fa ارزیابی درونی دانشکده‌های تابعه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان: تضمین کیفیت آموزش علوم پزشکی بر اساس اعتباربخشی مؤسسه پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b><span myriadpro-light="">Background & Objective: </span></b><span myriadpro-light="">Institutional accreditation is a type of quality assurance in medical education to achieve quality standards in higher education institutions. The present study aimed at internal evaluation of the faculties affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences based on the institutional accreditation standards.</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span style="font-family:"B Mitra""></span></span><br> <b><span myriadpro-light="">Materials & Methods:</span></b><span myriadpro-light=""> This study was conducted based on a descriptive cross-sectional design. The research samples included all the faculties affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. This study was performed based on the national institutional accreditation standards (IA), including 66 standards and 351 measures in eight evaluation domains, approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. In order to conduct an internal evaluation based on institutional accreditation standards, the experts in the fields of institutional accreditation were initially provided with the necessary training. Upon the collection of documents, the data was evaluated by the research group based on the accreditation standards. In the next step, to confirm the documents and complete the internal evaluation, a field visit was conducted to the educational and research facilities of the faculties based on the accreditation standards. Finally, the faculty officials and senior managers of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences were provided with feedback on the results of the internal evaluation in the two sections of mandatory and developmental standards.</span><br> <b><span myriadpro-light="">Results:</span></b> <span myriadpro-light="">As evidenced by the obtained results, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences showed significant improvement in the achievement of accreditation standards in field evaluations. The highest and lowest percentages of compliance with the standards were observed in the faculties of nursing-midwifery and health-paramedicine, respectively.</span><br> <b><span myriadpro-light="">Conclusion:</span></b> <span myriadpro-light="">In order to reach an ideal level in all necessary standards and improve the quality of medical education, in addition to the provision of necessary infrastructure, managers, professors, and experts in the field of education need to be thoroughly familiar with institutional accreditation standards.</span></span></span></span> ارزیابی درونی, ارزیابی بیرونی, تضمین کیفیت, اعتباربخشی مؤسسه‌ External evaluation, Institutional accreditation, Internal evaluation, Quality assurance 61 70 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1291-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Alireza Abdanipour علیرضا عبدانی پور abdani.anatomy@yahoo.com 5300319475328460022916 5300319475328460022916 Yes Zanjan University of Medical Sciences دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان Ali Norouzi علی نوروزی ali_norozy@yahoo.com 5300319475328460022918 5300319475328460022918 No Medical Education Development Center, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran. مرکز مطالعات و توسعه آموزش پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان، زنجان، ایران. Mehdi Ghaemi مهدی قائمی ghaemi_mp@yahoo.com 5300319475328460022919 5300319475328460022919 No Department of anesthesiology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. گروه بیهوشی، دانشکده پزشکی، مرکز آموزشی درمانی آیت الله موسوی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان، زنجان، ایران. Farhad Ramezani‐Badr فرهاد رمضانی بدر ramezani.badr@gmail.com 5300319475328460022917 5300319475328460022917 No Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. گروه پرستاری ویژه و اورژانس، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان، زنجان، ایران.