Causal Relationships of Cyber Citizen Policies and Programs of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Students

Aim: The purpose of this research is to investigate the causal relationships of university cyber citizenship policies and programs, cyber citizenship skills of students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and their susceptibility to cyberspace threats.

Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and nature and in terms of data collection is a descriptive correlation based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all the medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in the number of 435 people who were studying in the academic year 2019-1400, of which 205 people were selected as a sample through the sampling method through the Karjesi and Morgan table. They were chosen randomly. To measure the variables of the research, the questionnaires of cyber citizen policies and programs of UNESCO University (2016), cyber citizenship skills of UNESCO (2016) and cyberspace threats of Isa and Isayas (2016) were used. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by face and construct validity methods (confirmatory factor analysis) and the reliability coefficient was estimated by Cronbach's alpha method of 0.87, 0.90 and 0.77 respectively and was confirmed. . Data analysis was done on two descriptive and inferential levels (structural equation model), which was implemented through SPSS 21 and Lisrel 8.8 software.

Finding: The results showed that the cyber citizen policies and programs of the university have a positive and significant effect on the students' cyber citizenship skills. While cyber citizenship skills have a negative and significant effect on students' susceptibility to cyberspace threats. Also, the effect of university cyber citizen policies and programs on students' susceptibility to cyberspace threats is negative and significant, which indicates the mediating role of students' susceptibility to negative cyberspace threats in the relationship between cyber citizen policies and programs. University and cyber citizenship skills of students.

Conclusion: According to the results, it can be seen that the policy-making and planning of universities in the field of cyber citizenship can be effective in increasing the cyber citizenship skills of students and reducing their susceptibility to cyberspace. At the same time, increasing students' cyber citizenship skills can also reduce their level of vulnerability to cyberspace risks and threats. Therefore, reducing students' susceptibility to cyberspace threats can not only be directly influenced by university policies and plans in the field of cyberspace, but also through the development of students' cyber citizenship skills. It is influenced by the educational measures of the university and even the government at the national level. According to the stated content, it can be concluded that the policy-making and planning of universities in the field of cyber citizenship can have an effect on increasing the cyber citizenship skills of students and reducing their susceptibility to cyberspace. At the same time, increasing students' cyber citizenship skills can also reduce their level of vulnerability to cyberspace risks and threats. Therefore, reducing students' susceptibility to cyberspace threats can not only directly affect students' cyberspace, which is influenced by the educational measures of the university and even the government at the national level, it can also happen under the influence of the university's policy-making and planning. It can be in the field of cyber, but it can be through the development of citizenship skills. This finding can have important achievements for the officials of the educational system, especially the officials in the Ministry of Health, and according to the dimensions and components of each of the variables of the research, it helped them in policy making and planning in the field of cyber citizen.