Internal Assessment of Nursing and Midwifery School of Amol (solar year 1390)

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Nursing, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Abstract

Background: Internal assessment is one of the first steps of educational assessment. According to the importance of quality in educational programs, this study was conducted for internal
assessment of Hazrat Zeinab Nursing and Midwifery School of Amol.
Methods: In this descriptive study, Nursing and Midwifery School of Amol was assessed internally. Participants included faculty members, managers, nursing students, supportive forces, documents and sources related to this school which were selected consecutively and based on purpose. Data collection was done by questionnaire and checklist through observance, question plan and vote accumulation through group discussion. Collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Results: Results of this study showed that 86.44% of learning/teaching strategies, 77.26% of educational equipment and facilities, and 72.61% of educational courses and course related
or non-course related curricula were in a favorable condition and 64.32% of faculty member factors, 64.69% of tasks, purposes and organization rank, 59.76% of students, 41.55% of theses,
sabbatical courses and seminars and 39.28% of the learners were in a rather favorable condition.
Conclusions: Based on the achieved results this school is totally in rather favorable condition from the point of studied factors therefore officials, people in charge, and principals of university have to improve the strong points by accurate planning, and allocation of the resources to day by day increasing improvement and they have to remove the shortcoming so that they will reach their main purpose which is developing the quality of education. 

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