Phase wise evaluation of teachers by the students in Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh

Students' evaluations of teachers are used to ensure quality in medical education and as a tool for faculty development. Teacher evaluation is also one of the performance measurements of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA). The objective of this research was to evaluate teachers of four phases of MBBS program by the students of corresponding phase. This cross sectional descriptive type of observational study was conducted in Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Bangladesh during the period of January 2023 to March 2023. A total of 40 purposively selected teachers engaged in either lecture, tutorial or clinical bedside classes were evaluated by 469 randomly selected students using a self-response evaluation form provided by Centre for Medical Education (CME) which contains 16 statements of 5 points: 1=Never, 2=Once in a while, 3=Sometimes, 4=Most of the time and 5=Almost always. Data were analyzed in SPSS, version 22.0. Ten (10) teachers from each phase were included in the study. Among the students 169(36.0%) were from phase I followed by each 100(21.3%) from phase II, III and IV. Out of 80, total mean score of phase I was 64.11±9.187. Total mean score of phase II was 72.08±7.520 and that of phase III was 72.19±6.510. Highest total mean score (76.95±5.032) was found in phase IV. Overall mean score of teachers of MMC irrespective of phase was 70.27±9.017. Mean scores of teachers in individual statement of phase I, II, III and IV were 4.02±0.847, 4.49±0.706, 4.51±0.614 and 4.81±0.482 respectively. Mean scores in individual statement of every phase were between "Most of the time (4)" and "Almost always (5)" indicating positive performance of evaluated teachers. All of the 40 teachers had a median score of more than 4 in the explicit issues indicating that most of the students agreed that the teachers taught their core subjects well. They had a median score of more than 4 in the implicit issues too which indicated that the students felt that all of the teachers gave importance to the core values. Moreover, 21(52.5%) teachers had a median score of 5 in both explicit and implicit issues indicating highly positive performance of those evaluated teachers. Teachers of Mymensingh Medical College performed admirably across all phases. This type of feedback evaluation should be applied throughout every institute as it will help faculty members enhance their abilities and academic performance, leading to overall faculty development. As a result, quality of medical education will be ensured.