Comparison of Self-evaluation and Students’ Evaluation of Hamadan Dental School Faculty Members

Introduction: Surveys of students’ and faculty members’ opinion on the faculties teaching can reveal the strengths and weaknesses of their teaching performance. This study aimed to compare self-evaluation and students’ evaluation about educational performance of Hamadan dental school faculty members in 2010-2011. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study, through using census sampling method, all 46 faculty members and 77 students of Dental School in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences participated . The data were gathered by two parallel, five- point Likert scale questionnaires each consisting of 18 question items. Data were analysed through Pearson correlation coefficient, paired t-test, ANOVA, and Wilcoxon tests. Results: The mean of the faculty member's self-evaluation score was 76.02± 10.5 and the mean of this evaluation by students was 71.12± 9.03 which demonstrated a significant difference (p=0.041). The correlation coefficient between the scores of self-evaluation and evaluation by students was -0.299. Conclusion: Faculty members’ self- evaluation scores were higher than those of the students. Faculty members should pay more attention to the results of this study and improve their teaching performance in order to achieve higher quality educational levels