Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model

Introduction: Teaching-Research Nexus (TRN) is one of the most fundamental issues in higher education management. This issue faces greater challenges in Iranian universities of medical sciences due to their more complex structure and obligations in contrast to universities under the supervision of M...

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Main Authors: Nader Gholi Ghourchian, Parivash Jaafari, Mostafa Ganeni, Shahram Shayan
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Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Center 2014-11-01
Series:مجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی
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Online Access:http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-2652-en.pdf
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Parivash Jaafari
Mostafa Ganeni
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description Introduction: Teaching-Research Nexus (TRN) is one of the most fundamental issues in higher education management. This issue faces greater challenges in Iranian universities of medical sciences due to their more complex structure and obligations in contrast to universities under the supervision of Ministry of Science. Therefore, this study tried to design an appropriate model of teaching-research nexus for Iranian universities of medical sciences by identifying the determining components involved in the interaction and nexus between teaching and research in the world’s top universities. Methods: Using a review study, documents available in the university websites of the world’s top 10 countries (according to Shanghai Ranking of 1 to 5 top universities in each country), as well as Times Higher Education Ranking (medical sciences), and the literature on components affecting research-teaching nexus were reviewed and analyzed. The obtained components were classified through the three-dimensional conceptual model into structural, environmental, and behavioral factors. Results: The results of the review of the world’s top 32 universities and relevant research literature led to the identification of 17 major and 42 minor components which were designed and presented in the three-dimensional conceptual model based on their homogeneity. According to the model, the extracted major and minor components were classified into structural, environmental, and behavioral factors and their interactive relationship was identified. Conclusion: The components presented in the proposed conceptual model can be employed as the main part of formulating “organizational strategies” in order to align teaching and research and to be able to benefit from such interaction in universities and institutes of higher education.
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spelling doaj.art-5adb3a98588243e7b6ce2cadc253ebde2023-11-03T16:45:30ZfasIsfahan University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Development Centerمجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی1608-93591735-88922014-11-01148715730Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual ModelNader Gholi Ghourchian0Parivash Jaafari1Mostafa Ganeni2Shahram Shayan3 Professor, Department Of Higher Education Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tehran Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Medical Educational Development Center. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: naghourchian@yahoo.com Associated Professor, Department Of Higher Education Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tehran Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: pjaafari@yahoo.com Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: mghanei@HBI.ir (*) Graduated in Higher Education Management, Tehran Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: shayan@edc.mui.ac.ir Introduction: Teaching-Research Nexus (TRN) is one of the most fundamental issues in higher education management. This issue faces greater challenges in Iranian universities of medical sciences due to their more complex structure and obligations in contrast to universities under the supervision of Ministry of Science. Therefore, this study tried to design an appropriate model of teaching-research nexus for Iranian universities of medical sciences by identifying the determining components involved in the interaction and nexus between teaching and research in the world’s top universities. Methods: Using a review study, documents available in the university websites of the world’s top 10 countries (according to Shanghai Ranking of 1 to 5 top universities in each country), as well as Times Higher Education Ranking (medical sciences), and the literature on components affecting research-teaching nexus were reviewed and analyzed. The obtained components were classified through the three-dimensional conceptual model into structural, environmental, and behavioral factors. Results: The results of the review of the world’s top 32 universities and relevant research literature led to the identification of 17 major and 42 minor components which were designed and presented in the three-dimensional conceptual model based on their homogeneity. According to the model, the extracted major and minor components were classified into structural, environmental, and behavioral factors and their interactive relationship was identified. Conclusion: The components presented in the proposed conceptual model can be employed as the main part of formulating “organizational strategies” in order to align teaching and research and to be able to benefit from such interaction in universities and institutes of higher education.http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-2652-en.pdfteaching-research nexusreview studythree dimentional modeluniversities of medical sciences.
spellingShingle Nader Gholi Ghourchian
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Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
مجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی
teaching-research nexus
review study
three dimentional model
universities of medical sciences.
title Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
title_full Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
title_fullStr Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
title_full_unstemmed Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
title_short Teaching-Research Nexus in the World’s Top Universities: a Review Study with Presenting a Conceptual Model
title_sort teaching research nexus in the world s top universities a review study with presenting a conceptual model
topic teaching-research nexus
review study
three dimentional model
universities of medical sciences.
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