Assessment of teaching competencies of faculty members from the viewpoints of faculty members and students

The identification of the strengths and weaknesses of competencies, especially in the medical branches, is an important step in promoting education and the health of the community, this study aims to determine the teaching competencies of faculty from the viewpoints of faculty members and students

This study was a cross sectional study that its statistical population consisted of faculty members and students of the Nursing and Midwifery school of Zahedan in 2015. 40 faculty members entered the study by census e method. And for each faculty member, three students were selected randomly. The faculty memberschr('39') teaching competency was assessed by self-report and studentschr('39') opinion polls. The obtained data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and Paired t test in SPSS.

The results of the study showed that the average score of faculty memberschr('39') teaching competency form faculty memberschr('39') point of view was 82.47 ± 6.2 and from students view was 65.40 ± 11.08, respectively (P <0.001). There was no significant difference between personal characteristics of students and faculties and faculties’ teaching competency (P >0.05)

faculty memberschr('39') ranked the teaching competency from high and students ranked it good.  So, planning to enhance the teaching competencies based on studentschr('39') views and further studies to explore the factors affecting teaching competency is recommended.