Characteristics of the Capable Teacher from the Viewpoint of the Students at Faculty of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2013

Fardin  Mehrabian; Zeanab  Dadashkhah; Zeanab  Karimi; Afsaneh  Rafizadeh; Katayoun  Slemi

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Characteristics of the Capable Teacher from the Viewpoint of the Students at Faculty of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2013

Authors:

Fardin Mehrabian ¹,

Zeanab Dadashkhah ²,

Zeanab Karimi ^3,*,

Afsaneh Rafizadeh ³,

Katayoun Slemi ³

1Dept. of Health Education, School of Public Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

2School of Public Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Andorra

3School of Public Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

Educational Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 3, issue 1; e79664

Published online:Dec 02, 2014

Article type:Discussion

Received:Mar 20, 2014

Accepted:Jun 10, 2014

How to Cite:Fardin Mehrabian Zeanab Dadashkhah Zeanab Karimi Afsaneh Rafizadeh Katayoun Slemi Characteristics of the Capable Teacher from the Viewpoint of the Students at Faculty of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2013.3(1):e79664.

Abstract

Teachers are responsible for teaching the students, and improving the teaching quality plays an essential role in the efficiency of the student and teacher. The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional study with a total research sample of 220 people that investigated the characteristics of the capable teacher from the viewpoint of the students at faculty of health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences using census method. Data collection tool was a 24-item questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was determined through content validity and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha (r=0.87). The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics. The most important characteristics of capable teachers from the viewpoint of the students included being knowledgable (90.5%), interest in teaching (78.9%), eloquent presentation (77.3%), accepting criticism (75.5%) and flexibility (71.4%), respectively. It is necessary to take these characteristics into consideration while recruiting the faculty members and planning for faculty developement programms.

Keywords

Capable teacher

Student

Faculty of health

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