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Department of Medical Education as one of the departments of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) School of Medicine has established in 2006. Since then, its major responsibility in collaboration with Education Development Center (EDC) has been providing enormous learning opportunities and experiences in different fields of medical education for people who are interested in a career in medical education through providing degree programs.
Department of Medical Education has started this mission by admitting the first cohort of MSc students in 2006. Since 2007 the MSc program also delivered as a virtual course, in order to facilitate the admission of faculty members of TUMS clinical and basic sciences departments who are interested to simultaneously to study medical education alongside working in their departments.
TUMS Medical Education Department is one of leading departments of medical education in the country which have PhD program. The first cohort of PhD students entered the program in 2010. Since then, we have admitted PhD students every year. The first TUMS PhD graduate defended her dissertation in 2015.
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Organization
— Chair: Azim Mirzazadeh, MD Dip HPE
— Vice Chair of education: Shiva Shirazian, DDS, MSc
— Vice chair of research: Sara Mortaz Hejri,MD , PhD , AFAMEE
— Coordinator for international Affairs: Elaheh Malakan Rad, MD
— MSc Course Director: Roghayeh Gandomkar, MD, PhD , AFAMEE
— Education Development Officer: Mahboubeh Khabbaz Mafi nejad , PhD
— Administrative Secretary: Mahboobeh Alimohamadi
— Administrative Secretary: Mahnaz Niavarani
Faculty Members
Core Faculty
Amirhossein Emami, MD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Email: emamiami@tums.ac.ir
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Roghayeh Gandomkar, MD, PhD , AFAMEE
Assistant Professor, Education Development Center
Field of interest (in medical education): program evaluation, self-regulated learning
Email: rgandomkar@tums.ac.ir
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Ali Jafarian, MD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
Field of interest (in medical education): academic leadership
Email: jafarian@tums.ac.ir
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Mohammad Jalili, MD, Cert HPE
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Field of interest (in medical education): student assessment
Email: jalili@tums.ac.ir
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Elaheh Malakan Rad MD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Field of interest (in medical education): student assessment
Email: emalakanrad@gmail.com
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Azim Mirzazadeh, MD, Dip HPE
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Field of interest (in medical education): program evaluation, accreditation, curriculum planning
Email: mirzazad@tums.ac.ir
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Aeen Mohammadi, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Virtual School, Department of E-learning
Field of interest (in medical education): e-learning, metrics system, academic ranking
Email: aeen_mohammadi@tums.ac.ir
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Sara Mortaz Hejri, MD, PhD , AFAMEE
Assistant Professor, Education Development Center
Field of interest (in medical education): student assessment, curriculum planning
Email: sa_mortazhejri@tums.ac.ir
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Mohammad Shariati, MD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine
Field of interest (in medical education): management, teaching methods
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Mandana Shirazi, PhD
Associate Professor, Education Development Center
Field of interest (in medical education): management, teaching methods
Email: mandana.shirazi@ki.se
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Shiva Shirazian, DDS, MSc
Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diseases
Field of interest (in medical education): communication skills
Email: shiraziansh@gmail.com
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Adjunct faculty
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Dr Farshad Allameh, MD
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Dr Ladan Fata, PhD
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Dr Mitra Gharib, PhD
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Dr Rita Mojtahezadeh, MD, PhD
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Dr Alireza Monajemi, MD, PhD
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Dr Amir Ali Sohrabpour, MD
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Dr Kamran Yazdani, MD, PhD
Education
PhD program
National curriculum
Program at a glance
PhD Student Thesis
MSc program
Medical Education
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
TUMS MSc-Medical Education program is delivered as both face to face and virtual programs with two primary goals:
1.To give students a theoretical foundation in medical education areas as well as to train students in practical aspects of the areas including:
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Curriculum planning,
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Science of learning,
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Teaching skills
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Student assessment
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Program evaluation
2.To provide students with protected time to engage in research (as their theses) on the most important issues in the field.
The program is designed for those who are new to medical education or who wish to acquire further knowledge and skills in medical education.
· The virtual program is designed specifically to facilitate the admission of faculty members of TUMS academic departments or MD, DDS, and PharmD students who are interested to study medical education alongside functioning in their departments or studying their MD courses. Admission process for this program is based on an MMI exam holding by TUMS medical education department.
· The face to face program applicants are BSc graduates from various health science disciplines such as nursing, midwifery, public health and so on who are interested to continue their major in the field of medical education. Admission process for this program is based on a national exam for MSc programs.
The program consists of two phases: education and research.
1.Education phase encompasses core and elective credits covering relevant themes within medical education and lasts three semesters. The virtual program is flexible with two exit points: three or five semesters.
2.Research phase lasts one year in average. Students are encouraged to selects topics which address local problems as well as are align with the latest medical education literature.
Our teachers have a multidisciplinary background which in turn is reflected in their teaching and resulted in high quality program. The certificate is accredited by Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME).
National curriculum
Program at a glance
Educational Technology in Medical Sciences
Medical Education Department also collaborate with virtual school of Tehran university of medical sciences to hold educational technology in medical sience courses. you can find national curriculum below or for more information visit here.
Research
Although students involve in research through several classroom projects and assignments, their main research activity is the final thesis, which is a requirement at TUMS for all MSc and PhD students.
Students are advised to select their research topic during the first or second semesters. While a developmental project in the educational field is acceptable for MSc thesis, PhD students have to generate a noble and theory-driven research idea.
The proposal, first, has to be reviewed by Med Edu department, and then, by School of Medicine Graduate Council. Following the approval of proposal, students are allowed to start their research.
After completion of thesis, and approval of the supervisor, the student presents his/her thesis in the defense session. MSc students are encouraged to submit a paper based on their thesis, but it is not necessary for them to have the acceptance. However, PhD students have to publish at least two papers to be allowed to defense. Both papers have to be published in ISI/Pubme-indexed journals. While one paper is certainly needed to be driven from the students’ thesis, the other may be published as a result of scholar activities during the PhD.
A thesis guideline has been provided by Med Edu department and students who are starting their research phase should read it carefully
Journal Club/Watch
Journal club/watch is run every other week (8 sessions in a semester) by medical education PhD students, and all students and faculty members with an interest in medical education are welcome to attend.
While the primary aim of the journal club/watch is to increase MSc and PhD students’ awareness of emerging topics and trends, discussions based on the papers facilitate analytical interpretations and constructive criticism. This program also gathers students and faculty members together, and creates an open environment in which collaborative and self-directed learning is enhanced.
The papers for journal clubs are selected by presenters under supervision of the deputy for research. Papers are related to research in different area of medical education, such as curriculum development, faculty development, teaching and learning methods, student assessments, program evaluation, etc.
For journal watch sessions, one issue from one of the prestigious journals in the field of medical education is selected and the presenter review all of its original papers.
An announcement providing a link to the paper(s) being discussed is sent out prior to each session.
current semester sessions
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Contact us
Address:floor 1, No. 57,
Hojatdoust St., Keshavarz Blvd. Tehran, Iran
Phone Number: 88955712-88955846
Postal Code:141669591
E-mail: mededuc@tums.ac.ir