ارزيابي درون گروهي بخش علوم تشريحي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي سمنان

Internal evaluation as a means of quality improvment of education in the department of anatomical sciences in Semnan university of medical sciences

Introduction: Internal evaluation plays a fundamental role in quality improvment and development in taching department. The aim of this work was an internal evaluation of the Department of Antatomical Sciences in Semnan universoty of medical sciences. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in department of anatomical sciences of SUMS, during May 2000 to April 2001; utilizing an grading model. The evalation covered 4 areas, namley; "educational activity", "organizational ranking", "logistic parameters", and "research actvity". Educational objectives and teaching achievement were evaluated at the leveel of first and second years of pre-clinical medical students and also evaluated by members of department. Organixational ranking included the head of department, the members of the organizing body, and the teaching staff of the department. Logistic parameters encompassed the manpower and personel of department; as well as available space and facilities. Research activities consisted of the numbers of the theses supervised, numbers of papers published in outstanding journals, amount of research projects and contirbutions made to congress and seminars. Data collection involved the use of some questionnaires and criteria. The final score obtained as the average of all scores and interpreted according to Gourman classification. Results: Educational objectives and activites ranked as "good" with 3.63 and 3.96 pts. (evaluated by students and members, respectively). Organization and logistic parameters of the department ranked as "good" (3.6 pts) and "more than satisfactory" (2.85), respectively. Research activities ranked as " good" with 3.58 pts. Conclusion: Analysis of the results placed the department of anatomical sciences of SUMS in the "more than satisfactory" class of the Gourman classification. This department needs to progress the training funtion and the compesnsation of the demerits.