the components of the development of faculty members at universities of medical sciences in iran and the world: a systematic review

Context: in order to fulfill its tasks and goals, higher education systems need qualified and competent faculty members. the needfor faculty development programs is currently obvious.objectives: the present study aimed to determine the components of faculty development at universities of medical sciences iniran and across the world, in which, the concepts and dimensions of development, the evolution process and the programs forfaculty development of universities of medical sciences were investigated up until now, in iran and other countries.data sources: to obtain the required resources, data were collected through a systematic search in google scholar, medline, webof sciences, air, eric and springer, proquest, and elsevier databases and from published articles in the iranian journals available atthe sid and irandoc databases. the articles were selected in accordance with the inclusion criterion of addressing the componentsof faculty development from different perspectives. finally, 40 articles carried out in iran and some other countries and publishedbetween 1966 and 2017 were found.results: in this study, four dimensions of individual, professional, educational, and organizational development were identified.however, most studies were concerned with educational development and most of the given theories were about training facultymembers via scientific workshops and seminars. furthermore, evaluations were often conducted in the same vein, and in moststudies, an organizational perspective was adopted and the focus was on organizational goals.conclusions: considering that the requirements and conditions of faculty members vary across different universities, disciplinesand conditions, the development programs should be designed to target specific subgroups and cover a wide range of skills, notjust education.