en <div style=text-align: justify;><span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> One of the ways to improve the quality of education is to create a suitable and efficient mechanism to evaluate the performance of clinical academic faculty members; Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing a comprehensive model for evaluating the performance of clinical academic faculty members of schools of medical sciences.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Participants & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> The current study was a qualitative research employing descriptive-exploratory method and carried out in Tabriz in 2023. The used components were identified based on document review and semi-structured interview tools. In order to review the documents and analyze the interviews, three levels of open, central and selective coding were used. In order to comprehensively identify the main components and sub-components of the comprehensive performance evaluation model, in addition to reviewing the studies conducted in this field, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 experts in the field.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> 8 main themes and 28 sub-themes were identified. Professional commitment, professional development, professional skills, research skills component, personality characteristics component, teaching and educational activities, consulting services and social-political activities were the main themes.<b><span style=color:#4f81bd></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> The performance evaluation of clinical academic faculty members is an effective process to identify strengths and weaknesses and is the basis for the participation of academic faculty members to improve quality in university development planning. </span></span></span></span></span><br> </div> Academic Performance,Clinical Faculty Members,Education, 331 340 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-81387-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4