%0 Journal Article %T Core competencies for academic leaders in Iran University of Medical Sciences %A Hamid Reza Koohestani %A Jalil Koohpayehzadeh Esfahani %A Kamran Soltani Arabshahi %A Somayeh Alizadeh %J Archive of "Advances in Medical Education and Practice". %D 2019 %R 10.2147/AMEP.S189839 %X Integrated educational, health, and medical services necessitate the development of high-competent academic leaders in medical universities of Iran. Most organizations attempt to limit the total number of competencies to a rational number and consider the most important competencies. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine core competencies which can be improved through development programs for the academic leaders in Iran University of Medical Sciences %K core competencies %K academic leader %K integrated educational system %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6498430/