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A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members
INTRODUCTION: The supervision of academic theses at the Universities of Medical Sciences is one of the most important issues with several challenges. The aim of the present study is to discover the nature of problems and challenges of thesis supervision in Iranian universities of medical sciences. M...
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26269785 |
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author | YOUSEFI, ALIREZA BAZRAFKAN, LEILA YAMANI, NIKOO |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The supervision of academic theses at the Universities of Medical Sciences is one of the most important issues with several challenges. The aim of the present study is to discover the nature of problems and challenges of thesis supervision in Iranian universities of medical sciences. METHODS: The study was conducted with a qualitative method using conventional content analysis approach. Nineteen faculty members, using purposive sampling, and 11 postgraduate medical sciences students (Ph.D students and residents) were selected on the basis of theoretical sampling. The data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and field observations in Shiraz and Isfahan universities of medical sciences from September 2012 to December 2014. The qualitative content analysis was used with a conventional approach to analyze the data. RESULTS: While experiencing the nature of research supervision process, faculties and the students faced some complexities and challenges in the research supervision process. The obtained codes were categorized under 4 themes Based on the characteristics; included “contextual problem”, “role ambiguity in thesis supervision”, “poor reflection in supervision” and “ethical problems”. CONCLUSION: The result of this study revealed that there is a need for more attention to planning and defining the supervisory, and research supervision. Also, improvement of the quality of supervisor and students relationship must be considered behind the research context improvement in research supervisory area. |
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spelling | pubmed-45300062015-08-12 A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members YOUSEFI, ALIREZA BAZRAFKAN, LEILA YAMANI, NIKOO J Adv Med Educ Prof Original Article INTRODUCTION: The supervision of academic theses at the Universities of Medical Sciences is one of the most important issues with several challenges. The aim of the present study is to discover the nature of problems and challenges of thesis supervision in Iranian universities of medical sciences. METHODS: The study was conducted with a qualitative method using conventional content analysis approach. Nineteen faculty members, using purposive sampling, and 11 postgraduate medical sciences students (Ph.D students and residents) were selected on the basis of theoretical sampling. The data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and field observations in Shiraz and Isfahan universities of medical sciences from September 2012 to December 2014. The qualitative content analysis was used with a conventional approach to analyze the data. RESULTS: While experiencing the nature of research supervision process, faculties and the students faced some complexities and challenges in the research supervision process. The obtained codes were categorized under 4 themes Based on the characteristics; included “contextual problem”, “role ambiguity in thesis supervision”, “poor reflection in supervision” and “ethical problems”. CONCLUSION: The result of this study revealed that there is a need for more attention to planning and defining the supervisory, and research supervision. Also, improvement of the quality of supervisor and students relationship must be considered behind the research context improvement in research supervisory area. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2015-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4530006/ /pubmed/26269785 Text en © 2015: Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article YOUSEFI, ALIREZA BAZRAFKAN, LEILA YAMANI, NIKOO A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title | A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title_full | A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title_fullStr | A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title_short | A qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
title_sort | qualitative inquiry into the challenges and complexities of research supervision: viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26269785 |
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