Sadra Medical Journal

Evaluation of the Quality of Undergraduate Nursing Education Program in Ahvaz Based on CIPP Evaluation Model

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

N Yazdani
M Moradi

PhD Candidate in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract
Background: Evaluation, as a continuous quality improvement tool, determines the strengths and weaknesses of training programs. The outcome of this evaluation, therefore, can lead to the reinforcement of program’s positive aspects and modification of its insufficiencies. As a result, this study aimed at evaluating the quality of undergraduate nursing education program in Ahvaz in 2015-2016.
Methods:  CIPP model-based-self-constructed questionnaire was administered to 60 nursing students. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part recorded students’ demographic data and the second part evaluated nursing program’s value in terms of content, input, process, and output. Score of the questionnaire categorize into non desirable, desirable, and relatively desirable. Data were analyzed by conducting descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: According to the participants, the context, input, process, and output of this undergraduate nursing education program were desirable. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between four areas of context, input, process and output (p=0.01). The highest score among the four aspects of CIPP was related to the “process” with an average of 49.38 ± 10.79 and the lowest score was related to the “output” with an average of 14.25±. 3.05.
Conclusion: Although, in general, nursing students were satisfied of this undergraduate program, in order to achieve the optimal result, the school and university officials should try to enhance the quality of the educational programs through revising course materials, upgrading instructors’ knowledge of teaching methods and assessment techniques and improving instructors’ communication skills.

Keywords

Program Evaluation
Education
Baccalaureate Nursing
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Sadra Medical Journal
Volume 5, Issue 3
Summer 2017
Pages 159-172

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