Roghaieh Ershad Sarabi - M.Sc. in Medical Informatics, Instructor of Medical Education Dept., Medical Education Development Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Tahereh Eslami Nejad - Ph.D. in Educational Technology, Medical Education Development Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hajar Shafian - B.Sc. in Medical Informatics, Medical Education Development Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Background & Objective : Since evidencebased decision making is among essential issues in medical education it is expected that educational policy makers use the results of researches for improving the quality of health care services In this study Iranian journals of Medical Education were investigated to determine the most frequent topics discussed in this field Methods : In this cross sectional study a total of ۴۸۳ articles in three Iranian journals of Medical Education from ۲۰۰۰ to ۲۰۰۸ were investigated and their data including authors abstract subject research type and the involved university were entered in EXCEL for content analysis Results : form the ۴۸۳ articles ۸% (n=۳۸) belonged to the Journal of Strides in Development of Medical Education published in Kerman University of Medical Sciences ۶۰% (n=۲۹۰) appeared in the Iranian journal of medical education published by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and ۳۲% (n=۱۵۵) were in journal of Medical Education published by Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences The most frequent topics were respectively educational management (۱۵۹ articles ۳۳%) and teaching methods (۱۲۸ articles ۲۶۵%) while the least frequent topic (۱۰ articles ۲۱%) was communication skills Conclusion : Research priority in medical education should be considered

content analysis, medical education, Articles, Iran