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Khandan M, Ebrahimi A, Heydari M, Hoseini Abardeh M, Yazdani S, Koohpaei A. Policy and Strategy Recommendations for Building Resilience in Iran's Medical Education System against Hybrid Warfare: A Macro-Regional Planning Perspective. EBHPME 2025; 9 (4) :208-227
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Mohammad Khandan 
, Ali Ebrahimi , Majid Heydari , Maryam Hoseini Abardeh , Shahram Yazdani , Alireza Koohpaei *
, Ali Ebrahimi , Majid Heydari , Maryam Hoseini Abardeh , Shahram Yazdani , Alireza Koohpaei *
National Agency for Strategic Research in Medical Sciences Education, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. , koohpaei@muq.ac.ir
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The occurrence of the twelve-day warfare in Iran and its resultant damages and outcomes on medical science education, compounded by a complex and unique set of economic (sanctions), social, and cultural conditions, prompted researchers to develop a macro-framework. Drawing on global evidence and employing a systems model approach, this framework aims to analyze and enhance the resilience of the higher health education system against potential hybrid warfare, with an emphasis on the role of macro-regional medical science planning areas. Consequently, based on the formulated strategies, policy solutions and recommendations were proposed at the level of macro planning regions and across short-, medium-, and long-term timescales. These proposals target four key subsystems: human resources; technology and infrastructure; management and organization; and the external environment impacting educational processes. Design and activation of a comprehensive program for empowering human resource resilience and robustness, implementation of a psychosocial rehabilitation program for human resources, design and implementation of a comprehensive passive defense program for educational infrastructure, establishing and deploying an emergency educational and clinical service continuity system, designing and activating an education command unit, and establishing and designing a network of the strategic partners were the most important policy implications derived from this study’s results. This comprehensive set of programs is designed to serve as a robust framework for strengthening the resilience and robustness of medical science education under hybrid warfare conditions.
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Received: 2026/02/8 | Accepted: 2026/07/15 | Published: 2025/12/8
Received: 2026/02/8 | Accepted: 2026/07/15 | Published: 2025/12/8
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