Determining the Experiences of Pathology Students at Entrepreneurship Education Workshops Curriculum in Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Background & Objective: Today, a large part of entrepreneurship education is provided to students in medical institutions in the form of a series of workshops. This study aimed to explain the experiences of students of the pathology at the curriculum of entrepreneurship education workshops in the field of medical sciences. Materials and Methods: This was a qualitative study conducted with a directed content analysis method. Content analysis was carried out based on four components of Ralph Tyler’s model. Subjects were select ed from medical students of the University of Tehran attending entrepreneurship education workshops using snowball sampling. Data saturation was reached after semi-structured interviews with 14 individuals. All interviews were transcribed verbatim and manually extracted codes were analyzed. Results: In this study, the issues of entrepreneurship education workshops were classified into 18 categories presented in the form of four main components of objectives, content, teaching method, and evaluation in the curriculum. Conclusion: Those involved in medical sciences, as well as those in charge of holding entrepreneurship education workshops, should pay more attention to the curriculum of entrepreneurship education workshops according to the identified pathology in order to provide the necessary space for entrepreneurship training.