the comparison of internal evaluation of 4 nursing departments in nursing and midwifery faculty of hamedan university of medical sciences

background: assessment is the process of systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data to achieve the goals. the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of educational activities of departments of nursing and midwifery faculty of hamadan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2009 at the faculty of nursing and midwifery of hamadan to internally assess the educational status of four departments.. data was gathered by checklists and questionnaires which based on nine standards. status of each group in relation standards was detected. we used descriptive and analytical testsand data was processed by spss 16 software. results: the mean score of community health nursing department was 87.16%, medical surgical nursing department was 86.92%,  pediatric nursing department and management and psychiatric nursing department were 84.59% and  89.21% respectievly . the highest score of community health nursing department (%100) was for the standards of courses and curriculum. the highest scores of medical surgical nursing department (97.6% ), pediatric nursing department (95.8%) and management and psychiatric nursing department (98.4%) were for the faculty members’ duties.  in all four departments, the lowest score was associated with the standards of graduates ( 66.53%- 70.6%). conclusion: status of the studied departments (community health nursing , medical surgical nursing , pediatric nursing and management & psychiatric nursing) in terms of scores gathered on internal assessment was good. however the standards of graduates need more attention in all four departments.