Developing and validating a national set of standards for undergraduate medical education using the WFME framework: the experience of an accreditation system in Iran

被引：11

作者：

Gandomkar, Roghayeh ^{[1
,2
]}

Changiz, Tahereh ^{[3
,4
]}

Omid, Athar ^{[3
,4
]}

Alizadeh, Mahasti ^{[5
,6
]}

Khazaei, Majid ^{[7
]}

Heidarzadah, Abtin ^{[8
]}

Rouzrokh, Pouria ^{[9
]}

Amini, Mitra ^{[10
]}

Honarpisheh, Hamid ^{[11
]}

Laripour, Reza ^{[12
]}

Abedi, Farshid ^{[13
]}

Sabet, Babak ^{[14
]}

Mirzazadeh, Azim ^{[15
,16
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Med Educ, Tehran, Iran

[2] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Hlth Profess Educ Res Ctr, Tehran, Iran

[3] Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Dept Med Educ, Esfahan, Iran

[4] Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Med Educ Res Ctr, Esfahan, Iran

[5] Tabriz Univ Med Sci, Social Determinants Hlth Res Ctr, Tabriz, Iran

[6] Tabriz Univ Med Sci, Med Educ Res Ctr, Tabriz, Iran

[7] Mashhad Univ Med Sci, Dept Physiol, Mashhad, Iran

[8] Guilan Univ Med Sci, Med Educ Res Ctr, Guilan, Iran

[9] Mayo Clin, Dept Radiol, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Rochester, MN USA

[10] Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Clin Educ Res Ctr, Shiraz, Iran

[11] Minist Hlth & Med Educ, Secretariat Council Undergraduate Med Educ, Deputy Educ Fac Member, Tehran, Iran

[12] Aja Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Social & Prevent Med, Tehran, Iran

[13] Birjand Univ Med Sci, Infect Dis Res Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis, Birjand, Iran

[14] Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Fac Med, Dept Surg, Tehran, Iran

[15] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Hlth Profess Educ Res Ctr, 57 Hojjatdust Alley,Naderi St,Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran 141663591, Iran

[16] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Tehran, Iran

来源：

BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION | 2023年 / 23卷 / 01期

关键词：

Standard; Undergraduate medical education; WFME; SCHOOL ACCREDITATION; CULTURE; QUALITY; DECADES;

D O I：

10.1186/s12909-023-04343-9

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

BackgroundDefining standards is the first step toward quality assurance and improvement of educational programs. This study aimed at developing and validating a set of national standards for the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program through an accreditation system in Iran using the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) framework.MethodsThe first draft of standards was prepared through consultative workshops with the participation of different UME program stakeholders. Subsequently, standards were sent to medical schools and UME directors were asked to complete a web-based survey. The content validity index at the item level (I-CVI) was computed using criteria including clarity, relevance, optimization and evaluability for each standard. Afterward, a full-day consultative workshop was held and a wide range of UME stakeholders across the country (n = 150) discussed the survey results and made corrections to standards.ResultsAnalysis of survey results showed that relevance criteria had the best CVI as only 15 (13%) standards demonstrated CVI < 0.78. More than two-thirds (71%) and a half (55%) of standards showed CVI < 0.78 for optimization and evaluability criteria. The final set of UME national standards was structured in 9 areas, 24 sub-areas, 82 basic and 40 quality development standards, and 84 annotations.ConclusionsWe developed and validated national standards as a framework to ensure the quality of UME training with input from UME stakeholders. We used WFME standards as a benchmark while addressing local requirements. The standards and participatory approach to developing standards may guide relevant institutions.

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