the planning and evaluation programs in higher education have been established for quality improvement and the main purpose of internal evaluation is to encourage the staff to feel responsible for educational quality. internal evaluation plan have welcomed in iran and faculty members in educational programs have started to perform this plan since 1995. the received results of the evaluation pro...

background and purpose: internal evaluation has been a growing trend as the first step improvement in higher education specially in medical universities of iran. however, the results of this time consuming process of internal evaluation seems to be underused. we provide a description of anesthesiology department of shaheed beheshti university of medical sciences where the results were used to i...

background: the increased concern for accountability and quality improvement is inducing universities throughout the world to evaluate and control performance. hence, this study was conducted to assess basic science department of sabzevar medical school to improve the quality of the department. methods: this study is a descriptive cross sectional study. we asked faculty members, managers, inter...

this article elaborates on the experience of higher medical education evaluation in iran. although institutional evaluation in iran started in about a decade ago, recent policies of the government to increase quality of higher medical education have contributed to a special effort in designing and implementing evaluation mechanisms in university systems in iran. among these a process of interna...

the primary aim of this study is to determine maximum bite force in molar and incisor regions of healthy individuals, to evaluate the bite force after open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular fractures using micro plates, for a period of up to 6 weeks and to determine the rate of recovery of maximum bite force in an indian population.

aim and background: the aim of this study was to examine the quality curriculum of the department of clinical psychology of tehran university medical science.  methods and materials: it is a descriptive case study and the sampling comprises ma, phd students and attending professors of the department of clinical psychology tehran university of medical sciences in the academic year of 2010-2011 e...

internal evaluation has started in 1995 in various educational groups of different medical universites, currently, more than 120 groups are involved in this project. the faculty members have a key role in the process as the main elements of internal evaluation. internal evaluation was not only helpful in identifying different practical aspects of education, but also had a prominent role in rais...

introduction: due to the fact that nurses constitute the highest percentage of hospital staff and quality of health care is largely influenced by their performance, evaluation of the internal environment from their perspective can greatly indicate the improvement and the strength points of the hospital. this study aimed to clarify nurses’ view regarding the status of the internal environment co...

abstract the assessment of ripeness is a major part of quality evaluation and depends on several factors such as soluble solid content (ssc), acidity and firmness. most of the methods that measure these qualities are destructive. so it is essential to develop an efficient and nondestructive method for measuring internal attributes of fruit. the objective of this study was to investigate visible...