Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

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In evolution and innovation program of medical education which has been announced to the medical universities of the country since 2015, as a part of the health sector reform in IRAN, promoting professionalism is one of the emphasized subjects. This study aimed to evaluate activities conducted in this university to promote professionalism. In this descriptive research, all activities performed in Babol University of Medical Sciences in the years 2015 and 2016 in order to achieve the objectives of professionalism were recorded in a data collection form. The subject, target group, the extent of each activity, and outcomes were recorded and compared with data related to years before 2015. Totally, 19 major activities have been recorded to promote professionalism in this university in these two years. Sixteen activities (84.2%) have been implemented after medical education reform of IRAN. The extent of activities was calculated as 10088 person-hour and most of these major activities (12 activities, 63.2%) was attributed to achieve the objective of "implementation structural and program requirements, an organized system for need assessment, pathology and improvement of the values of ethics and professionalism". After implementation of medical education reform in IRAN, Babol University of Medical Sciences has adopted multiple new activities to promote professionalism in this university.
 

Keywords: The evolution and innovation program in medical education, Professionalism, Medical University

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