students of Management & Medical Informatic Faculty of Isfahan in 1999

Introduction. Considering the improvement of the teaching quality in the higher education, this study was planned to evaluate the field training in the faculty of management and medical informatics by students. Its results will be used in planning field training of this faculty Methods. A checklist with five variables was distributed among 57 students in this survey. Data analysis (both descriptive & χ2 test) was done by SPSS program. Results. 31:58% of the participants passed management training, 33.33% organization training and 35.09% data bank training. The results of this study showed a significant correlation between students’ competency (from their points of view) and curriculum subjects/ teacher training in all three field training (P< 0.05). There was also a significant correlation between their competency and student observation/their self-study/assignments (P<0.05). Discussion. The result of this self- evaluation showed a significant correlation between students’ competencies and main five variables of the checklist. There were some items in these training with low grade and need more effort for its improvement. This survey indicates the need for more practical exercises in field training.