Faculty members’ viewpoints about the present and the ideal teacher evaluation system in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: this study was conducted to determine the most importantstrengths and weaknesses of the present evaluation system in tehran universityof medical sciences and achieve the main factors to improve this system.method: it was a mixed method study design in two separate and sequentialphases. the first phase was a qualitative step applying a document analysismethod to interpret the present situation and the second was a quantitativephase applying a three dimensional questionnaire to collect teachers’ viewpointsfor improving the system.results: the findings indicated that the present system had 3 strengths versus7 weaknesses. the quantitative phase demonstrated that the comprehensiveand mixed evaluation method was preferred as the best method of evaluation,followed by self evaluation, students` output and students’ evaluation of teachers.other findings showed that %95.7 of faculty members were in favor of “usingthe result for correcting teachers’ practice”. %88.4 of the participants found“secret feedback of evaluation results” and %86.3 the students` comments asthe best options. %95.8 mentioned that transmitting the concepts by teachersas the most appropriate question.conclusion: it seems that the mixed method evaluation is the only way endingin complete feedback of teaching quality and matches 360 degree evaluation. soit is important to correct and review the students’ forms along with designingother tools for assessing managers, peers and colleagues and also designinglog books and observation sheets, etc. to achieve a comprehensive and mixedpackage of evaluation.