Viewpoints of health graduates of Isfehan for content evaluation of epidemiology courses

ABSTRACT

Capability of health graduates as important components of health service system in utility of principles of epidemiology is of great importance to override lime problems of Society. To evaluate the content of the Basic Epidemiology course by using Opinions of its graduates. Methods Through a descriptive cross- sectional study, 324 graduate working in health provision centers in Isfehan replied to a questionnaires delivered to them by mail. The main factors for evaluation were as follows The usefulness of the content of the course and their viewpoints on development of teaching and design strategies. The finding indicated that 63.3%, of the graduates evaluated their epidemiology course to be useful for their job but only 23% were able to put the contents into utility. If potential and actual teaching strategies are held simultaneously, students will gain the necessary capabilities to increase time health level of the society