Challenges to the Implementation of Interprofessional Education in Health Profession Education in Iran

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Table 1 Codes, Subcategories and Categories of Study

Codes	Sub Categories	Categories
Lack of familiarity of professors with IPE	Lack of ability of professors	Educational challenges
Pseudo-IPE knowledge of professors
Wrong Belief of professors in knowing IPE
Lack of skill of professors in IPE
Lack of knowledge of professors
Great distance from IPE	Weakness in current education
Informal interpersonal Education
Unplanned IPE
Traditional education system
Single professional education
Disproportionate education with teamwork
Person-centered education
Teacher based education
Inefficient education
Old teaching methods
Lethargy-inducing educational environments
Stressful education
Traditional thinking	Lack of innovation and creativity
Lack of creativity in the education
Restrictive environments
Passive students
Not worthy of new ideas
Single professional curriculum	Non-flexible curriculums
Subject-centered curriculum
The need to modify the curriculum
Rigid curriculum
Traditional curriculum
Inability to change curriculum
Lack of decentralization	Centralization and hierarchy of power	Structural challenges
Pyramid Decision Making
Top-down decision-making
Power hierarchy
Concentration of power
Inappropriate power distribution
Power levels
Inappropriate structures	Inadequate infrastructures
Limited space
Traditional infrastructure
Separate schools
Vital roles of Infrastructure
Necessary infrastructure
Structural Problems
Organizational Inhibition	Lack of organizational support
Necessary organizational facilitation
Complex administrative system
Resistance in organizations
Cumbersome regulations
Resistance at high levels	Resistance to change	Cultural challenges
Resilient Attitudes of Managers
Mental resistance
Rapid rejection of Directors
Resistance at managerial levels
Resistance in universities
Strong resistance
The traditional attitude	Non-commitment of faculty members
Lack of enthusiasm to IPE
A single professional attitude
Negative attitude to other professions
Misconceptions about other professions
Negative attitude to IPE
Not commitment to other professions learning
Self-confidence	Destructive attitudes
Suspicion
Hatred
Top-down view
Conflict
Self-Isolation