Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Hossein Rezai 1
- Mohammad Jafar Shaterzadeh Yazdi 2
- negin moradi 3
- Majid Ravanbakhsh 2
- Gholam Hossein Nassaj 4
- Shahin Goharpey 2
- Fatemeh Esfandiarpour 4
- Arash Bayat 5
- Mohammad Khayatzadeh-Mahani 6
- Mojtaba Tavakoli 5
- Dorsa Hamedi 6
- Sheyva Javadipour 7
- Meymanat Akbari 6
- Hossein Negahban 8
- Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad 9
- Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh 10
- Mahdi Tahamtan 11
- Mojtaba Kargar 11
- Younes Ghasempour 11
1 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
4 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
5 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
6 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
7 Faculty member, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
8 Faculty member, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
9 Faculty member, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Health Information Management Research Center, Tehran
10 Faculty member, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
11 Student, Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of developing and administering a strategic plan on perceived educational quality by students in Ahvaz faculty of rehabilitation sciences. In this interventional study, perceived educational quality by students was investigated before and after developing and administering a strategic plan. Based on the number of students in each educational department and using stratified-random sampling method, 146 students in disciplines of speech and language pathology, physical therapy, audiology, and occupational therapy were selected to participate in the study. For data collection, a standardized SERVQUAL questionnaire including five dimensions of educational services quality (tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy) with approved validity and reliability was applied. Data analysis was executed by using SPSS version 18 and applying descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (Wilcoxon signed-rank test) statistical methods. Before developing and administering the strategic plan, a significant difference was observed between mean scores of perceived and expected tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy by students (p < 0.001). However, after developing and administering the strategic plan, the expected and perceived levels of students' satisfaction with educational services were almost equal. Furthermore, in developing and administering the strategic plan, by prioritizing and devoting the budget to the dimensions with highest gap, the students estimated the quality of faculty’s educational services equal to and in line with their expected status.
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