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The Position of Interdisciplinary Studies in Medical Sciences
and Health System in Iran; Where Are We and
Where Will We Go? A Policy Brief
Maryam Khazaee-Pool1,2,
Maryam Zarghani3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of
Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
2 Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
3 PhD Student in Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Health Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(Received February 12, 2023 ; Accepted March 14, 2023)
Abstract
The universal nature of science and increasing complexity of technological issues and developments
in different sciences led to the growth of interdisciplinary cooperation. Some health issues such as
addiction, population aging, emerging and re-emerging diseases, and environmental pollution are beyond
the scope and capacity of a single-discipline expertise and require constructive dialogue and cooperation
between different specialized fields. Currently in Iran, the development of interdisciplinary cooperation is
not of much interest at medical sciences universities. The present policy brief aimed at addressing this
issue by reviewing the upstream documents proposed by the Parliament Education/Research Commission,
the development roadmap in the 9th and 10th governments, and interviewing elites in interdisciplinary
fields.
Keywords: interdisciplinary studies, medical sciences, health system, policy brief
J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2023; 33 (211): 179-187 (Persian).
Corresponding Author: Maryam Khazaee-Pool - Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
(E-mail: khazaie_m@yahoo.com)
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E-mail: khazaie_m@yahoo.com
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