Educational leadership in education development centers: A qualitative study.
| Autor: | Taghavinia M; Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Maleki MR; Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Information, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Arabshahi KS; Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of education and health promotion [J Educ Health Promot] 2021 Feb 27; Vol. 10, pp. 46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 27 (Print Publication: 2021). |
| DOI: | 10.4103/jehp.jehp_733_20 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Education development centers (EDCs) have a vital role in improving the quality of medical education. This study was conducted with the aim of discovering educational leadership characteristics in EDCs. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out with a qualitative approach and using a conventional content analysis method. The sampling was purposive. Twenty-four faculty members, managers, and experts of EDCs in the universities of medical sciences included 13 males and 11 females participated in this study. Semi-structured interviews were utilized for data collection. The conventional content analysis approach was utilized to analyze the data. Results: From the data analysis, two categories included "personality characteristics" and "job characteristics" and six subcategories included reliabilism, humanness and altruism, accountability, decisiveness, dynamism and perfectionism, and knowledge, experience, and expertise and 24 codes were extracted. Conclusion: Results obtained in the present study will help to increase the awareness of the educational leaders of the EDCs in improving their personality and job skills and this will lead to the qualitative development of educational leadership. Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest. (Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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