H Ebrahimipour , A Vafaee Najar , Ar Amini, E Lael-Monfared , M Sepahi Baghan ,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (7-2014)
Introduction:
Developing course plan is essential for an effective education. to evaluate the
course plan implementation, students can be surveyed. This study aim to assess
the compliance between what the teachers' taught and the course plans of
various courses from the viewpoint of students who enrolled in the School of Public Health (SPH) of
Mashhad University of Medical Science (MUMS.(
Methods: In
this descriptive and cross- sectional study, 138 students were asked about
specialized course plans implementation in the second semester of the academic
year 2011-2012 year. A6-scale Likert questionnaire which has been designed for
each course separately were used to gather data which has been analyzed using
descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA by SPSS 16.5 at 0.05 significant
level.
Results:
Minimum and Maximum compliances were 18.8% and 100% respectively. On average,
the compliances was 77.0±20.6. No significant correlations were observed
between academic rank and compliances
of taught content. The results showed a significant difference between the mean
scores of different educational levels (P<0.05, f=5.8).
Conclusion:
Monitoring of implementation of the curriculum, along with empowering the
teachers about developing and using their own course plan may improve the
Alignment between the course plans and the taught materials.
