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Expert Recommendations to Accomplish an Ideal Status for Ophthalmic Fellowship Education in Iran: Foresight Panel
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Mohammad Ali Javadi   , Shima Tabatabai , Hassan Hashemi , Mohammad-Mehdi Sadoughi , Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani , Masood Naseripour , Mohammadreza Akbari , Mahmoud Jabbarvand , Shahin Yazdani , Sare Safi , Gholamreza Khataminia , Majid Farvardin , Majid Abrishami , Maryam Khayamzadeh |
| Department of Medical Education, Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Background: Promotion of Ophthalmic Education and practice is one of the main priorities for policy makers in ophthalmology. This study aimed to present expert solutions to accomplish an ideal status for ophthalmic fellowship education in iran over a 10- year horizon.
Methods: In this applied qualitative research, 11 key informants of Iran’s Ophthalmic Fellowship Education were selected using purposive sampling, and invited to participate in an expert panel on February 2023. The data analyzed by thematic approach.
Results: The identified solutions to achieve desired status for fellowship education in ophthalmology were presented in 14 main themes, and 44 subthemes. Based on experts consensu, this study proposed 14 applied solutions including: revising the ophthalmic fellowship curriculum to the highest quality, promoting accountability, promoting professionalism, constant interaction with clinical research sectors, reform in national system of fellowship admission, reform in fellowship program evaluation and accreditation system, decentralization of ophthalmic fellowship admission, Integration of some ophthalmic fellowship disciplines, cutting unnecessary admissions and increasing admissions in required ophthalmic fields, foresight in workforce planning, cost-effectiveness analysis in fellowship programs development, ophthalmic services tariffs reform, ophthalmologists retention policy reform, and investing and building technological infrastructures.
Conclusion: The priority areas and applied solutions to actualize the ideal situation for ophthalmic fellowship education of the highest quality in response to community and health system demands are determined. The expert recommendations should be considered through revision of policies, standards and practical mechanisms by educational planners to promote ophthalmic fellowship education in Iran. |
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| Keywords: Evaluation Studies, Forecasting, Medical Graduate Education, Ophthalmology |
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Received: 2023/07/31 | Accepted: 2024/02/20 | ePublished ahead of print: 2024/03/5 | Published: 2024/03/19
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