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12TH ASIA PACIFIC MEDICAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE (APMEC) AND 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS (ICFDHP) 2015
The report of 12TH ASIA PACIFIC MEDICAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE (APMEC) AND 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS (ICFDHP) 2015 by Dr. Hormat Sadat Emamzadeh Ghasemi
 
Application Code :
306-0115-0046
 
Created Date : Wednesday, February 18, 2015 14:43:48Update Date : Sunday, March 15, 2015 13:47:26
IP Address : 194.225.213.100Submit Date : Sunday, March 15, 2015 13:47:42Email : emamzade@sina.tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : hormat sadat
Surname : emamzadeh ghasemi
School/Research center : School of Nursing and Midwifery
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Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : 12TH ASIA PACIFIC MEDICAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE (APMEC) AND 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS (ICFDHP) 2015
Title of your Abstract : Acquiring Teaching Competency Process by Iranian Nursing Faculties
country : Singapore
From : Wednesday, February 4, 2015
To : Sunday, February 8, 2015
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : 1Emamzadeh Ghasemi HS, 2A.Farahani M, 2Rafii F
1Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2Medical and Surgical Nursing, Center for Nursing care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences,
Acquiring teaching competency by nurse faculties has a dynamic process that depends on variety of socio-cultural contexts. Understanding this process in Iranian nurse faculties could be help to plan effective nursing faculty development and get improvement quality of nursing care. So, the aim of the study was explore of acquiring teaching competency process in Iranian nurse teachers. 
This study has a qualitative design with grounded theory approach that conducted in 2010-2013. 11 nurse faculties from three nursing schools in Tehran were selected with purposeful sampling. According to data and emerged theory, purposeful sampling continued by theoretical sampling and theoretical saturation as established by the logics of the grounded theory analysis was achieved. Major source of data collection was in-depth semi-structured interviews that were conducted by the researcher and analyzed by constant comparative method. Finally, 16 interviews were conducted with participants. Data were analyzed by Strauss and Corbin (2008) approach.
Five main categories emerged from the data including: qualified nursing, efficient nursing teaching, caring, being excellent and structural/contextual factors. The process happened conditionally and consecutively and affected by structural/contextual factors including “individual characteristics”, “organizational factors” and “socio-cultural factors”. The data revealed that the nurse teachers who deal peacefully with the nursing profession and colleagues were responsible and committed to acquiring teaching competency. Hence, the central category, “Being at Peace” represented the main theme of the research, and all major categories have been related to it. 
Finding of this study revealed that acquiring teaching competency has dynamic and sequential nature which depends on peaceful dealing of nurse teachers to organizational and socio-cultural factors in Iran. Also, the results disclose that individual factors of nursing faculty have important role in get competency which should be concern for nursing faculty development programs.
Keywords of your Abstract : Teaching competency, Nursing faculty, Grounded theory
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/23855/Forms/306/acceptance_letter.docx
The presentation : Poster
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : more than 1000 person
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : more than 45 countries of the world, for example:Canada, Australia, Finland, Germany, United States of America, Norway...
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), International Association of Medical Science Education (IAMSE)
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : There were some specific questions regarding to my research. They pointed to cultural factors which effect on acquiring of teaching competency in Iranian Nurse Teachers.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : Chiam Peak Chiang, The chairperson of my poster session
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : No,12th asia pacific medical education conference (APMEC) and 3rd international conference on faculty development in the health professions (ICFDHP) 2015 were relatively old and well prepared. As both of them are held in a constant congress center each year, it is reletivly easy to reach it and participated in.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : It was a good exprince which I arrange my travel.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : 12th asia pacific medical education conference (APMEC) and 3rd international conference on faculty development in the health professions (ICFDHP) 2015 were a great congress, which more than 1000 participants around the world presented their scientific exprinces about of medical education. It was an influential opportunity for me to show my research and receiving the cheirpersion of my poster presentation and the ather porticipant feed backs.
These congresses provide a good atmosphere to visit some of world authorities in medical education.