Designing the competency‑based training model of Iranian medical tourism
نویسندگان
1 Department of Management and Educational Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Management and Educational Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Family Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran Atherosclerosis Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
5 Department of Management and Educational Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Despite the great comparative advantage of Iran in terms of infrastructure,technology, and human resources as well as the significance of medical tourism in the tourist industry,in practice, the quality of human resources has received less attention. Consequently, this study wasconducted to design a model of competency‑based training for Iranian medical tourism.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was an exploratory mix, and the Delphi method andsemi‑structured interviews were used for the qualitative part of this study. In the second part, theanalytical method was utilized for the quantitative part of this study.RESULTS: The results indicated the main components of medical tourism to be public interactionsand private interactions and seven subcomponents. Medical Tourism’s Competency includes threemain components and seven subcomponents.CONCLUSION: Although some training separated and scattered is present in Iran’s medical tourism.However, Iran requires a comprehensive training model of which its design was explained in this paper.
