en Futures Studies Original Research Original Research <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Medical education system in Iran has an essential role in responding to scientific development targets from both education and research perspectives. Investigating future trends and analyzing how they interact with the medical education system helps increase awareness and give insight into the preferred future.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Methods:</b> The present qualitative study consists of Systematic reviews and interviews that have been analyzed using content analysis. Afterward, the themes and codes were visualized in the form of maps and presented in a focus group discussion of experts to define how medical education trends will impact scientific development. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Results:</b> The future trends of Iran&#39;s medical education system were classified into six groups: workplace changes, demographic changes, changes in concepts, the emergence of new players, structural changes in universities, and technology development. The next point is how they will influence science development. Their impact on science development is classified into five main groups or main streams of change of new financial models, open science, redesigning the research management, the role of universities, and capacity building. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Conclusion: </b>Our findings showed that redesigning the structure of medical education is the most important priority to make the system as agile as needed to capture the signs and act. New meanings and concepts should also be considered in restructuring, like power balance, competency-based and personalized education, cost-effectiveness, and openness. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Medical education system, Scientific development, Future trends, Environmental scanning, Systematic review, Meta-synthesis, Iran 238 254 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-798-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Atousa Poursheikhali atousaprsh68@gmail.com 200319475328460076644 200319475328460076644 No Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Reza Dehnavieh rdehnavi@gmail.com 200319475328460076645 200319475328460076645 No Health Foresight and Innovation Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AliAkbar Haghdoost Ahaghdoost@kmu.ac.ir 200319475328460076646 200319475328460076646 Yes HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Seyed Mehdi Seyedi seyedi@nigeb.ac.ir 200319475328460076647 200319475328460076647 No The National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran Amir Hushang Heidari heidari@nrisp.ac.ir 200319475328460076648 200319475328460076648 No Department of Futures Studies of Science and Technology, National Research Institute of Science Policy Ali Masoud ali.masoudmj@gmail.com 200319475328460076649 200319475328460076649 No Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Moosa Bamir bamir@ut.ac.ir 200319475328460076650 200319475328460076650 No Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Mohammad Reza Chashmyazdan m.chashmyazdan@yahoo.com 200319475328460076651 200319475328460076651 No Department of Medical Library and Information Science, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Sayyid Mohammad Keyhan Sajady K.sajady@kmu.ac.ir 200319475328460076652 200319475328460076652 No Health Foresight and Innovation Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran