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Students' evaluation of teaching and teachers: To whom? For what?

It is generally assumed that student evaluation of teaching and teachers leads to quality of teaching, although it is well known that the methodology needs to be improved. In academic year 2002/3., Medical School, University of Zagreb, with around 250 students per year, decided to use student's anonymous questionnaire as an instrument in teaching process evaluation. The aims of this 5-years implementation were (1) validation of the questionnaire/instrument, (2) development of Protocol for implementation and (3) answers on the questions «To whom? » and «For what? » based on staff and students' expectations. The paper is describing five-year experiences with more than 3.500 students' responds. The validation of questionnaire reduced 47 items to 25, including various aspects of teaching and performance of particular teacher. Feed-back mechanism is described too as well as the preliminary results based on differences between (1) preclinical, clinical and public health subjects, (2) years of medical study, (3) different elements of teaching process – lectures, active learning in small groups, practical, textbooks, organization etc. In summary, the expectations of students, teachers and Faculty Council how to use the students' evaluation results are different and answers on questions «To whom» and «For what» are still in doubt.

evaluation of medical education; student's evaluation of teaching process

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