Cultural competence of nursing educators at medical universities of 2nd regional planning in Iran

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Demographics of the participants

Characteristic		No.	Frequency (%)
Age	< 30	9	10.7
	31–40	22	26.2
	41–50	34	40.5
	51–60	19	22.6
	> 61	0	0
Gender	Female	55	65.5
Gender	Male	29	34.5
Cultural-ethnic background	Fars	6	7.1
	Turkish	75	89.3
	Kurd	3	3.6
Occupation state	Full-time	38	45.2
	Service period and commitment	17	20.2
	Contractual	22	26.2
	Temporary/under-a-contract	7	8.3
Academic rank	Full professor	4	4.8
	Associate professor	15	17.9
	Assistant professor	26	31
	Instructor	39	46.4
Service university	Tabriz	36	42.9
	Urmia	18	21.4
	Ardabil	19	22.6
	Maragheh	4	4.8
	Khoy	5	6.0
	Sarab	0	0
	Khalkhal	2	2.4
Teaching level	B.S.^{Footnote 1}	33	39.3
	M.S.^{Footnote 2}	6	7.1
	Ph.D.^{Footnote 3}	1	1.2
	B.S. and M.S.	29	34.5
	M.S. and Ph.D.	1	1.2
	B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.	14	16.7
Teaching experience	≥ 5	12	14.3
	6–10	22	26.2
	11–15	20	23.8
	16–20	19	22.6
	21–25	2	2.4
	26–30	9	10.7
	≥ 31	0	0
Highest degree	M.S.	37	44.0
Highest degree	Ph.D.	47	56.0
Subfield	Medical-surgical nursing	52	61.9
	Community health nursing	9	10.7
	Pediatric nursing	10	11.9
	Maternal newborn nursing	2	2.4
	Psychiatric nursing	7	8.3
	Women’s health	0	0
	Nursing management	1	1.2
	Transcultural nursing	0	0
	Gerontology	1	1.2
	Emergency nursing	2	2.4

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