Faculty Members Performance Evaluation by Nursing Students; Urmia University of Medical Sciences

Measuring the effectiveness of teaching and improving the quality of education are the aims of teachers’ evaluation by the students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teachers’ activity of Urmia University of Medical Sciences by nursing students. This descriptive survey performed during 2012-2013 among all the 382 undergraduate nursing students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences and 73 students were selected by simple random sampling. For data collecting، the researcher-made questionnaire of teachers’ educational performance evaluation which contained 30 items at 4 components of teaching method، academic ability، educational discipline and personal and social characteristics of teacher was used. The SPSS 16 statistical software was used to analyze the data using univariate T test. The mean score of teaching method component was evaluated as 3. 32±1. 07 (t=2. 60، p=. 01)، academic ability as 3. 32±1. 15 (t=2. 39، p=. 01)، educational discipline as 3. 34±1. 19 (t=2. 44، p=. 01) and personal and social characteristics of teacher as 3. 34 ± 1. 08 (t=2. 71، p=. 008) all of which had a significant difference with the deemed limit 3 and were in relatively desirable condition. From the point of view of nursing students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences، four component s containing personal and social characteristics، teaching method، educational discipline and academic ability are important in teachers’ evaluation.