to enhance quality education to meet health challenges for 21st century. this manuscript provides a landscape of faculty development programs in india, identifying gaps and opportunities ...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that the addition of current medical student interviewers (CMSI) to faculty interviewers (FI) is valuable to the medical school admissions process. This study provides objective data about the contribution of CMSI to the admissions process. METHOD Thirty-six applicants to a 4-year medical school program were interviewed by both CMSI and FI, and the evaluations com...

test the psychometric properties of the persian version of the perception of psychiatry survey questionnaire, which is being used in a large multi-site international study, of which we were part. this instrument was designed to measure the attitudes of medical educators to psychiatry.we used world health organization guideline as the methodological model for persian translation. the persian ver...