Evaluation and Comparison of the Characteristics of a Capable Teacher in the Viewpoint of the Students and Professors of the Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmacy Schools of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Autor: Seyed Mohammad Hosein Zamani Mousavi, Mostafa Godiny, Atefeh Khavid
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Educational Research in Medical Sciences. 9
ISSN: 2252-0465
Popis: Background: The quality of education could be promoted by identifying the characteristics of efficient teachers. Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the characteristics of a capable teacher in the viewpoint of students and teachers. Methods: This study was conducted on 234 participants selected from the Medical, Dentistry, and Pharmacy schools of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Kermanshah, Iran. Data were collected using a questionnaire with three sections, including the characteristics of the teachers in theoretical teaching, clinical teaching, and evaluation. Results: No significant differences were observed in teachers’ characteristics in theoretical and clinical teaching between the viewpoints of the students and teachers of the dental school, while teachers’ characteristics in theoretical and clinical teaching differed in the viewpoint of the participants of the pharmacy and medicine schools. Conclusions: According to the results, the students of the pharmacy school and the teachers of the dental school placed more emphasis on teachers’ characteristics in theoretical teaching than clinical teaching, and evaluation.
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