Ahmady Soleiman, Yazdani Shahram, Hosseini Fakhrolsadat, Forouzanfar Mohammad Mehdi, Tabibi Ali, Ahmadinia Fatemeh, Tehran Hoda Ahmari, Kohan Noushin, Mohammadi Heidar
School of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 May 3;7:67. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_181_16. eCollection 2018.
It is essential to adjust the responsibilities and function of medical education offices (MEOs) in regard to the current societal requirements. Therefore, it is a good idea to learn lessons from the experiences about the establishment and function of these offices around the world. The aim of the present study was to carry out a comparative study to investigate the function and structure of MEOs at some of the medical universities from America, Europe, and Asia.
This is a comparative, descriptive study that was conducted in 2015. Eleven offices around the world (in America, Europe, and Asia) were selected for the study. Expert group discussion and literature review were used in order to select research sample. The data were gathered using self-constructed checklists. Content and face validity of the checklist was assessed by gathering feedback from experts. The Kappa coefficient was used to determine the inter-rater reliability.
All the 11 offices in our study (100%) dealt with the issues of faculty development and research and scholarship activities. Only one out of the 11 offices (27%) dealt with the issues of society and patient education. Five out of the 11 offices (36%) dealt with the continuing medical education and continuing professional development. Consultation services are provided at seven of the 11 offices (64%).
This study revealed both commonalities and differences in the function and structure of MEO among the 11 offices we examined. Based on this study, effective goals and strategies for MEO can be recommended.
根据当前社会需求调整医学教育办公室（MEO）的职责和功能至关重要。因此，借鉴世界各地这些办公室设立与功能方面的经验是个不错的主意。本研究旨在进行一项比较研究，以调查美国、欧洲和亚洲一些医科大学中MEO的功能和结构。
这是一项于2015年开展的比较性描述性研究。研究选取了世界各地（美洲、欧洲和亚洲）的11个办公室。通过专家小组讨论和文献综述来选择研究样本。数据收集采用自行编制的检查表。通过收集专家反馈来评估检查表的内容效度和表面效度。使用卡帕系数来确定评分者间信度。
我们研究中的所有11个办公室（100%）都处理教师发展以及研究与学术活动相关问题。11个办公室中只有1个（27%）处理社会与患者教育问题。11个办公室中有5个（36%）处理继续医学教育和继续专业发展问题。11个办公室中有7个（64%）提供咨询服务。
本研究揭示了我们所考察的11个办公室中MEO在功能和结构上的共性与差异。基于本研究，可以推荐MEO有效的目标和策略。
