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Expert Panel Analysis of The Current Status for Ophthalmic Fellowship Education in Iran
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Mohammad Ali Javadi   , Shima Tabatabai , Hassan Hashemi , Mohammad-Mehdi Sadoughi , Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani , Masood Naseripour , Mohammad reza Akbari , Mahmoud Jabbarvand , Shahin Yazdani , Sare Safi , Gholamreza Khataminia , Majid Farvardin , Majid Abrishami |
| Ophthalmic Research Center, Reaserch institute for ophthalmology and vision science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (753 Views) |
Background: Development of fellowship education is constantly one of the strategies of medical education policy makers because of the key role of graduated fellowships in advanced health care. This study aimed to comprehensively analyse the current status of ophthalmology fellowship education in Iran.
Methods: Using purposive sampling, this applied qualitative foresight study, selected eleven experts and key informants of Iran’s ophthalmic fellowship education, and invited them to participate in a panel of experts. A panel meeting for focused discussion was held on February 2023.
Results: The identified strength points and challenges are presented in 23 main themes, and 65 subthemes. The seven main themes of strengths included, systematic management, successful policies in ophthalmology education, effectiveness of fellowship programs, increasing motivation for academic growth, faculty empowerment, improving access to advanced services, and avoiding procedures with questionable indications.
Sixteen themes for challenges included: low educational quality in some centers, lack of community-based education, weak professional ethics, low quality of research, lack of comprehensiveness, lack of futuristic approach in developing fellowships, lack of workforce planning, ineffective evaluation system, ineffective centralized admission system, unbalanced admission capacity, receiving fellowship degree to make extra income, performing ophthalmic procedures not related to their fellowship fields , refuse to operate high risk ophthalmic procedures, unattractive Tariffs, regional disparity of medical resources, and shortage of advanced technological infrastructures.
Conclusion: Based on expert consensus, forward-looking planning is effective in order to maintain the achievements, solve the challenges, and improve these courses in line with the desired perspective. |
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| Keywords: Medical Education, Ophthalmology, Program Development, Policy Making |
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Received: 2023/07/31 | Accepted: 2023/10/22 | ePublished ahead of print: 2023/12/19 | Published: 2023/12/20
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