Can Spiritual Intelligence Affect Professionalism in Medical Faculty Members?

dc.creator	Hossein Karimi Moonaghi
dc.creator	Maryam Akbari Lakeh
dc.creator	Abbas Makarem
dc.creator	Habibolah Esmaeili
dc.date	2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:28:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:28:21Z
dc.identifier	2252-0341
dc.identifier	2252-0465
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b016a6f397e640b59c6c7c0bd938ff73
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21948
dc.description	Introduction: Regarding to the importance of spiritual intelligence and professionalism in faculty development, this study aimed to determine the level of spiritual intelligence, the level of professional development and leadership, and performance of professional responsibilities as two components of professionalism, and the relationship between spiritual intelligence and professionalism.Methods: This is a correlation cross-sectional study with 160 medical faculty members as subjects, which was defined base on stratified probability sampling in one of the medical universities in Iran. King’s modified spiritual intelligence questionnaire and teaching competency self assessment instrument of Alabama University were used. Statistical tests such as t-test, two-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis, spearman and regressions were applied to analyze. P-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: The results showed that the mean score of spiritual intelligence was 63±1.2, which classifies as moderate. The median score of professional development and leadership was 9 with range between 4 and 12; and the median score of performance of professional responsibilities was 17 with range between 5 and 20. There was a significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and performance of professional responsibilities (rs=0.23, p=0.003). There was no significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and professional development and leadership (rs=0.13, p=0.11). Conclusion: We found a significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and self assessed professionalism components in performance of professional responsibilities dimension, indicating that spiritual intelligence can be the basis for professional promotion.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
dc.relation	http://journals.kums.ac.ir/ojs/index.php/EduRMedS/article/view/1087/2630
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2252-0341
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2252-0465
dc.source	Educational Research in Medical Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 3-8 (2013)
dc.subject	Spiritual intelligence
dc.subject	Professional autonomy
dc.subject	Faculty members
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Can Spiritual Intelligence Affect Professionalism in Medical Faculty Members?
dc.type	article