Abstract
Medical schools should use a variety of measures to evaluate the effectiveness of their clinical curricula. Both outcome measures and process measures should be included, and these can be organized according to the four-level training evaluation model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick. Managing evaluation data requires the institution to employ deliberate strategies to monitor signals in real-time and aggregate data so that informed decisions can be made. Future steps in program evaluation includes increased emphasis on patient outcomes and multi-source feedback, as well as better integration of existing data sources.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-30-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2020.1757883
Repository Citation
Ragsdale, John W.; Berry, Andrea; Gibson, Jennifer W.; Herber-Valdez, Christiane R.; Germain, Lauren J.; and Engle, Deborah L., "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Undergraduate Clinical Education Programs" (2020). Medical Student Education Faculty Publications. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/meded_facpub/3
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Medical Education Online, v. 25, issue 1, p. 1-6.
© 2020 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The authors represent the Program Evaluation Special Interest Group of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) within the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).