Explaining the Position of Academy of Medical Sciences in the Higher Health Education System



Pourabbasi A¹ ; Tavassol ZH² ; Larijani B³ Show Affiliations
Source: Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Published:2023

Abstract

The higher health education system in the Islamic Republic of Iran is an integrated system with multiple stakeholders responsible for training human resources in the health sector at different levels. The Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the effective institutional factors in this system. This article aims to explain the position of the Academy of Medical Sciences in the country's medical science education system and outline its major directions in this field. In this study, the Knowledge-to-Action Framework was implemented in four steps. Effective institutional factors in system development were explained, and the role of the various stakeholders of the country's medical science education system was compared with them. Then, the functions of the academy as a main beneficiary based on the degree of connection with the stages of the Knowledge-to-Action Framework were weighted, and finally, these functions were categorized. According to this model, although the academy plays a role in many stages of the development of the country's medical science education system, it primarily functions as a Think tank and Observatory and to a lesser extent as a Knowledge transfer/dissemination unit. The model presented in this article will help the trustees of the Academy of Medical Sciences to play the largest and most effective role in the development of the country's medical science education system, with optimal resource management and principled training of human capacities, thereby laying the groundwork for the improvement of the integrated health system. © 2023Tehran University of Medical Sciences.