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Mahin Sedaie, Fereshteh Farzianpour, Mansoureh Adel Ghahraman, Ghasem Mohammad Khani, Jamileh Fatahi, Saeed Sarough Farahani, Nematollah Rouhbakhsh, Mahnaz Ahmadi, Volume 16, Issue 1 (5-2007)
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Background and Aim: Internal Evaluation means assessment of abilities and potentials. To promote the quality of education, research, health and finally rehabilitation is one of the most important roles and responsibilities of the universities. Promotion of quality of the theoretical and practical education for the Audiology students provides this major with its final goal that is to serve society. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOTs) of the Audiology department and to identify the ways of diminishing weaknesses and threats. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduates, postgraduates, graduates, academic staff, and the director of Audiology department in 9 areas, including management flowchart, educational programs, instructional methods and curriculum models, students, educational areas and equipments, graduate, academic staff, research, and treatment. Data were collected by questionnaires. Results were analyzed descriptively and were expressed in raw and percentage. Results: The scores of areas in two measures were as follows: management flowchart 4.36 (87.31%), educational programs 4.17 (83.58%), instructional methods and curriculum models 4.01 (80.26%), students 3.43 (68.60%), educational areas and equipment 3.60 (72.11%), from the view of undergraduates, post graduates, faculties, graduates 3.60 (72.03%), academic staff 4.03 (80.6%), research 3.52 (70.4%), and treatment 4.54 (90.80%). The highest score was, therefore, of the treatment area and the lowest belonged to the educational area and equipments. The score of the Audiology department, as the main factor was 3.89 out of 5 which was 77.88%. Conclusion: Audiology group total score indicates the desirable status that can be promoted to the most desirable if SWOTs are considered.
Zahra Soleymani, Azar Mehri, Fereshteh Farzianpour, Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi, Mohammad Rahim Shahbodaghi, Seyyedeh Maryam Khoddami, Hooshang Dadgar, Maryam Taghizade Ghe, Mahdiye Karimi, Volume 21, Issue 2 (6-2012)
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Background and Aim: Internal evaluation is an important part of organization monitoring. One of the Ministry of Health&aposs policies is to encourage educational departments to conduct internal evaluations. The aim of internal evaluation of department of speech therapy was appraising its education, research and treatment qualities and determining its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOTs) to identify the ways of overcoming weakness and threats. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 phases to evaluate 10 factors. Participants were undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students, academic staff, director of the department along with the patients. The internal evaluation software for educational and research centers released by Center of Medical Education Studies and Development was modified and utilized. Data was analyzed by calculating mean of means. Results: Mean of means from highest to lowest scores were respectively as follows: the quality of diagnosis, treatment and dealing with patients 4.15 out of 5 as well as the quality of academic staff 3.5 were in the range of desirable category qualities of management and organizational structure 3.34, graduate students 3.21, teaching and learning processes 3.1, missions and goals 3.09, instructional methods and curriculum models 2.99, educational and research equipments 2.9, students 2.76 and research 2.67 were within the range of rather desirable category. Total score was 3.17 (63.4%) which was within the range of rather desirable category. Conclusion: The department of speech therapy was in rather desirable state before merger. That result was appropriate according to the department&aposs conditions and supplies.
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