Ranking and Analyzing the Achievement of the Goals of the Integration of Medical Education and the Health System from the Point of View of Academic Staff Members and Using the Fuzzy PROMETHEE

Background: Despite the passage of several decades since the approval and implementation of the plan to integrate medical education and the health system, the analysis and extent of achieving the goals of this plan have been neglected and require careful and detailed investigation. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the achievement of the goals of the integration of medical science education and the health system from the point of view of the faculty members and ranking these goals. Methods: The present survey was conducted on ۵۴۸ faculty members at Kerman University of Medical Sciences as the statistical population; however, a total of ۲۲۵ subjects were selected using Morgan table and stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire measuring the ۲۴ goals of merge plan based on five fields. The viewpoint of eight experts as well as fuzzy PROMETHEE was used to rank the goals. Data were analyzed using SPSS ۲۶ and Visual PROMETHEE software. Results: According to the members of the academic staff, the goals of the integration of medical education and the health system have been fulfilled. From the point of view of academic staff members, therapeutic goals are the goals, which have been most realized. There is no difference from the point of view of the educational group and the academic rank, regarding the realization of the goals of the integration plan. By ranking the goals, it was found that the most important goal of the integration plan is therapeutic goals, followed by educational, health, research, and social goals. Conclusion: According to the faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, the goals of the integration plan have been realized; however, it is still far from the ideal. From the point of view of academic staff members and goal-ranking experts, the most important goal of the integration plan is therapeutic goals.

کلیدواژه ها:

Integration ، medical education ، Health system ، Faculty members ، Fuzzy PROMETHEE