Background and objective: The continuous examination of the current situation, and recognizing the strengths and improving the weaknesses are necessary for promoting the quality of clinical education. Different evaluation methods have been introduced for evaluating clinical skills. Using logbook is common in clinical units. The purpose of this study was to evaluate midwifery clinical teachers and students viewpoints towards using logbook.

  Material and Methods : This descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out on 16 midwifery clinical teachers and 60 midwifery students of Zanjan Nursing and Midwifery School. Cases of the study selected through Census methods sampling. A researcher made questionnaire consisted of 3 domains of necessity, content and method of execution was used for data collection. Questions related to each of these areas were scored on a five point scale. The data was analyzed by SPSS software using frequency distribution.

  Results : Most subjects concerning urgency domain were confirmed by both clinical teachers and students. While the situation of quality of content and implementation of logbook was not optimal. The most important weaknesses of logbook were lake of requirements, Regulations, List of References, Conferences and other educational activities, Professional ethics skills and possibility of Student assessment. Most students and teachers did not complete logbook daily.

  Conclusion : Considering the importance of using logbook in the clinical evaluation of students, and the logbook weaknesses, Reload this tool is recommended.