Program Evaluation and Evaluation Research- 12/9/2024

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This workshop introduces participants to fundamental principles of educational program evaluation, and provides participants with a strategy for developing an evaluation plan.

After participating in this workshop, learners will be able to:

Describe program evaluation and its purposes;
Identify barriers to program evaluation;
Identify models used in evaluation;
Describe the steps of an evaluation;
Develop an evaluation plan.

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop Series 2024 - Series 4 .

Carol Hodgson

Carol Hodgson, MS, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor with tenure in Pediatrics, the former J. Alan Gilbert Chair in Medical Education Research, Director of the IDEAS Office, and directs the Teaching Scholars Program at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and the Teaching Scholars Program in the Alberta Institute with Wenzhou Medical University. She received a Master of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Riverside and a doctorate in Education at UCLA. Before entering the field of medical education in 1992, she was a researcher in preventive medicine at the University of Southern California. She has been an Assessor for the World Federation for Medical Education since 2013. Dr. Hodgson actively mentors numerous faculty members and residents. She is an expert in curriculum design, program evaluation, assessment, health professions educational research, faculty development, and medical school accreditation. Dr. Hodgson’s research focuses in the areas of professionalism, program evaluation, cancer education, and training for better care of people with disabilities.