educational need assessment in psychiatry residences of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences on suicide: a qualitative study

aim and background: “need assessment” is considered the process of evaluation of needs in a specific domain, which is fundamental for quality improvement of health education and research. as suicide is one the most important problem in public health, it would be expected that all psychiatric residents should have adequate knowledge and skills and play in different roles in this field. this study was design to assess educational needs in the residences of psychiatry in sbums about suicide. methods and materials: this qualitative study was based on triangulation method. psychiatry residents at shahid beheshti university of medical sciences in 2012 was recruited. purposive sampling resulted in selection of 15 subjects. data was gathered by interview and focus group debates. the analysis was performed based on “galaizzi” seven-step model. findings: findings of this study encoded 1032 codes, which distributed in 3 main domains the most important educational need for the residences in psychiatry department are “the control worries about legal responsibility”, “the management of suicide”, “protocol for admission process”, “guide line for suicide” and psychotherapy. conclusions: this study revealed multiple educational needs in the field of suicide. on the other hand, the current educational program could not respond to professional needs. this finding mandates revision of current educational programs.