internal evaluation of basic science department in sabzevar university of medical sciences in 2010

background: the increased concern for accountability and quality improvement is inducing universities throughout the world to evaluate and control performance. hence, this study was conducted to assess basic science department of sabzevar medical school to improve the quality of the department. methods: this study is a descriptive cross sectional study. we asked faculty members, managers, internal evaluation committee members and medical students questions in different fields .data was collected by researcher made questionnaires and analyzed by spss 15 using the absolute percentage of patients, the standard deviation, and the arithmetic average tests. results: the best quality was showed by 1 and the worst quality was showed by 5. the best quality was in mission and goals and the score was 1.31. conclusions: the results showed that the basic science department is favorable, but a strategic program is advised to improve the quality.