Academic Advising in Iranian Medical Schools
Background and purpose:To measure the status of academic advising in medical schools, the present study was designed at the Secretariat for Education and Student Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.<br />Methods: A benchmarking tool, to assess the quality of different aspec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Education |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/749 |
| Summary: | Background and purpose:To measure the status of academic advising in medical schools, the present study was designed at the Secretariat for Education and Student Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.<br />Methods: A benchmarking tool, to assess the quality of different aspects of that field was devised. Every school was asked to introduce a representative who would complete a questionnaire, which was designed to collect schools’ information.<br />Results: All the divisions were visited by one of the project’s members to revise and approve the data. Then data retrieval was performed, verified and analyzed at the project’s office.<br />Conclusion: There are 45 public and private medical schools nationwide, which were stratified based on their individual scores for academic advising.<br />Keywords: ACADEMIC ADVISING, BENCHMARKING |
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| ISSN: | 1735-3998 1735-4005 |