Internal Evaluation of the Department of Public Health of the School of Health of Qom University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objectives: One of the essential requirements for the dynamics of the educational system is evaluation. Internal evaluation is a process of depicting the status of the academic system by the members of the system itself. This study was conducted with the purpose of internal evaluation of the Department of Public Health of the School of Health of Qom University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This study was performed as a descriptive cross-sectional study in the department of public health of Qom University of Medical Sciences. Sampling method was census and information were collected using questionnaire for internal evaluation of groups. Results: In this study, the questionnaires were completed by 80 students, 32 graduates, and 6 faculty members of the Department of Public Health. In terms of educational empowerment, 66.6% of the faculty members reported that scientific mastery in theoretical courses was relatively favorable; 37.7% of the students described the teacher's scientific mastery as desirable; and 58.8% of them described the professors evaluation as relatively desirable; 54.8% of the graduates evaluated the skills acquired during the academic period as undesirable. Conclusion: Considering the importance of educational evaluation for determining the quality, items, such as effectiveness and value of a program or process, continuous evaluation, and promotion of the quality of education seem to be necessary to correct their weaknesses in areas with undesirable and relatively desirable status