Evaluating Application of Knowledge and Skills: The Use of Consensus Expert Review to Assess Conference Abstracts of Field Epidemiology Training Participants

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• Alternative Title:
  J Multidiscip Eval
• Personal Author:
  Volkov, Boris ; MacDonald, Goldie ; Herrera, Dionisio ; Jones, Donna ; Patel, Mahomed
• Description:
  Background
  
  Often evaluations of training programs are limited — with many focusing on the aspects that are easy to measure (e.g., reaction of trainees) without addressing the important outcomes of training, such as how trainees applied their new knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Numerous evaluations fail to measure training’s effect on job performance because few effective methods are available to do so. Particularly difficult is the problem of evaluating multisite training programs that vary considerably in structure and implementation from one site to another.
  
  Purpose
  
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  Setting
  
  Intervention
  
  Research Design
  
  We devised a method of a consensus expert review to evaluate the quality of conference abstracts submitted by participants in Field Epidemiology Training Programs – an approach that can provide useful information on how well trainees apply knowledge and skills gained in training, complementing data obtained from other sources and methods. This method is practical, minimally intrusive, and resource-efficient, and it may prove useful for evaluation practice in diverse fields that require training.
  
  Data Collection and Analysis
  
  Findings
  
  
• Subjects:
  Abstract Quality Article Consensus Expert Review Evaluation Of Training Multisite Evaluation
• Source:
  J Multidiscip Eval. 10(23):44-50.
• Pubmed ID:
  28659726
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5484422
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  23
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:999ca50158f36846ecac6c345715194746e792f6b49685de2923a497d2f1f1ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46808/cdc_46808_DS1.pdf
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