Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 1998/4
Medicine Study 2000
Alternatives for Learning and Assessment, Teaching and Evaluation
William Fulton (Vienna, Austria)
Evaluation at the departmental level: Review of a pilot project. Report on a meeting of project participants
Summary
In 1996 the Council of Austrian University Presidents commissioned an evaluation of nine departments belonging to Austria's three medical schools. In October 1998, many of the principals involved in this evaluation project met to exchange their experiences. The discussion focussed on the three stages of the project: the preparation of a selfstudy by each department, the on-site peer review of each department by an external panel of university professors from the Netherlands, and the final evaluation report on each department prepared by the review panel.
Despite the enormous efforts involved in preparing the self-studies, participants agreed that this was the most valuable part of the project. The documentation of the current situation, identification of weaknesses, and establishment of a benchmark for future evaluations fully justified the effort expended. The peer review and final evaluation reports were less useful as they did not adequately address the self-studies. Several recommendations were made to the Council of Austrian University Presidents about how this process can be improved in future.
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