Expanding Biomedical Science Training Program Evaluation Capacity through Interactive Modules - Supplement to Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program

摘要 评估是博士后和博士后生物医学研究培训的重要组成部分 包括本补充请求的父级奖项的计划，最大化计划 学生发展。高质量的评估通过发现机会来增强计划 用于改进和有效衡量结果。项目人员往往缺乏 然而，基础评估知识和专业评估人员可能不会 对计划的细微差别足够熟悉，导致错失评估机会或未得到满足 需要。在从事评估的培训项目人员中建立评估能力， 我们建议利用现有资源(例如，电子学习课程软件)和 BCM创建五个交互的在线模块，适合用作异步的“构建-- 你自己的“短期课程”或混合教学。第一单元将介绍教育 计划评估，提供与规划相关的基础知识；协调 结果、行动和评估；响应文化的实践；调查结果的使用 改进；以及生成支持传播和复制的证据。四 然后，补充的、特定于主题的模块将使用户能够最密切地发展知识 与其计划的特定评估需求(即小样本)有关。在开发之后 单元概述了由专家评估员组成的咨询委员会和培训方案 人员，补充请求项目主任将与BCM教学设计师一起工作 要在电子学习课程软件中构建模块，请使用Articate Rise 360，我们为其提供了 一份机构执照。将与24名培训方案志愿者一起试行模块并进行修订 基于他们的调查和焦点小组的反馈。来自BCM计划的资源将是 收集并建立了一个持续的评价材料集合。模块和 资源将在内部和外部BCM网站上免费提供。

ABSTRACT Evaluation is an essential component of pre- and postdoctoral biomedical research training programs including the parent award of this supplement request, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development. High-quality evaluation enhances programs by identifying opportunities for improvement and effectively measuring outcomes. Program personnel often lack foundational evaluation knowledge, however, and professional evaluators may not be sufficiently familiar with program nuances, leading to missed evaluation opportunities or unmet needs. To build evaluation capacity among training program personnel engaged in evaluation, we propose leveraging existing resources (e.g., eLearning course software), and expertise at BCM to create five interactive, online modules, suitable for use as an asynchronous, “build- your-own” short course or for blended instruction. Module one will introduce educational program evaluation, providing foundational knowledge related to planning; alignment of outcomes, actions, and assessments; culturally responsive practices; use of findings for improvement; and generation of evidence to support dissemination and replication. Four complementary, topic-specific modules will then allow users to develop knowledge most closely related to their program’s specific evaluation needs (i.e., small sample sizes). After developing module outlines with an advisory committee of expert evaluators and training program personnel, the supplement request project director will work with a BCM instructional designer to build the modules in the eLearning course software, Articulate Rise 360, for which we have an institutional license. Modules will be piloted with 24 training program volunteers and revised based on their survey and focus group feedback. Resources from BCM programs will be gathered and established into an ongoing collection of evaluation materials. Modules and resources will be available free-of-charge internally and on the external BCM site.