An analysis of the challenges in recruiting clinical teachers in Iranian medical universities: A qualitative analysis
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4 Department of Forecasting and Theory Building, The Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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BACKGROUND: Employing appropriate and deserving staff is goal of human resourcemanagement (HRM). A group of staff at medical science universities are clinical teachers. Consideringthe position and importance of these peoples, this study addresses the challenges of recruitingclinical teachers.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a qualitative study of the conventional content analysis donein Isfahan medical university in 2018. The participants were selected through intensity sampling ofpurposive sampling method, and data were obtained through semi‑structured interviews conductedto survey 23 experts and clinical faculty members concerning the challenges involved in employingclinical teachers. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis method and OneNote 2013.RESULTS: Two main categories and ten subcategories were classified as follows: HRM inadequacyin educational departments with six subscales such as indefiniteness of the workforce status for HRmanagers, reluctance of educational departments to increase human resources, nonproportionalityof the teacher–student ratio, recruitment of faculty based on the needs in the treatment sector,weakness of the infrastructure to use nonfaculty teachers, and reduced public interest in employmentas a faculty and weakness of the selection process with four subscales based on data analysis suchas undesirable manner of selection, recruitment based on the score given by the national board ofmedical examiners, purpose‑based calls to recruit predefined individuals, and personal and emotionalissues, rather than managerial standards, governing cooperation with teachers.CONCLUSION: Recruitment process is part of HRM tasks. Employment system in a medicalsciences university must be considered to improve the clinical faculty recruitment. HRM inadequacyin educational departments and weakness of the selection process are challenges that affect theemployment system. According to these findings, it is necessary to review the regulations and tasksof HRM in medical sciences universities.
