Rezaei Habibolah, Mosavi Asadolah, Yousefi Alireza, Larijani Bagher, Rezaei Nima, Dehnavieh Reza, Adibi Peyman
Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Apr 28;9:92. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_488_19. eCollection 2020.
Internationalization of higher education involves mutual exchanges as well as a consensus based. Political, economic, sociocultural, and scientific reasons recommend the need to move toward the internationalization of higher education. The current study highlights the strengths of the internationalization of Iran's medical sciences education.
This descriptive exploratory study was carried out in 2016-2017 in Iran. The techniques used for data collection included review of articles, interview with subject experts, and the focus group and the nominal technique group to explore the views of various stakeholders. The data were analyzed with the qualitative content analysis method.
The inductive qualitative content analysis of all data generated 13 categories and 88 subcategories. The categories were geographical and geostrategic position of Iran; the historical, cultural, religious, and tourist attractions of Iran; the security of Iran; priority to internationalization policies and programs in Iran's macro plans; the existence of regulations, laws, and approvals for international activities; same language with neighboring and regional countries; the low cost of studying and living in Iran; the ability of Iranian faculty members and experts for internationalization; the background, reputation, and the progress of medical education, health, and care in Iran; the cheaper forces of Iran and their welcome to foreigners; the existence of motivation, zeal, and belief for internationalization; the existence of proper infrastructure; and the existence of a suitable capacity for internationalization.
Iran has some positive points that can be used to promote international activities, provided it does some good advertising in this regard. It is suggested that the challenges, opportunities, and threats to Iran's internationalization should be collated from the perspective of the various stakeholders.
高等教育国际化涉及相互交流以及基于共识。政治、经济、社会文化和科学等方面的原因表明有必要推动高等教育国际化。本研究突出了伊朗医学教育国际化的优势。
这项描述性探索性研究于2016 - 2017年在伊朗开展。用于数据收集的技术包括文章综述、与主题专家访谈，以及采用焦点小组和名义技术小组来探究不同利益相关者的观点。数据采用定性内容分析法进行分析。
对所有数据进行归纳定性内容分析得出13个类别和88个子类别。这些类别包括伊朗的地理和地缘战略位置；伊朗的历史、文化、宗教和旅游景点；伊朗的安全状况；伊朗宏观规划中对国际化政策和项目的重视；存在针对国际活动的法规、法律和审批；与周边及地区国家语言相同；在伊朗学习和生活成本低；伊朗教职员工和专家的国际化能力；伊朗医学教育、卫生和护理的背景、声誉及进展；伊朗劳动力成本较低且对外籍人士有吸引力；存在国际化的动力、热情和信念；存在适当的基础设施；以及存在合适的国际化能力。
伊朗有一些可用于促进国际活动的积极因素，前提是在这方面做好宣传。建议从不同利益相关者的角度梳理伊朗国际化面临的挑战、机遇和威胁。
