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Social responsibility in hospitals of Isfahan city
A Barati Marani, Hs Sajadi, M Keivan Ara,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (6-2011)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Hospital's traditional charter that mostly emphasized productivity has been replaced by a charter that stresses social and environmental issues. On this basis, to achieve success, managers should regard both the inner and the outer environments of hospitals. This study aims at measuring hospitals' social responsibility.

Materials and Methods: The present descriptive-analytic study was carried out through a cross-sectional method in 2010. The study population consisted of hospital managers of the city of Isfahan (n=21). The data collection instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. The instrument's content validity was determined by the experts' views and its reliability calculated through Cronbach's α was found to be 0.95. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 16) and the hypotheses were tested by t-test, ANOVA and Eta coefficients. The maximum mean score was 100.

Results: The mean score of hospitals' social responsibility was computed to be 68.6. The mean scores of leadership and inner processes, market place, community policies, environmental policies, and workplace policies were found to be 72.2, 70, 67.8, 67.4 and 66.2, respectively. There was no significant relationship between hospital's social responsibility and type of hospital's possession and activity (pvalue > 0.05).

Conclusion: The social responsibility of hospitals was assessed as moderate. To improve hospital's social responsibility, it is suggested that more attention be paid to workplace and environmental policie


The Analysis of Physicians' Acquittal according to Current Iranian Laws
Mansoureh Baqeripour, Ahmadreza Khazaei,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (9-2019)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Because of its direct connection with human life, medicine is a sacred profession that has been considered by infallible imams (pbuh) and stories have been told about it from the beginning of Islam. With the increasing progress of technology, the study of the relationship between a patient and his/her doctor and of patients' familiarity with their rights has expanded. However, what has been the focus of legislators' attention more than ever is the compensation of damages caused by medical acts.
Materials and Methods: First, using library resources and validated research articles, we conducted a comparison method. Then, the collected documents were studied with descriptive and analytical method. In addition to books, articles, and the writings of law and jurisprudence sites, the researcher benefited from the opinions of jurists, lawyers, physicians, and the losers of medical affairs to explain the purpose of this research.
Results: With certain rules, the legislator has removed the causes of physician's commitment and responsibility; obtaining the consent of the patient or his/her guardian before treatment is among them.
Conclusion: This article considers full support for the physicians' acts in curing patients. However, it is necessary to highlight the responsibilities of the medical team; in fact, non-compliance with medical regulations as well as technical standards and regulations will have legal consequences.

Factors Affecting Social Accountability and Community Based Medical Education in Medical Universities: Iran’s Educational Development Authorities View Point
Aeen Mohammadi, Fatemeh Manafi, Farangis Shoghi Shafagh Aria, Rita Mojtahedzadeh,
Volume 17, Issue 4 (10-2023)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Social accountability is defined as identifying social problems and needs, planning for resolving them and evaluating the effect of the plans. Considering the vital role in providing public health, the universities of medical sciences are the most important ones for fulfilling this mission and directing their education, research and service activities toward addressing health concerns of the community. Despite of these attempts, social accountability has not realized completely and satisfying yet. The aim of this study was exploring factors affecting social accountability and community-based medical education in universities of medical sciences from Iran’s educational development authorities’ view point.
Materials and Methods: This was a qualitative study performed by Education Development Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in November 2022. Participants were 68 managers of Education Development Centers and 323 managers of Education Development Offices of schools and hospitals of universities of medical sciences in Iran. Participants were assigned to 8 focus groups. Conventional content analysis was used to extract the categories and subcategories.
Results: At the first step 541 codes were extracted which were integrated in to 86 ones after defining similarities. These codes then were categorized into 18 sub-categories and 6 categories, namely “Curriculum” including: curriculum revision, approaches, credits and longitudinal themes and new disciplines, “Community-based education” including: educational fields and creating the foundation, “Students” including: students as teacher, educating students and graduates, “Faculty members” including: faculty members’ services, motivation and compensation and administration, “Evaluation” including: student assessment and program evaluation, and “Management” including: management and leadership, organizations, Interdepartmental communication and research.
Conclusion: In this study a comprehensive collection of factors affecting SA in universities of medical sciences were identified and categorized. These factors that are compatible with medical education context in Iran can be used by top managers and educational administrators as a framework for short and long-term planning.
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