Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran

en The Experiences of Faculty Members and Medical Students of Basic Medical Sciences of Characteristics of a Competent Professor: A Qualitative Study Medical Education Medical Education Original Research: Basic Science in Medicine Original Research: Basic Science in Medicine Background: The instructor is one of the key factors in attaining educational goals in medical education, and the instructor’s competencies facilitate students’ educational achievement. The present study is an attempt to explain the experiences of faculty members and students of characteristics of competent professors who play an influential role in the academic achievement of basic medical sciences students in universities of medical sciences across the country.    Methods: The present study is a conventional qualitative content analysis. Fifteen faculty members and students of medicine from Iranian universities of medical sciences from different regions of the country were selected using a purposive and then theoretical sampling. A semi-structured interview was used for data collection.    Results: In this study, four themes and nine sub-themes were extracted from interviews. The themes included “clinical knowledge”, “teaching competency”, “monitoring students’ performance”, and “cognitive-psychological arousal”. The sub-themes were “clinical knowledge’ including “Non-applied teaching of basic sciences and unfamiliarity of instructors of basic sciences with the clinic”;  “teaching competency” including “having instructional design skills, teaching based on the psychology of learning, and professional development”; “monitoring students’ performance” including “fair evaluation and valid evaluation”, and “cognitive-psychological arousal” including “student support and reinforcement”.    Conclusion: The present study identified the important characteristics of the competencies of professors of basic medical sciences working in Iranian medical universities. The competency of professors is essential in promoting students’ educational achievement and training efficient and professional students in the field of medicine to render quality health services. The results of this study will assist administrators and educational policymakers in planning for the promotion of professors and medical education.   Competency, Medical Professors, Faculty Member, Medical Basic Sciences, Academic Achievement, Medical Student 622 631 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-7799-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Azam Norouzi norouzi.azam@yahoo.com 200319475328460078471 200319475328460078471 No Center for Educational Research in Medical Science (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fazlollah Ahmadi fazlollaha@gmail.com 200319475328460078472 200319475328460078472 No Nursing Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Shoaleh Bigdeli shb555@yahoo.com 200319475328460078473 200319475328460078473 No Center for Educational Research in Medical Science (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed Kamran Soltani Arabshahi soltarab@iums.ac.ir 200319475328460078474 200319475328460078474 Yes Center for Educational Research in Medical Science (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran