Evaluation of quality of education in higher education based on academic quality improvement program (AQIP) model

Abstract

Academic quality improvement in higher education has recently been considered in many universities over the world. Aim of the study was investigating quality of medical records courses in 4 medical universities and comparing them according to 9 dimensions of AQIP model. Selected university consisted of Isfahan, ShahidBeheshti, Tehran and Iran. Participants of this study comprised academic staff, graduate students as well as scientific board members. All four universities were relatively favorable in 9 dimensions and there is not any difference among them. But there is difference between view point of students and scientific board members. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.