Program Evaluation and Evaluation Research- 3/10/2025

Includes a Live Web Event on 03/10/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)

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 2025 - Series 1 .

Karen Richardson-Nassif

Karen Richardson-Nassif, PhD, Professor Emeritus, was the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development and Diversity in the Office of the Dean, College of Medicine. She was previously the Predoctoral Director and Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Assessment in the Office of Medical Education at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She has served on numerous committees on curriculum change, program evaluation, and leadership. She was an advisor for the LEAD AAMC program and Advisor to the Women’s Mentoring Program and the New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellowship Program. She is also a reviewer for several journals. She attended the Harvard Macy Physician Educators Scholars Program in 1999 and the Evaluator’s Institute in 2000 and 2001. In 2005, she received the Vermont Women in Higher Education Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award. She received the Research in Medical Education Best Paper Award, AAMC, in 2008 and Outstanding Service Award from the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs in 2010.