Asgar Akbari
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management has become one of the main strategies for the survival of libraries that is facing problems. In so doing, this study endeavored to identify the factors of organizational structure to establish knowledge management in the libraries of medical universities.Methods: ...
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management has become one of the main strategies for the survival of libraries that is facing problems. In so doing, this study endeavored to identify the factors of organizational structure to establish knowledge management in the libraries of medical universities.Methods: This was an analytical survey and the population included 184 managers of research and medical libraries who were identified through the websites of medical universities. A total of 150 managers participated in this research and answered the researcher-made questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.78). Data were analyzed using the t-test and Friedman test.Results: There was no significant difference between the factors of organizational structure. In terms of ranking, human component with an average of 2.06, peripheral component with an average of 1.97, and technology component with an average of 1.95 had the highest to the lowest impact on the implementation of knowledge management in the libraries of medical universities.Conclusion: Implementation of knowledge management in university libraries is a potency that can integrate knowledge investments into the promotion of educational and research services. This feature is provided in the libraries of medical universities to implement knowledge management with the benefit of facilities and the help of knowledgeable staff.
Faramarz Soheili; Sahar Jasri; Ali Akbar Khasseh; Farshid Danesh
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Introduction: Assessing the quality of mobile websites related to libraries is one of the new topics of study. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the mobile websites of the libraries of the top Iranian universities of medical sciences.Methods: This was an applied research, ...
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Introduction: Assessing the quality of mobile websites related to libraries is one of the new topics of study. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the mobile websites of the libraries of the top Iranian universities of medical sciences.Methods: This was an applied research, done by the descriptive-survey method. The study population included the libraries’ mobile websites of the top fifty Iranian universities of medical sciences, which ranked highest in the webometrics ranking of universities in January 2019. The quality of services was evaluated using a checklist included fourteen indicators. Descriptive statistical methods and Friedman test were utilized for data analysis.Results: “Quick Access to Databases,” “Contact us,” and “Observing and Searching Library Catalog” with a mean rank of 10.01 had the best position among indicators. “Study Hall Reservation” with a mean rank of 3.01 and “Library Floors’ Map/Plan” with a mean rank of 3.99 had the worst situation among the fourteen indicators studied, respectively.Conclusion: The results showed that some indicators such as “Quick Access to Databases,” “Observing and Searching Library Catalog,” and “Library News and Events” were more useful than others. These are the indicators that users of libraries’ mobile websites usually need. Medical informatics administrators and designers at medical universities can use the results of this research to improve the quality of services of mobile websites of university libraries.
Narges Ghorbani; Marjan Momeni; Raheb Ghorbani; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji
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Introduction: Scientific social networks increase the speed of data transfer through increasing the interaction among researchers in one hand, and result in their dynamism and identification and their scientific productions on the other hand. With regard to the importance of the presence of researchers ...
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Introduction: Scientific social networks increase the speed of data transfer through increasing the interaction among researchers in one hand, and result in their dynamism and identification and their scientific productions on the other hand. With regard to the importance of the presence of researchers in such networks, the aim of this study was to investigate the presence and the use of such networks by the faculty members of Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.Methods: In this descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study, 154 faculty members were present at the university during May to September 2016. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were performed at a significant level of 0.050 to analyze the data.Results: 122 faculty members completed the questionnaire and returned it. 59.8% (73) of faculty members were members of at least one scientific social network. The relationship between membership in the Research Gate and academic rank was significant (P = 0.037); so that the membership of the academic degree of the instructor was less than the membership of assistant professors, associate professors, or professors. The most common reason for using scientific social networks was pursuing the activities of other researchers, and the most common reason for non-use was lack of time. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the lack of skills in information retrieval and academic rank (P = 0.004); so that a high percentage (38.5%) of the faculty members stated that they had insufficient skill in data retrieval.Conclusion: The use of scientific social networks will increase the visibility of scientific output, and consequently, increase the citation to the scientific production of the institute, which will lead to the promotion of university research.
Ali Mansouri; Marjan Forouzandeh-Shahraki; Mohammad Amin Erfanmanesh
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Introduction: One of the indicators of research outputs of universities is assessment of the capability to of transferring knowledge to technology via assessment of citedness of scholarly outputs by patents. Current research aimed to investigate the status and factors associated with the citedness of ...
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Introduction: One of the indicators of research outputs of universities is assessment of the capability to of transferring knowledge to technology via assessment of citedness of scholarly outputs by patents. Current research aimed to investigate the status and factors associated with the citedness of scholarly outputs by patents in Scopus for the type 1 medical science universities of Iran during 2000-2015 period.Methods: Research population comprised of all scholarly output published by eight type 1 Iranian medical science universities (Tehran, Shahid Beheshti, Shiraz, Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Ahwaz, and Kerman) in Scopus database during 2000-2015 period. Data were collected from Elsevier’s SciVal. Moreover, data analysis was conducted using descriptive correlation statistics.Results: Of 76111 studied publications, 998 scientific outputs were cited 3145 times from patents. Citedness rate of medical science universities’ scholarly output were found to be higher than the average rate of Iran (0.39%), but lower than the international average rate (1.1%). The highest and lowest shares of cited publications by patents were seen in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1.53%) and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (0.58%), respectively. Results of running a series of multiple linear regression tests showed that four indicators, namely Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), total number of publication’s authors, and total number of publication’s contributing institutions had statistically significant impacts on possibility of citedness of scholarly outputs by patents.Conclusion: In addition to the topic and practical nature of the scholarly output, results of the study showed that research collaboration, as well as publishing in high quality journals, has an impact on getting cited by patents.
Fatemeh Zarmehr; Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi; Ahmad Shabani
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Introduction: Nowadays, social media plays an important role in meeting information needs of individuals, especially students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of social media in meeting all kinds of information needs based on Norwood's information needs pyramid among the ...
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Introduction: Nowadays, social media plays an important role in meeting information needs of individuals, especially students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of social media in meeting all kinds of information needs based on Norwood's information needs pyramid among the students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Methods: In this survey study, the data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population consisted of students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was carried out using random stratified sampling method. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed by experts in library and information science and psychologists; while reliability was calculated based on Cronbach’s alpha (0.89). SPSS software was used for data analysis.Results: The mean of using social media to meet information needs was lower than average among studied students. The means of using social media to meet the coping, helping, enlightening, empowering, and edifying information needs were estimated as 2.461, 2.323, 3.147, 2.448, and 2.463, respectively. Field of study significantly affected the use of social media, while the age had no significant effects.Conclusion: The extent of using social media tools to meet all kinds of information needs of students was less than average in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences; and the enlightening information needs of students were met more than other types of information needs through social media tools. To import the use of social media in meeting information needs, health officials should explain the capabilities of social media to students.
Mohammadreza Alibeik; Mohammad Kharabati-Neshin
Volume 14, Issue 4 , November 2017, , Pages 174-180
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Introduction: Citation is the fundamental principle of research compilation; therefore, researchers and their organizations always try to increase their citation rates by means of attracting other researchers. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of the scientometrics indicators of the researches ...
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Introduction: Citation is the fundamental principle of research compilation; therefore, researchers and their organizations always try to increase their citation rates by means of attracting other researchers. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of the scientometrics indicators of the researches done in Iranian type-one universities of medical sciences.Methods: This was a descriptive study with the scientometrics approach. A full-scale method was used in this research and frequency, percentage, and mean were used to describe the data. The research population consisted of articles which cited articles from researchers in Iranian type-one universities of medical sciences on the Web of Science Database from 2010 to 2014.Results: During the years 2010 to 2014, with increase in the number of articles, the average rate of citations to the articles had increased significantly. Although the average citation per article was low, the citation rate was acceptable (between 1 to 3 percent).Conclusion: The results of this research can be useful for reducing the barriers of obscurity and citation which are the most important factors in the growth of the scientometrics indices of the articles produced by high-level researchers in medical sciences in the country.
Leila Khalili
Volume 13, Issue 4 , November 2016, , Pages 273-279
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Introduction: ReseachGate network provides an opportunity for scientific collaboration between researchers in process of knowledge production. This study investigated the situation of Iranian medical universities in ReseachGate.Methods: This applied and quantitative study used a scientometric method ...
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Introduction: ReseachGate network provides an opportunity for scientific collaboration between researchers in process of knowledge production. This study investigated the situation of Iranian medical universities in ReseachGate.Methods: This applied and quantitative study used a scientometric method (altmetrics). Population of the study was 45 Iranian medical universities present in ReseachGate. Data collection was carried out from 27 April until 21 June 2015 by means of manual observation and recording information from ReseachGate, webometric and Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) websites. Spearman coefficient was used to test the correlation between variables. SPSS17 software was used for data analysis and Pajak software for drawing the related graphs.Results: Medical universities of Tehran, Shahid Behesti, Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan and Tabriz had the highest ReseachGate scores, respectively. United State of America, China and Iran respectively had the most view and download of Iranian medical documents (papers) in ReseachGate. Tehran University of Medical Sciences had a central role in co-authorship with majority of Iranian medical universities. Finally, there was a strong and positive correlation between ReseachGate score and ranking of medical universities in ISC and webometics.Conclusion: The results showed that the higher ranking universities are more active in ReseachGate. Tehran University of Medical Sciences is the most important node of co-authorship network. Geographical closeness is influential in co-authorship.
Rezvan Ansari; Reza Khajouei
Volume 13, Issue 5 , October 2016, , Pages 320-325
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Introduction: Websites of university research institutes play an important role in communicating and providing services to their users. The aim of this study was to determine the quality of websites of research institutes affiliated to Iranian universities of medical sciences.Methods: This applied study ...
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Introduction: Websites of university research institutes play an important role in communicating and providing services to their users. The aim of this study was to determine the quality of websites of research institutes affiliated to Iranian universities of medical sciences.Methods: This applied study was carried out using cross-sectional method in winter 2014. The dedicated websites of research institutes were evaluated using a pre-validated checklist. This checklist addressed four dimensions of websites quality: content, design, organization and user-friendliness. For sorting the quality of websites, a score of 1 to 5 was given to each criterion of these dimensions by experts. Excel software was used to analyze the data.Results: The studied websites conformed to standard quality criteria by means of 81% for content, 85% for design, 89% for organizing and 77% for user-friendliness. Overall, the obtained scores in four dimensions of websites quality ranged from 74% to 90% of the maximum score for each item.Conclusion: In general, the websites of the research institutes affiliated to Iranian universities of medical sciences were in desirable conditions in terms of conforming to four dimensions of website quality. However, to increase the efficiency and productivity of these websites, research institutes should consider other neglected quality criteria in the design of their websites.
Hamidreza Mirsafian
Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2016, , Pages 42-47
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Introduction: Quantum management is a novel way of management presently used in organizations. The aim of this research was to study the relative contribution of quantum management to job engagement dimensions among the employees of physical education departments of Iranian medical sciences ...
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Introduction: Quantum management is a novel way of management presently used in organizations. The aim of this research was to study the relative contribution of quantum management to job engagement dimensions among the employees of physical education departments of Iranian medical sciences universities. Methods: This was an applied, descriptive, and correlational study. The study subjects consisted of 220 employees working in physical education departments of medical sciences universities of the country in 2014. The sample size was calculated as 132 using the Krejcie and Morgan’s method. The stratified random sampling method was used according to the total population of this research. Data collection tools consisted of a researcher-made quantum management questionnaire (21 items) and a job engagement scale (17 items). The regression test was used for analyzing data. Results: The improvement of employees’ job energy, job absorption, and job dedication were predicted by quantum seeing, quantum thinking, quantum feeling, quantum knowing, quantum acting, quantum being, and quantum trust. Moreover, quantum management had a positive and significant correlation with job energy, job absorption, and job dedication dimensions (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: The use of quantum management methods could be helpful in improving and strengthening the employees’ job engagement in organizations, especially physical education departments of Iranian medical sciences universities. In addition, it would promote the attaining of organizational goals in organizations.
Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda; Sayed Javad Ghazimirsaeed; Mohammadreza Alibyek; Roghieh Ershad-Sarabi
Volume 13, Issue 2 , April 2016, , Pages 102-107
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Introduction: Hospital websites can be appropriate and effective tools for attracting medical tourism. However, many structural and content criteria should be considered in designing hospital websites. The aim of this study was the evaluation of websites of hospitals affiliated to medical universities ...
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Introduction: Hospital websites can be appropriate and effective tools for attracting medical tourism. However, many structural and content criteria should be considered in designing hospital websites. The aim of this study was the evaluation of websites of hospitals affiliated to medical universities in Tehran, Iran, based on information necessary for attracting medical tourists. Methods: This study was carried out using applied survey method. The study population consisted of all hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, (n = 50). The data collection tool was the MDS-Hospital website questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were approved in previous literature (α = 0.90). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage). Results: The average score of the structural dimension of hospital websites based on the questionnaire was 64.5%. However, the average score of the contextual dimension of hospital websites was less than 50%. The websites of hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iran University of Medical Sciences had a more favorable score in terms of structural dimension and contextual dimension, respectively. Conclusion: The websites of the studied hospitals had an acceptable status in terms of the structural dimension. However, they did not obtain favorable scores on the contextual dimension. Thus, these hospitals must redesign their websites in terms of the contextual dimension in order to be more successful in attracting medical tourism.
Leila Khalili
Volume 12, Issue 4 , August 2015, , Pages 435-444
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Introduction: The Open Access Movement has been one of the best ways that can facilitate information flow. One of the representations of the Open Access Movement is Open Access Journals. Despite the positive attitudes of the scientific community towards Open Access Journals, it seems that the number ...
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Introduction: The Open Access Movement has been one of the best ways that can facilitate information flow. One of the representations of the Open Access Movement is Open Access Journals. Despite the positive attitudes of the scientific community towards Open Access Journals, it seems that the number of the researchers who have the tendency to publish in these journals as compared with Closed Access Journals has been limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the views of medical researchers as to the barriers to publishing papers in Open Access Journals.Methods: This applied study used a survey design. Population of the study was academic staff of Medicine Schools in Public Medical Universities of Iran and the sample size was 367 respondents. This study was carried out in 2009-2012. Data collection instrument was a questionnaire developed by researcher of the study. The reliability of twelve items of this study was estimated by using Cronbach's alpha whose coefficient was 0.859. The validity of questions was assessed by using Test-retest among population of the study and experts' view on open access area. In order to analysis date in descriptive level, percent and mean was used. In inferential level, Pearson correlation coefficient was used. SPSS 17 was used to analysis data.Results: Based on the findings, with a total of 76 percent of respondents, author-charge was a barrier to publishing papers in Open Access Journals. According to majority of the respondents, negative influence of publishing papers in open access journals on career promotion as well as problem of renewing credit card were not important publishing barriers. Based on Pearson correlation coefficient, there was a significant relation (r=-0.130, p=0.05) between publishing experience and publishing barriers.Conclusion: Among the all mentioned barriers, author-charge is the most important reason for not publishing in valid Open Access Journals. However, the increase of publishing experience of respondents can reduce the influence of barriers significantly.
Zahra Mosharraf; Ahmad Papi; Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi; Rahele Samouei; Akbar Hasanzadeh
Volume 12, Issue 4 , August 2015, , Pages 457-466
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Introduction: Bibliotherapy is a process or activity that uses dynamic interaction along with reading a book in order to help people to solve problems or increase their cognitive understanding. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the effect of bibliotherapy on the psychological capital ...
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Introduction: Bibliotherapy is a process or activity that uses dynamic interaction along with reading a book in order to help people to solve problems or increase their cognitive understanding. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the effect of bibliotherapy on the psychological capital of the employees of the department of management and medical informatics of Isfahan University of medical science.Methods: This is an applied study using a semi-empirical method. The statistical population consists of all non-faculty employees of the department of management and medical informatics of Isfahan University of Medical Science which was a total of 70 people. 28 members of the population were randomly selected and placed in two experiment and control groups and answered the psychological capital questionnaire. The Data gathering tool was the Psychological capital questionnaire of Lutherans. The experiment group underwent 6 two hour sections of bibliotherapy where the control group underwent no interference. In order to investigate the effect of Bibliotherapy, both groups answered the questionnaire again one month after the final bibliotherapy section. The gathered information was analyzed using descriptive (average and frequency distribution) and analytical (independent t-test, paired t-test, Chi square and Mann–Whitney U test) with the help of SPSS20 software.Results: The findings showed that there was no meaningful distinction between the average scores of physiological capital of both groups before interference by comparing factors of Self-Esteem, hopefulness, Resiliency and optimism. However the average physiological capital score and average score of each factor in the experiment group was meaningfully higher than that of control group after the bibliotherapy sections.Conclusion: With the increase of literacy and the culture of reading in the information age, bibliotherapy is a suitable and harmless treatment method that can be used to help with daily challenges, worries and stresses of the busy everyday life. Due to trainable nature of psychological capital one can use bibliotherapy to increase the psychological capital of the employees of different organizations which will in turn provide both the employees themselves and the organization with material and spiritual gains.
Fatemeh Ghaderi; Behrouz Moradhasel
Volume 12, Issue 4 , August 2015, , Pages 483-494
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Introduction: The rapid development in today's world, knowledge of developments and consequently planning to achieve the objectives by possible shortest ways Undeniable necessity makes. Any organization to achieve its goals and mission should review the current situation and explain the route ahead, ...
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Introduction: The rapid development in today's world, knowledge of developments and consequently planning to achieve the objectives by possible shortest ways Undeniable necessity makes. Any organization to achieve its goals and mission should review the current situation and explain the route ahead, be systematically planned and organized in order to benefit from internal and external sources in the light of the strategic planning. This study aimed to analyze the success of strategic management of treatment vice presidency of Hamedan University of medical sciences (UMSHA).Methods: This research is an applied, descriptive cross sectional study.The strategic plan of study and degree of success in achieving its strategic objectives is measured based on the balanced scorecard (BSC) and then, The organization's success in achieving the objectives Was evaluated with The target population of of Hamedan University of medical sciences workers (28 people, including all managers and treatment vice presidency Experts. The data collection tool was a research’s questionnaire so the experts confirmed the validity and reliability of the method by Test-retest and were confirmed by Alpha Cronbach measurements 94 percent. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and SPSS15 software were used for data analysis.Results: Studied Organization Achieved its goals In terms of Financial to 85%, Customer to72%, in processes to 90% and in learning and growth to 100% and in total have been achieved success in achieving their goals 82 percent. Also Failure to achieve the objectives was the result of weakness or failure in every stage of the strategic management.This means that up to 95 percent, Lack of proper design and selection of inappropriate strategies, lack of proper implementation strategies and the lack of proper evaluation of the implementation of the strategic plan of the organization's lack of effectiveness of the strategic managment.Conclusion:Using an appropriate model for the organization's strategic plan, it is considered important to the success of the program but more importantly, it need to have a strategy that is based on accurate knowledge and built on understanding of strategic thinking environment. Commitment to right implementation the strategies is essential and Implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation system can promote the implementation of the strategic plan in organization.
Akbar Etebarian; Majid Shiasi
Volume 12, Issue 4 , August 2015, , Pages 531-539
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Introduction: The importance of spirituality in organizations and can be a powerful force in people's lives brought profound. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between spiritual intelligence and productivity of employees Isfahan University Medical of Sciences.Methods: The purpose ...
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Introduction: The importance of spirituality in organizations and can be a powerful force in people's lives brought profound. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between spiritual intelligence and productivity of employees Isfahan University Medical of Sciences.Methods: The purpose of the study and application of methods, cross - correlation. The study population consisted of all finance staff and managers University in 1393, including was 900 persons. Using random sampling, stratified Cochran formula and 269 of them were chosen. To collect feedback from questionnaires King (2008) (1) to measure the spiritual intelligence and a questionnaire was used to measure productivity. The face validity and Cronbach's alpha for the spiritual intelligence 0.81 and productivity 0.89, respectively. The present study tests such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics, multiple regression, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient was used, using structural equation modeling techniques and lisrel software and Spss19, research hypotheses were tested.Results: The results indicate that the correlation coefficient between spiritual intelligence and employee productivity throughout the p≤0.01 is meaningful and positive. And the higher spiritual intelligence, productivity is more (and vice versa). The results showed that 13.7% of the variable changes that overlap with each other.Conclusion The results showed that the amplification spiritual intelligence staff productivity can be increased.
Ehsan Mosa Farkhany; Hosein Khooban; Behruz Dahrazama; Vahid Reza Arefi; Fariba Saadat
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 117-124
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Introduction: The goal of health system reform in Iran is embarking on a series of continued changes for improving efficiency, fixing justice for people's use of health services, protecting people against financing dangers due to disease, and reforming payment system. Family physician program is selected ...
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Introduction: The goal of health system reform in Iran is embarking on a series of continued changes for improving efficiency, fixing justice for people's use of health services, protecting people against financing dangers due to disease, and reforming payment system. Family physician program is selected as the base of health system reform. The aim of this study is to determining the causes of discontinuation of family physicians working in Mashhad University of medical sciencesMethods: In this cross-sectional study 156 of family physician working in Mashhad University of medical sciences randomly selected and self-constructed Questionnaire completed for them. The statistical analysis was performed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences [SPSS version19].Results: More than half of family physicians (59%) were female. about 80% of family physician ages being between 25 to 42 years. Mean age of family physician was 32.7 ± 6.06 years. About 82% of family physicians were married. The average work experience in family physicians was 16 months. The main reason of discontinuation of family physicians was; low salary (26.7%), effect of monitoring score on the salary (11.7%), and high responsibilities of the physician (9/9%).Conclusions: factor related to the salary and effect of monitoring score on the salary with more than 38% was the most important reason of discontinuation in family physicians. According result of this study the ministry of health and medical education must create dramatic changes in the physician payment.
Elham Ahmadi; Farideh Osareh; Gholamreza Heydari
Volume 12, Issue 2 , April 2015, , Pages 183-193
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Introduction: This study aims at Identification and analysis of encouraging and inhibiting factors of scientific collaboration among Faculty members of ShahidChamran University and Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences of Ahvaz at local, national and international levels.Methods: Data collection ...
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Introduction: This study aims at Identification and analysis of encouraging and inhibiting factors of scientific collaboration among Faculty members of ShahidChamran University and Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences of Ahvaz at local, national and international levels.Methods: Data collection instrument was a questionnaire made by researcher. The study sample consistsed of 292 Faculty members in two universities of shahidChamran University and Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences of Ahvaz.. Its reliability was determined through Cronbach's alpha coefficient α = 0/94.Results: Conducting factor analysis on the data revealed13 main factors were extracted by conducting a factor analysis. 6 of those factors were about encouraging and 7 of them were inhibiting factors. 6 ofencouragingfactors is encouraging factor political and scientific-research, encouragingfactors individuals, encouragingfactors creating skill, encouragingfactors communication, encouragingfactors cultural,encouragingfactors motivation. and The most important inhibiting factors in research is important inhibiting political and scientific-research factor, inhibiting cultural factor, inhibiting individual factor, inhibiting relating to international issues, inhibiting communicative factor, inhibiting individual factor, inhibiting motivating factor. The highest mean (74/09) belongs to political and scientific-research encouraging factor and the lowest mean (7/19) belongs to inhibiting motivational factor. Therefore, results indicate that political, scientific-research factor is the most important encouraging factor and inhibiting motivational factor is the least important factor in scientific cooperation among Faculty members.Conclusion: This study introduces the most important inhibiting and encouraging scientific collaboration, offers ways to improve and expand scientific collaborations among researchers and removing inhibiting.
Saeed Rajaeepour; Sima Agami; Susan Bahrami; Parisa Malekahmadi
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Introduction: Leadership is a process in which management seeks to motivate and communicate effectively, employee's organizational tasks of interest and a desire to encourage and facilitate organizational goals. Higher education plays an important role in the improvement and development of individual ...
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Introduction: Leadership is a process in which management seeks to motivate and communicate effectively, employee's organizational tasks of interest and a desire to encourage and facilitate organizational goals. Higher education plays an important role in the improvement and development of individual and social life of individuals. One of the paths to judge how effectives' university success and failure to achieving the objectives is the study morale of faculty members. This study sought to determine the relationship between the leadership styles of heads of departments and morale's faculty members in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A descriptive correlation research method was utilized. The statistics include the total of university faculty members (491 people) and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (594 people) in during 2009-2010 academic years were selected through proportionate stratified random sampling. Research tools include questionnaire based on the goal setting theory's House model (directive, supportive, participative ,achievement oriental) and morale' components (belongingness, rationality, identification) based on Getzels and Guba model questionnaire. The content and face validity using the validity and reliability through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. (r1 = 0.82) and (r2 = 0.89) was calculated. The research data was analyzed through SPSS18 single sample t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, multiple regression. Results: In Isfahan University directive, supportive, participative leadership styles, mean scores were higher than mean criteria and achievement oriental leadership mean scores were lower than mean criteria and morale' components (belongingness, rationality, identification) mean scores were higher than mean criteria. In Isfahan University of Medical Sciences participative leadership styles, mean scores were higher than mean criteria and directive, achievement oriental leadership styles mean scores were lower than mean criteria and morale' components (belongingness, rationality, identification) mean scores were higher than mean criteria. Correlation coefficient between scores on leadership styles and morale's faculty members in the Pvalue≤0.05 was significant. And multiple regression results also showed that the relationship between leadership styles with morale's faculty members is significant. Conclusion: Poor performance leadership led to increase crisis in the university. Training can be effective when people are with a strong spirit and strive to realize and achieve educational goals. Key words: Leadership; Morale; Universities
Marzieh Javadi; Mehrnush Jafari
Volume 10, Issue 7 , December 2014, , Pages 1044-1050
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Introduction: Optimum resource utilization is one of the primary objectives of any organization. Hospitals as one of the most important elements of health systems, facing escalating costs and resources scarcity, are concerned with this issue as well. Productivity improvement can help hospitals to achieve ...
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Introduction: Optimum resource utilization is one of the primary objectives of any organization. Hospitals as one of the most important elements of health systems, facing escalating costs and resources scarcity, are concerned with this issue as well. Productivity improvement can help hospitals to achieve this objective. Organizational commitment is the main factor to increasing quality in organizations. This study undertakes to investigation the correlation between organizational commitment and productivity. Methods: This research is a correlation study, the research society consisted of employees of Isfahan medical science universities hospitals. 192 employees were selected as a stratified random study. Data collection instrument were 2 questionnaires, one of them was Goldsmith questionnaire for measuring productivity, and another was Allen-Meyer questionnaire for measuring organizational commitment. The data were analyzed by SPSS. Pierson correlation coefficient and regression was used for analyzing data. Result: The result showed that there is positive relationship between organizational commitment and productivity (Pvalue=0/000, t=4/418). There is positive and meaningful relationship between components of organizational commitment (affective, continuance, normative) and productivity. There isn’t positive and meaningful relationship between components of productivity (ability, clarity, help, evaluation, validity and environment) and organizational commitment with the exception of incentive. Conclusion: Hospital manager must recognize effective factors for increseaing organizational commitment and perform some strategies for increasing productivity and quality. Key words: Productivity; Organizational Commitment; Hospitals; Universities
Sedigheh Ansaripoor; Akbar Hasanzadeh; Mohsen Rohani; Tahereh Moghadas
Volume 10, Issue 7 , December 2014, , Pages 1095-1105
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Introduction: In general the success of any organization is connected to the struggle and effort of that organization employer in a high degree and these efforts reach to perfection when employers satisfy of their job. The purpose of this research in behvarzan and job satisfaction investigation who working ...
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Introduction: In general the success of any organization is connected to the struggle and effort of that organization employer in a high degree and these efforts reach to perfection when employers satisfy of their job. The purpose of this research in behvarzan and job satisfaction investigation who working in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Methods: This research was an analytical-descriptive of sectional type. The research society was 1400 behvarzan working in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences who 350 samples was selected by systematic taking samples method. The gathering data instruments was a questionnaire consisting of two parts which in first part was personal information as age, sex, job record, academic paper, employment position, material state, work place, residence place, children number, spouse job and in second part was proposed job satisfaction questions about work nature, connection and supervision style, job immunity, promotion opportunities, physical conditions, work environment, advantages and salaries. The questionnaire was from the Herzberg job satisfaction measurement standard questionnaire. Statistical data analyze was by using SPSS18. Results: The average of (standard diversity) the total score of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences behvarzan 68/66 (12/05) and in separation the investigated domains in priority orders include job nature 84/16 (13/08), supervision style and connections 74/33 (12/58), job security 71/76 (17/47), promotion opportunities 61/64 (21/97), job environment physical conditions 56/23 (18/07) and advantages and salaries 51/8 (8/51) from the maximum 100. There was a reversed relation between the total score of behvarzan job satisfaction and age, job record, children number. The difference was very high in advantages and salaries domain between formal and informal behvarzan job satisfaction and in job opportunities domain between job satisfaction and workplace (pvalue<0/05). Also there was no meaningful relation between sex, marital state, residence place and spouse job with job satisfaction in different domain (pvalue>0/05). Conclusion: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences behvarzan in general have medium to high job satisfaction, the more satisfaction is related to work nature domain and the less is related to advantages and salaries and it can increase the job satisfaction of this group by advantages and salaries increasing, providing welfare facilities and promotion opportunities and reducing work time of health houses if possible and equalize it in all country. Key words: Job Satisfaction; Universities; Allied Health Personnel
Sedigheh Abedi; Reza Khajouei; Leila Ahmadian; Sara Kaveh
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 392-399
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Introduction: Due to the mission of the university websites for providing services to users, the effective design of their content leads to their efficient use. Among them are websites of educational departments which can contain valuable information for faculty members, students and other personnel. ...
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Introduction: Due to the mission of the university websites for providing services to users, the effective design of their content leads to their efficient use. Among them are websites of educational departments which can contain valuable information for faculty members, students and other personnel. The objective of this study was to review the information content of Health Information Management and Technology Departments in Iran. Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study which has been performed on 14 websites in the winter of 2013. The information elements were gathered using a data collection form, validated by three Medical Informatics specialists, and the extent of their necessity was discussed in a focus group. The results were analyzed using SPSS 16. Results: In this study, a total umber of 36 information headings were extracted from the 14 evaluated websites. These elements were categorized in six information groups: the field, faculty members, research, educational, department performance and other information. The most cases were related to research and educational information (each with 22 percent) and the least were related to the field information (8percent). Eighty three percent of existing information elements was identified as necessary by the focus group. Conclusion: Information elements of educational websites were different either by their heading or by their information content. This difference can reduce the efficiency and cause user confusion in finding information. The results of this research can be used for design and improvement of educational websites by educational departments, webometric managers and designers of the websites.
Hasan Ashrafi-rizi; Delaram Hssanzadeh; Zahra Kazempour
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 424-434
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Introduction: Information and media literacy (MIL) enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in their own right. The purpose of this research was to determine the rate ...
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Introduction: Information and media literacy (MIL) enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in their own right. The purpose of this research was to determine the rate of media and information literacy among Isfahan University of Medical Sciences' students using Global Framework on MIL Indicators. Methods: This is an applied analytical survey research in which the data were collected by a researcher made questionnaire. This questionnaire was provided based on specialists' viewpoints and valid scientific works. Its validity and reliability were confirmed by Library and Information Sciences specialists and Chronbach's alpha (r=0.75) respectively. Statistical population consisted of all students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and the samples were 375. Sampling method was random stratified sampling. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (Indepemdent T-test and ANOVA). Results: The findings showed that the mean level of media and information literacy among Isfahan University of Medical Sciences' students was 3.86±0.338 (higher than average). The highest mean were “valuing other people's scientific output” with 4.40±0.775 and the lowest mean were “transmission of information through formal presentations” with 3.15±1.23. The mean of “observance copyright”dimension was more than others with 4.22±0.466 and the lowest mean was “exchange of information” dimension with 3.62±0.744. Comparison between gender and married status and the rate of media and information literacy among Isfahan University of Medical Sciences' students showed no significant difference, but there was significant difference between educational degree and rate of media and information literacy. Conclusion: The results showed that the rate of media and information literacy among Isfahan University of Medical Sciences' students was higher than average. But students didn't have enough ability in transmission of information through formal presentations, presentation of scientific knowledge in written formats as well as start a new activity with little information. In general, all students and education practitioners should pay special attention to factors affecting in improving media and information literacy as a main capability in using printed and electronic media.
Saied Safarian Hamedani; Farshide Zameni; Zahra Moghaddam; Naser Behnampour; Nevisa Sadat Sayed Ghasemi; Farhad Torbatinezhad
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 443-453
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Introduction: The main mission of higher education is training lifelong learning. Information literacy is the key to lifelong learning. Expend and use of Emotional Intelligence skills can prove important ability that affects many issues. This study was designed with aim to clarify the relationship between ...
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Introduction: The main mission of higher education is training lifelong learning. Information literacy is the key to lifelong learning. Expend and use of Emotional Intelligence skills can prove important ability that affects many issues. This study was designed with aim to clarify the relationship between Information literacy with Emotional Intelligence in students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: This research is descriptive with correlation' approach on 420 students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, which was conducted with a stratified random sampling in 2013.The data collection with questionnaire of Information literacy and Emotional Intelligence, Reliability and validity of the questionnaire was confirmed, Cronbach's alpha coefficient Obtained for questionnaire IL (0/78), EI (0/83). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage and mean), Analytical statistics (Kendall's tau b and Spearman’ Correlation test) in SPSS version 18 statistical Software. P-value of less 0/05 was considered significant.Results: The results showed there was a significant relationship between information literacy and emotional intelligence (r = 0/109, p = 0/028). there was a significant relationship between the quiddity and extent of the field of information literacy with emotional intelligence (r=0/137, p=0/005), However, There is no data related between regarding the effective use of information, critically evaluating information, using the information to specific topics, social sciences related with information with Emotional Intelligence.Conclusions: In this study, students' information literacy is related with emotional intelligence. Communication is a very important role in getting information. According to importance of information literacy and role of communication to promoting it therefore it should be done better planning to improve information literacy and emotional intelligence.
Nadia Oroomiei; Saeed Mirzaei; sajad khosravi; Mahmood Nekooi Moghadam
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 474-484
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Introduction: According to resource constraints and unlimited needs, health care has important role in the public health. The allocation of limited resources to unlimited needs in critical areas of health is important. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the process of priority setting ...
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Introduction: According to resource constraints and unlimited needs, health care has important role in the public health. The allocation of limited resources to unlimited needs in critical areas of health is important. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the process of priority setting based on accountability framework for the rationality in Kerman university of Medical Science. Methods: This research is a qualitative study. 18 people from health experts about resource allocation in Kerman University of Medical Science interviewed. In this study Daniels and Sabin framework was used. Data analysis techniques were based on the analysis framework. Tools of data gathering were Semi-structured interviews. Heterogeneous sample of the people involved in the division of the department's budget is used to transfer capability. In order to credibility and confirm ability text transcribed and analysis of the resulting professors participating in this study were presented and corrective recommendations their comments were applied. Results: The study includes four main codes: transparency, rationality, control and monitoring, overview and 9 sub-codes contains: Predictability, ambiguity, rationality, no sensible distributor, bilateral, unilateral, Proportionality between the mechanism and resources, revision, no mechanism, Conclusions: The status indicates the process of priority settings in Kerman University of Medical Science according to the Daniels and Sabin has little logic. No specific decision procedures, measuring the costs and benefits of different interventions so, making decisions based on the results of these studies won’t lead to optimal use of scarce resources.
Jahangir Karimian; Taghi Agha Hosseini; SayedMorteza Mousavi Nafchi
Volume 11, Issue 4 , November 2014, , Pages 497-505
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Introduction: the rate of a society`s social capital is doubtless the resultant of the small group`s social capitals which is different among groups of the society. By taking into consideration the people`s knowledge and attitude and also the society`s investment on them, it is expected that groups with ...
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Introduction: the rate of a society`s social capital is doubtless the resultant of the small group`s social capitals which is different among groups of the society. By taking into consideration the people`s knowledge and attitude and also the society`s investment on them, it is expected that groups with different jobs and professions gain benefit different levels of this social variable. The objective of the present study is to analyze the quality and the level of social capital and its factors in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is an applied and descriptive research which its statistical population includes all faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (on 2013-2014) which were 670 members. After an introductory study, the sample size was calculated by the use of the Cochran formula as150 members. They have been selected by taking the gender and college variables into consideration based on systematic random sampling and. In order to measure the social capital, the researcher developed questionnaire and Social Capital Assessment Tool Model have been used. Its content and facial validityhas been confirmed by eight expertise majoring sociology and management science. The earned reliability is 94/0. The Analysisof the research`s data has done in two levels of descriptive statistics, include frequency, percentages, tables, and figures) and inferential level include independent and single sample t-test and F-test. Results: results have shown that the social capital of the faculty members is equal with 3.44 which are more than the mean. Also, “attitude” with the mean of 3.82is having the highest level of social capital from among the seven factors of social capital. Also, there is a significant relationship between faculty member`s social capital based on gender, specialty, academic level, and college variables. Conclusion: it is impossible to consider the faculty member activities without taking their social status based on society, policies, and economical condition into consideration. Therefor boosting the social capital effectiveness in all university professors` activities is possible. This action can be done either through having an internal relationship like trust, attitude, and social relationship or by including social status positions for faculty members, and having macro planning for such positions.
Mohamad Ali Sahmedini; Zoleikha Mahmoudi; Shirin Dehghan
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September 2014, , Pages 316-325
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Introduction: Evaluation of scientific output of research centers could help in recognizing active centers, plus establishing a guideline in fair distribution of budget and human resources. The goal of this study is evaluation of scientific output of research centers through identifying scientometrics ...
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Introduction: Evaluation of scientific output of research centers could help in recognizing active centers, plus establishing a guideline in fair distribution of budget and human resources. The goal of this study is evaluation of scientific output of research centers through identifying scientometrics indices in Scopus citation index. Methods: This study has been done in a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Data has been collected through direct observation and all indexed documents of shiraz medical university (with research center affiliation) in scopus has been surveyed by the end of 2010 and five scientometrics indices was calculated for them . Results:"Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry" Research Center has the most number of documents (169) and citations (589). The highest h-index and g index is for "shiraz institute for cancer research" and "hematology" research center and "Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry" Research Center (h=11, g=17). The highest R-index also is for "Hematology" Research Center” with 16 value and and highest A-index (with the value 25.75) for "Gastroenterohepatology" Research Center. The most value for m-index is for "Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry" Research Center ( m=1.571). Conclusion: Comprehensive evaluation could be done with calculating more than one scientometric indices. also the amount value of the A-index and R-index are the same for all the research centers. These two indices increase and decrease in the same manner. Keywords: Scientometrics; Research Centers; Databases; Universities
