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Educational Needs Assessment through the Poll in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2011

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Shirin Iranfar 1,*, Maryam Khodaei 2, Fatiheh Bahrebar1, Parvin Abbasi 3, Sogand Setareh 4, Nahid Jalilian 1
1Education Development Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3Dept. of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
4Master Student in Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: Shirin Iranfar , Education Development Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Email: siranfar@kums.ac.ir

Educational Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 1, issue 2; e77195
Published online:Dec 17, 2012
Article type:Discussion
Received:Dec 27, 2012
Accepted:Oct 07, 2012
How to Cite:Iranfar S, Khodaei M, Bahrebar F, Abbasi P, Setareh S, et al. Educational Needs Assessment through the Poll in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Educ Res Med Sci. 2012;1(2):e77195. doi:

Abstract

Introduction: Since educational empowerment of the faculty members of universities of medical sciences depends on our understanding of their educational needs. The present study aimed to investigate the educational needs of the faculty members of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2011 in order to plan the appropriate training workshops.

Methods: In this descriptive study, the poll was used to accomplish the abovementioned objective. A questionnaire was designed and delivered to the faculty members to fill out, and then was returned to education development center after being completed. Descriptive statistics to determine educational needs of the faculty members.

Results: Our findings indicated that from all the returned questionnaires, 60% from medical faculty and the rest from other faculties, most educational needs in the view of the faculty members included creativity and innovation, and professional ethics workshops.

Conclusion: With regard to the activities of education development centre, it seems that the individuals involved in education have different needs compared to the previous years and are interested in learning new materials.

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