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Introduction: The individual-related evaluation of teaching courses is part of the university studies at the Medical University of Graz, Austria (MUG). Clinical teachers are evaluated by their students during or after their courses (lectures, tutorials, practical trainings, seminars). The individual-related evaluation of teachers is imperative to accomplish the necessary criteria for the postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) at the MUG. The extent of the necessary evaluations and the questionnaires are predetermined. For teachers and students the individual-related evaluation is an additional administrative effort.

This pilot-project analyses two questions:

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What do the teachers think of the current practice of individual-related evaluation? Do they draw a consequence out of the results?

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What do the students think of the current practice ofthe evaluation of their teachers?

Materials and Methods:

Results: Twelve teachers (23%) and twelve students (7%) returned their questionnaires. Therefore the willingness for participation was poor. An overview and comparison of the results is demonstrated on images 1 and 2.

Conclusion: In summary it can be stated that teachers and students consider the individual-related evaluation as meaningful. The number of questions seems to be suffcient, the part for free text is important and the possibility of an onlineevaluation is rarely used. Teachers and students are undetermined for both, benefit and effort and the content of the questions of the evaluation form. It seems that the quality of teaching has not substantially improved for the individual teacher and for the students. The trend of the answers is similar for both the teachers and the students. Contrary to the teachers the students consider the number of questions as appropriate [1].