fa Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> Teacher evaluation is an essential and useful tool for decision making and determining appropriate teaching policies, especially in universities. The present study aimed to compare the teacher evaluation indices from the perspective of students and teachers at Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> The present descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2013 on 34 faculty members and 418 students at Alborz University of Medical Sciences in Karaj, Iran. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire on demographic characteristics, target group, appropriate time for teacher evaluation and opinions of faculty members and students about the twenty indices of teacher evaluation. The data were analyzed with SPSS 16 using descriptive statistics, mean test and Pearson correlation coefficient.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The most effective target groups for teacher evaluation from the perspective of teachers were elite students (58.9%) and normal students (20.6%), while the most effective target groups for teacher evaluation from the perspective of students were normal students (42.1%) and teachers (14.1%).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Based on the results of the present study, we suggest using the criteria agreed by the teacher and students, revising the teacher evaluation forms, not limiting the evaluation process to the students&#39; opinion, conducting self-evaluation by the teachers, conducting continuous evaluation at different times of the semester, a survey of teachers in preparing forms and summarizing and concluding the evaluations.</div> Evaluation , Students' Perspective , Teaching Method , Medical Education 45 48 http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1128-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Touran Bahrami Babaheidari 10031947532846009020 10031947532846009020 No Department of social medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran Siamak Amiri 10031947532846009021 10031947532846009021 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran Zohreh Mahmoodi 10031947532846009022 10031947532846009022 No Social determinants of health research center, Alborz University of medical sciences, Karaj, Iran Marjan Haj Firooz Abadi 10031947532846009023 10031947532846009023 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran Sara Rahimi latifiarman@gmail.com 10031947532846009024 10031947532846009024 No Department of Medical Entomology. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hadi Soleymani Sartangi 10031947532846009025 10031947532846009025 No Education and Training Office of Holeylan, Education and Training Administration of Ilam, Iran Arman Latifi latifiarman@gmail.com 10031947532846009026 10031947532846009026 Yes Department of Public Health, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran