Academic Advising in Iranian Medical Schools

• Main Authors: Aeen Mohammadi, R Mojtahedzadeh, H Nafisi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2009-02-01
• Series: Journal of Medical Education
• Subjects: ACADEMIC ADVISING, BENCHMARKING
• Online Access: http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/749

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