فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Iranian universities optimistically can be regarded as second‑generationresearch‑centered universities which train people who can only fill the predefined occupationalgaps. These universities are doing very little to become third‑generation universities. It seems thatmedical science universities have a huge capacity to create and expand entrepreneurship in healthcare because of their diverse activities in health services. The present study aimed to investigate theeffective factors affecting the Iranian medical universities transition to third‑generation universities.METHODS: The present study is a qualitative study which was carried out in Kerman University ofMedical Sciences. The study population was the faculty members of Kerman University of MedicalSciences who had been selected by purposeful sampling method. For this purpose, 13 facultymembers of Kerman University of Medical Sciences who were interested in the topic were interviewed.To collect data, a number of general questions were asked from the participants to clarify specifictopics. The interviews lasted between 20 and 45 min. The descriptive phenomenology method wasused for data analysis based on the Colaizzi’s seven steps.RESULTS: In the present study, five main themes include; reforming the bureaucracy, paying attentionto the empowerment of university personnel, improving the status of graduates, reviewing the statusof education and research, and connecting with the industry and making a profit were identified.CONCLUSION: We can use strategies such as reduction of bureaucracy, privatization, reductionof management pyramid, culture building, creation of appropriate reward system, and taking a rolemodel from successful people.