A comprehensive "real need" assessment, a step toward improving the quality of faculty development programs: A survey-based study in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.

Background And Aims: Developing a framework to identify the "real" needs of faculty members, the gap between the current and desired conditions, would lead to an effective faculty development program (FDP) and improve higher education quality and health system promotion. For the first time in Iran, instead of needs assessment based on faculty members preferences or assessing needs only in a few areas, this study aimed to assess the difference between "self-rated level of skill" as the current condition and "perceived importance" as the expected condition, regarding all faculty roles and levels at Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS).

Methods: This study used a research-made questionnaire that included 73 items within nine domains.