Ahmad Kalatehsadati
Abstract
Medical education is a field consisting of complex power relationships, whose determining forces exert power inside and outside this field. Imbalance between forces leads to unusual social constructions, especially in medical professionalism. The purpose of this research is to discover and analyze the ...
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Medical education is a field consisting of complex power relationships, whose determining forces exert power inside and outside this field. Imbalance between forces leads to unusual social constructions, especially in medical professionalism. The purpose of this research is to discover and analyze the issue of medical education in Iran. In the framework of a critical study at the national level, a semi-structured interview with medical students and related administrators was conducted with 29 participants, and the data analyzed with critical content analysis. The study showed that the quality of medical education includes a profound change of attitude towards medical ideals which leads to the formation of a feeling of alienation among medical students. Educational guidelines facilitate the process of proletarianization of the student in the clinical field. The themes analyzed in this research include being exploited, alienation, and deprofessionalization. Immediate reforms in the curriculum, creation of diversity in the general medical course in accordance with the needs of the society, creation of appropriateness between the labor market and the development of specialized courses, and reform in the payment system for medical students are suggested. In a deeper layer, identifying the power mechanisms related to the mentioned situation is a research matter and a policy-making strategy which are suggested.
Sociology
SeyedehHajar Hosseini; Ahmad kalateh sadati
Abstract
The research was conducted with the aim of reviewing the foundational fields, study focus, and future prospects of the sociology of medical education, with a view on Iran's situation. The method is a non-systematic and narrative review. Data were collected to retrieval and analysis of written documents ...
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The research was conducted with the aim of reviewing the foundational fields, study focus, and future prospects of the sociology of medical education, with a view on Iran's situation. The method is a non-systematic and narrative review. Data were collected to retrieval and analysis of written documents spanning the past 70 years (1950s to 2020s). The keywords were searched in scientific databases in Iran and around the world. The inclusion criteria were purposeful and cumulative, focusing on "Matching keywords," "Top-cited, indexed, and meaningful" articles related to "Medical students, physicians, institutions/medical system," with at least one writer in the field of sociology. Extraction and synthesis of information involved thematic content analysis and historical sequencing. The research focuses on the originality of documents and adherence to ethical standards. According to the results, the sociology of medical education is one of the focal points of sociological knowledge production, that is extensively studied around the world. However, its presence in the medical and sociological societies of Iran is not wellknown. There are only a few examples of theoretical and experimental works in this field in Iran. The possibility of moving within existing axes and exploring various potential "Epistemological and research perspectives" is considerable.
