Medical Faculty Members’ Spiritual Intelligence/Quotient (SQ): A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study in Iran

dc.creator	Maryam Akbari Lakeh
dc.creator	Hossein Karimi Moonaghi
dc.creator	Abbas Makarem
dc.creator	Habib Allah Esmaieli
dc.creator	Mahdi Ebrahimi
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:47Z
dc.identifier	10.5681/rdme.2013.014
dc.identifier	2322-2719
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/966b3f45b86748cf858ed81d42a2ba3d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27859
dc.description	Introduction: Recently, promotion of SQ has been introduced as a factor in improving the quality of working life and performance of employees. Since faculty members are the greatest resource of universities; recognition of the SQ and its effectiveness would be the shortcut route to improve their overall performance. Finding and applying all factors affecting the educational organizations promotion is the main approach in improving the quality of higher education. This study aimed to determine the demographic of faculty members, the level of spiritual intelligence and its dimensions in medical faculty members. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study with the participant of 160 medical faculty members (32 basic science faculty members, 128 clinical science faculty members) conducted through stratified probability sampling in one of the medical universities in Iran. King’s modified Spiritual intelligence questionnaire was used. The data were analyzed using SPSS 11.0. Results: The mean score of faculty members’ SQ was 63.0±1.2, which was moderate. There was no significant difference between faculty members’ SQ scores (p=0.7) considering the minimum score of 28.0 and maximum score of 87.0; (t=0.4). In dimensions of SQ: the highest score was for critical existential thinking and the lowest one was for transcendental awareness. There was significant difference between dimensions of SQ among the participants (p<0.001). Conclusion: Since we found a significant difference between dimensions of SQ among participants, the studies exploring the nature of this difference were warranted. It seems that proper training for promotion of SQ can be an important step for the development of universities educational organization.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
dc.relation	http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/RDME/Manuscript/RDME-2-59.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2322-2719
dc.source	Research and Development in Medical Education, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 59-63 (2013)
dc.subject	Spirituality
dc.subject	Intelligencel
dc.subject	Faculty
dc.subject	Medical
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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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	Medical Faculty Members’ Spiritual Intelligence/Quotient (SQ): A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study in Iran
dc.type	article