. Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; . Nooshin Mohebbi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
Background: Sensitivity of teaching and learning processes in universities emphasizesthe necessity of assessment of the quality of education which improves the efficiency andeffectiveness ...
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Background: Sensitivity of teaching and learning processes in universities emphasizesthe necessity of assessment of the quality of education which improves the efficiency andeffectiveness of the country. This study was conducted with an aim to review and develop theevaluation criteria of health information technology course at Master of Science level in Tehran,Shahid Beheshti, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Kashan medical universities in 2012 by using CIPP model.Materials and Methods: This was an applied and descriptive research with statistical populationof faculty members (23), students (97), directorates (5), and library staff (5), with a total of130 people, and sampling was done as a census. In order to collect data, four questionnaireswere used based on Likert scale with scores ranging from 1 to 5. Questionnaires’ validity wasconfirmed by consulting with health information technology and educational evaluation experts,and questionnaires’ reliability of directorates, faculty, students, and library staff was tested usingthe Cronbach’s alpha coefficient formula, which gave r = 0.74, r = 0.93, r = 0.98, and r = 0.80,respectively. SPSS software for data analysis and both descriptive and inferential statisticscontaining mean, frequency percentage, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and Spearmancorrelation were used. Results: With studies from various sources, commentary of experts, andbased on the CIPP evaluation model, 139 indicators were determined and then evaluated, whichwere associated with this course based on the three factors of context, input, and process in theareas of human resources professional, academic services, students, directors, faculty, curriculum,budget, facilities, teaching–learning activities, and scientific research activities of students andfaculty, and the activities of the library staff. Conclusion: This study showed that in total, thehealth information technology course at the Master of Science level is relatively good, but tryingto improve and correct it in some areas and continuing the evaluation process seems necessary.
