Zahra Fattahi; Nematolah Mousapour; Aliakbar Haghdoost
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 63-71
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Background: Faculty members are one of the major parts of universities whose performance has a key role in outcomes of educational systems With continuous evaluation of faculty members part of which done by students real performance of faculty members with all its shortcomings and positive points would ...
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Background: Faculty members are one of the major parts of universities whose performance has a key role in outcomes of educational systems With continuous evaluation of faculty members part of which done by students real performance of faculty members with all its shortcomings and positive points would be determined and consequently it helps improving the quality of educational activities Objective: To determine the process of alterations in the quality of educational performance in faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Method: This correlation study was done on all faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during 20012006 who had been evaluated 8 times through getting students opinion Data related to the quality of educational performance were gathered through the obtained scores in students evaluation and data related to research activities were gathered through research activity scores assigned for annual promotion of faculty members Results: According to the obtained results during the study period the average annual increase in educational performance was 006 that is statistically significant (p=00001) but alteration in research activities during the studied period was not significant There was no significant relation between educational performance and research activity and also demographic features of subjects such as academic rank educational degree and job experience while educational degree and academic rank showed significant relations with research activity score (p= 0001 p= 0003 respectively) Conclusion: The present study shows an improvement in educational performance during the recent years that is probably due to continuous evaluations Lack of significant relation between the quality of educational performance and research activity requires planning programs for bridging these two domains
Ashraf Adhami; Tayebh Fasihi Harandi; Zahra Jalili; Zahra Fattahi; Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh
Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 2006, , Pages 95-101
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Introduction: Students as the major part of education are one of the best sources of information in each educational system One of the uses of this source of information is studying the achievement of educational goals Objective: To determine the adequacy rate of presented trainings in achieving educational ...
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Introduction: Students as the major part of education are one of the best sources of information in each educational system One of the uses of this source of information is studying the achievement of educational goals Objective: To determine the adequacy rate of presented trainings in achieving educational goals of Obstetrics & Gynecology ward from the point of view of interns Methods: All interns of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2005 2006 including 93 ones were enrolled into the study Data gathering was done by using a questionnaire including the subjects of training materials in Obstetrics & Gynecology ward Participants were asked to determine the adequacy of presented trainings for each subject Results: From 93 interns 637% were female 711% were single and 522% have started their medical education program before 2000 Mean age of participants was 257 ± 2 years From all 466% have seen the approved program of Obstetrics & Gynecology ward and 529% asserted that they had been informed of the educational goals at the beginning of the course The highest adequacy rates were obtained for determining gestational age and estimated delivery date based on LMP (907%) fetal heart rate controlling (873%) and prenatal cares (816%) while the lowest adequacy rates were related to inserting and removing Norplant (respectively 168% and 162%) and inserting IUD (198%) Mean total percentage of training adequacy in two domains of diagnosis & therapeutic activities and emergency activities showed no significant difference based on age year of enrolling marital statue and sex Mean total score of training adequacy in diagnostic ;therapeutic domain including 31 cases was 558 ± 143 and in emergency activities including 8 cases it was 5223 ± 21 that shows a significant difference (P= 0002) Conclusion: From the point of view of studied interns based on the approved educational goals presented trainings in Obstetrics & Gynecology ward had not been adequate Therefore improving the quality of clinical training and its continuous evaluation in order to make it compatible with educational goals and changing needs of community is necessary
Ashraf Adhami; Hamed Reihani; Zahra Fattahi; Nouzar Nakhaie; Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , July 2005, , Pages 25-32
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Background: Investigation of the opinions of individuals involved in education (faculty and student) makes the assessment of the faculty educational performance more valid and helpusimprove quality as an objective of evaluation A method to decrease subjectivity in evaluation of teachers by student is ...
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Background: Investigation of the opinions of individuals involved in education (faculty and student) makes the assessment of the faculty educational performance more valid and helpusimprove quality as an objective of evaluation A method to decrease subjectivity in evaluation of teachers by student is self – assessment especially when evaluation aims to find shortages & help to improve education Objective: This survey is to compare the self – assessment of the faculty with student assessment about the faculty teaching method Methods: To do this descriptiveanalytical study two questionnaires with ten questions in four categories designed in EDC were randomly distributed among 600 students and 160 faculty members teaching theory lessons 1530 questionnaires were returned by students and 137 questionnaires by the faculty members Data were analyzed using t and ManWhitney U tests and Spearmans correlation confident Results: The mean of self – assessment score of the faculty was more than mean of student evaluation score about their teachers (428 ± 049 vs 339 ± 051 P < 00001) There was a significant although poor relationship between students and teachers assessment on evaluation by student (r = 025 P
Ashraf Adhami; Nozar Nakhaee; Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi; Zahra Fattahi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 121-129
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Background: Teachers performance evaluation is one of the most important tools in the education process It is used to determine weaknesses and strengths of education so that by reinforcing the strong points we can improve the education quality Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of practical ...
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Background: Teachers performance evaluation is one of the most important tools in the education process It is used to determine weaknesses and strengths of education so that by reinforcing the strong points we can improve the education quality Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of practical and theoretical teaching evaluation questionnaires regarding the faculty by the students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Methods: The validity and reliability of the existing EDC questionnaires were reevaluated At first the content validity and weight of each item were calculated using the faculty members views then the internal consistency of the questionnaires was determined by alpha chronbach Results: Theoretical and practical teaching methods categories including six and seven items showed the highest validity (095 and 097 respectively) The evaluation category in questionnaire on the theoretical courses indicated the lowest validity (069) The questionnaires having 091 and 097 reliability were considered proper for teacher evaluation according to the students Conclusion: The results of this research showed that only one item should be omitted because of the absence of the suitable content validity However to final confirmation of validity and reliability it is better to use construct validity and test retest methods respectively
Zahra Fattahi; Yadolah Javadi; Nozar Nakhaee
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2004, , Pages 32-40
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Background: Dental and oral diseases are among the most important health problems of the country Therefore the training of dutiful interested and skilled dentists is one of the educational priorities of Ministry of Health Treatment and Medical Education Attention to the quality of training programs related ...
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Background: Dental and oral diseases are among the most important health problems of the country Therefore the training of dutiful interested and skilled dentists is one of the educational priorities of Ministry of Health Treatment and Medical Education Attention to the quality of training programs related to the community health services is of a great importance Objective: To evaluate Kerman dentistry students satisfaction with their discipline Methods: This descriptive – cross sectional study was performed on dentistry students of Kerman Dentistry School In order to gather data a researcher – made questionnaire was used Data analysis was done through MannWhitney U test and Spearmans correlation coefficient Results: In this study 557% of subjects were male and the rest were female From all subjects 743% showed a great interest 171 a moderate interest and the rest little interest in their field of study In regard to discipline satisfaction 86% intended to quit their study while 757% showed complete satisfaction The most effective reasons of discipline satisfaction were “the possibility of giving service to people” (76%) “good social statue” (657%) and “being interested in discipline” (656%) Conclusion: The majority of subjects were satisfied with their discipline and showed an increasing interest As one of the important educational factors is being interested and satisfied with disciplin this point should be considered as a priority in the planning of educational programs
