Student attitude about Teacher evaluation by student in Birjand University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

One of the most important reasons for students’ evaluation of university teachers and emphasizing on its improvement are to provide academic members with a feedback leading to raise their teaching quality. The current study was conducted to define students’ points of view regarding their tutors in Birjand University of Medical Sciences. In this analytic- descriptive study 280 students of Birjand University of Medical Sciences were surveyed. Their views were assessed through a questionnaire which its content validity was approved after some specialists’ polls and a primary introductory study. Besides, the reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using internal homogeneity and calculating the Koronbach α coefficient. Koronbach α coefficient was found to be 80%. The data were analyzed through SPSS software presenting frequency and then chi-squarer test (P<0.05). From a total of 280 students, 40% believed that the evaluation forms could not evaluate teaching quality to a great extent. 78.2% of them filled out the forms patiently enough and 82.8% thought that the results of evaluation are credited very little. Findings showed that most of the students believed that evaluation results are ignored. On the other hand, little acquaintance of most of the students (80%) with such evaluating centers (Educational Development Center) revealed the need for introductory sessions before evaluations and reminding the importance and applications of the results.