background and purpose: as the leaders of educational organizations, universities use various models and approaches in evaluating their activities. however, excellence model for evaluation of educational services can demonstrate the distinction of this evaluation procedure. the aim of this study is to investigate the status of training quality of ophthalmologic residents in khatam-ol-anbia hosp...

T he notion of “scientific excellence” has entered the vocabulary of scientists and funders and has embedded itself in the language of evaluation guidelines as part of a broader discourse about the new “social contract” for science. While excellence in science should be nurtured and rewarded, and while structures and practices that support excellence are important, the questions of what we mean...

The New Oxford English Dictionary defines excellence as ‘‘the possession chiefly of good qualities in an eminent or unusual degree surpassing merit or skill.’’ The definition of medicine is ‘‘the art of restoring and preserving health.’’ Consequently, excellence in medicine is the art of restoring and preserving health with surpassing merit or skill. For patients, the price of mediocrity is hig...