Evolution of a Multiuniversity Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group.
Evolution of a Multiuniversity Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group.
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多大学监测和评估技术工作组的演变。
DOI：
10.1097/acm.0000000000000335
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发表时间：
2014
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Kiarie,James
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Njiri,FrancisJ;Child,MaraJ;O'Malley,Gabrielle;Baird,Sarah;Ojoome,Vincent;Davies,LukeD;Kiarie,James
Background: Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of large-scale government and donor investments is essential for tracking quality improvement, documenting lessons learned, and measuring returns on investment. M&E becomes particularly salient when interventions are also large in scale and unproven, as is the case with the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Through the Principal Investigators’ Council, MEPI institutions observed that many schools faced similar challenges in M&E and that there was a need for more collaboration across programs. In response, an M&E Technical Working Group (TWG) was established in 2012, more than two years after the onset of MEPI, to facilitate interaction across the 13 MEPI institutions. The TWG was composed of M&E leads from each school, with technical support from the MEPI Coordinating Center (George Washington University and the African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation), the University of Nairobi, and the University of Washington.Innovations: The M&E TWG leadership facilitated seven webinars starting in March 2013, during which each institution gave a 20-minute presentation describing the M&E activities. During the three months of the webinar series, it became clear that there was a need for in-person discussion and additional technical assistance to help move the M&E activities of MEPI forward. With support from the Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator, a two-day workshop was held in August 2013 with 39 M&E staff from 17 African and US academic institutions. The objectives of the workshop were to build M&E skills and capacity, share experiences, identify MEPI evaluation needs, and develop a work plan for the M&E TWG. Cross-cutting themes for evaluation emerged, and a subgroup was formed for each of five themes:(1) retention of physicians in rural areas,(2) information communication technology and eLearning,(3) local innovation,(4) research and curriculum development, and (5) partnerships.Outcomes: Through the activities conducted by the M&E TWG, a number of observations have emerged. First, although almost all the institutions had functional program M&E strategies in place and monitoring was occurring, assessing the impact of the program was universally a challenge. Second, although each of the MEPI schools had its own individual work plans and unique activities, common cross-cutting topics were identified at the workshop and formed the basis for cross-institutional evaluation of MEPI. Finally, a functioning M&E TWG is likely to be essential for optimizing the impact of the M&E activities of MEPI.
