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Aghaei Hashjin A, Farrokhi P. Opportunities and Challenges of Universities of Medical Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Qualitative Study. JRUMS 2024; 22 (12) :1237-1258
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Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Sustainable development goals, Universities of medical sciences, Qualitative research, Opportunities, Challenges
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Opportunities and Challenges of Universities of Medical Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Qualitative Study
Asgar Aghaei Hashjin[1], Pouria Farrokhi[2]
Received: 05/11/23 Sent for Revision: 17/01/24 Received Revised Manuscript: 03/02/24 Accepted: 05/02/24
Background and Objectives: The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, consisting of 17 main goals, serves as a roadmap for addressing the most pressing global issues. Given the critical role medical sciences universities play in accomplishing sustainable development goals, this study aims to identify the opportunities and challenges that medical sciences universities are facing towards achieving these goals.
Materials and Methods: The current qualitative study was conducted in 2021 at Iran's medical sciences universities in an exploratory approach. Up to the saturation point, 38 managers and specialists from various vice departments participated in targeted, semi-structured interviews. The traditional content analysis method developed by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the data.
Results: The universities of medical sciences have 25 opportunities to accomplish the goals of sustainable development in four areas: investment, human resources, service provision, and communication and coordination. The 35 challenges are divided into five categories: human resources, service delivery, monitoring and control, cooperation and interactions, and financing.
Conclusion: According to the results of the current study, investing enough in primary health care (PHC), utilizing modern systems and equipment, particularly in data recording, hiring and retaining experts in a variety of fields, using appropriate and sufficient incentives, and fostering relationships between vice-chancelleries and medical sciences universities and other organizations are all recommended to meet the goals of sustainable development.
Key words: Sustainable development goals, Universities of medical sciences, Qualitative research, Opportunities, Challenges
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The National Ethics Committee of Biomedical Research approved the study (IR.IUMS.REC.1399.1438).
How to cite this article: Aghaei Hashjin Asgar, Farrokhi Pouria. Opportunities and Challenges of Universities of Medical Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Qualitative Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2024; 22 (12): 1237-58. [Farsi]
Asgar Aghaei Hashjin[1], Pouria Farrokhi[2]
Received: 05/11/23 Sent for Revision: 17/01/24 Received Revised Manuscript: 03/02/24 Accepted: 05/02/24
Background and Objectives: The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, consisting of 17 main goals, serves as a roadmap for addressing the most pressing global issues. Given the critical role medical sciences universities play in accomplishing sustainable development goals, this study aims to identify the opportunities and challenges that medical sciences universities are facing towards achieving these goals.
Materials and Methods: The current qualitative study was conducted in 2021 at Iran's medical sciences universities in an exploratory approach. Up to the saturation point, 38 managers and specialists from various vice departments participated in targeted, semi-structured interviews. The traditional content analysis method developed by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the data.
Results: The universities of medical sciences have 25 opportunities to accomplish the goals of sustainable development in four areas: investment, human resources, service provision, and communication and coordination. The 35 challenges are divided into five categories: human resources, service delivery, monitoring and control, cooperation and interactions, and financing.
Conclusion: According to the results of the current study, investing enough in primary health care (PHC), utilizing modern systems and equipment, particularly in data recording, hiring and retaining experts in a variety of fields, using appropriate and sufficient incentives, and fostering relationships between vice-chancelleries and medical sciences universities and other organizations are all recommended to meet the goals of sustainable development.
Key words: Sustainable development goals, Universities of medical sciences, Qualitative research, Opportunities, Challenges
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The National Ethics Committee of Biomedical Research approved the study (IR.IUMS.REC.1399.1438).
How to cite this article: Aghaei Hashjin Asgar, Farrokhi Pouria. Opportunities and Challenges of Universities of Medical Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Qualitative Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2024; 22 (12): 1237-58. [Farsi]
[1]- Assistant Prof., School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
[2]- PhD, Dept. of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
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Received: 2023/11/3 | Accepted: 2024/02/5 | Published: 2024/03/1
Received: 2023/11/3 | Accepted: 2024/02/5 | Published: 2024/03/1
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