فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: One of the features of Mission Based Management is measuring the activities of faculty membersand departments and their contributions to the school's mission. As it is important to assess the school's readinessfor such a system, in this study we assessed the view points of Tehran Medical School's department chairsabout faculty members’ activities.Methods: We used focus group technique to identify participants' view points. We divided 30 department chairsinto homogenous groups of 4-6. After a brief introduction, the moderator presented questions to determine theparticipants' idea and a secretary recorded them. We categorized view points into main themes and subthemes.Results: Ninety three percent of chairs participated in the sessions. Department chairs' view points were categorizedinto 3 main themes: "system is effective and important", "system is effective and important but some challengesshould be considered" and "system is ineffective and should not be implemented". Subthemes includedchairs' concerns, views, fears and reasons.Conclusions: The results of the study provided reliable information about department chairs' concerns andreactions to this system. Finally, we determined points of strengths and anticipated threats for developing afaculty member activity measurement system.