Untold Aspects of Accountability in Curriculum: Social Accountability from the Experiences of Providers and Receivers in the Health System

Social accountability is among important and updated issues in the scientific community and medical education. Since Iran has undergone different changes in the way of medical education, it is important to address this issue from different aspects and evaluate its challenges.

This study is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach that has been carried out through 23 individual interviews and working on 5 groups focusing on students, faculty, patients, and their companions at the University of Medical Science of Jahrom. Sampling was performed in a purpose-oriented fashion and by using a triangulation method with the aim of gathering information from different groups (different levels of students, professors of various groups, patients of different units and their companions) with a maximum variation and it continued until saturation. The content analysis method was used to analyze the data.

Of all the 105 codes extracted from the data, 5 categories and 14 sub-fields were extracted that these categories included some items such as informing (1), accountability (2), practical education (3), professional ethics (4) and professional status (5).

With respect to the significance of accountability as the requirement of the present and future community of the country and also as an important aspect in medical curriculum, So, providing professional appropriate training along with offering practical models as the hidden aspect of environment can be effective in its promotion and development.