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Comparison of anonymous student ballots with student debriefing for faculty evaluations
Author(s) -
Pelsang Retta E,
Smith Wilbur L
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00565.x
Subject(s) - debriefing , ranking (information retrieval) , data collection , medical education , psychology , medicine , computer science , statistics , mathematics , information retrieval
Yearly evaluation of academic faculty teaching is required by institutions for advancement purposes and continued employment. The method in which these evaluations are collected may influence the outcome of that evaluation. We compared the results of three different data collection methods of faculty ratings. Methods Diagnostic radiology residents evaluated four behaviour categories of faculty in three different ways during the 1995–96 academic year. The individual anonymous ballot was compared to two student debriefing techniques. Results Ratings in individual categories and rankings of several of the faculty changed considerably depending upon the data gathering method. Individual anonymous ballots produced a higher average rating in all four categories evaluated. The average ratings were lowest in the closed meeting group. Discussion The method in which evaluation of faculty are collected influences both the numerical value of the rating as well as the ranking of the teachers within the group. Evaluation outcomes are highly dependent upon the method of data collection.