بررسی برخی عوامل موثر بر نمره ارزشیابی استادان توسط دانشجویان پزشکی در شهر قم

Background and Objective: Studies on factors which affect the faculty members' evaluation score by students have shown conflicting results. On the other hand, recognizing effective factors in student evaluation of faculty members can reveal the strengths and weaknesses of this method. This study was carried out to determine the effective factors in evaluation score of faculty members by medical students of Qom University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: All medical students who were in their first academic semester in 2014-2015 at Qom University of Medical Sciences participated in this study. Evaluation questionnaire and information about students (final score, grade point average and gender) and faculty members information (Sex and academic ranks) were also analyzed. Results: A total of 1028 questionnaires were evaluated. Faculty members' evaluation scores of female students were significantly higher than males. There was no significant correlation between faculty members' evaluation scores and students’ final score and grade point average. The mean of faculty members' evaluation scores in female faculty members, associate professors and professors were higher than other teachers. Conclusion: This study revealed that factors related to student and student gender had an impact on evaluation results and also female faculty members and teachers with higher academic degrees had higher evaluation scores. In contrast to some previous studies that demonstrated the impact of student's grade point average and final score on faculty members' evaluation results, this study did not show any correlation among these factors.