Abstract
The evaluation of educational programs has become an expected part of medical education. At some point, all medical educators will need to critically evaluate the programs that they deliver. However, the evaluation of educational programs requires a very different skillset than teaching. In this article, we aim to identify and summarize key papers that would be helpful for faculty members interested in exploring program evaluation.In November of 2016, the 2015-2016 Academic life in emergency medicine (ALiEM) Faculty Incubator program highlighted key papers in a discussion of program evaluation. This list of papers was augmented with suggestions by guest experts and by an open call on Twitter. This resulted in a list of 30 papers on program evaluation. Our authorship group then engaged in a process akin to a Delphi study to build consensus on the most important papers about program evaluation for medical education faculty.We present our group’s top five most highly rated papers on program evaluation. We also summarize these papers with respect to their relevance to junior medical education faculty members and faculty developers.Program evaluation is challenging. The described papers will be informative for junior faculty members as they aim to design literature-informed evaluations for their educational programs.
Highlights
BackgroundMedical educators spend much of their time developing and delivering educational programs
We summarize these papers with respect to their relevance to junior medical education faculty members and faculty developers
All junior faculty members were required to participate in the discussion which was facilitated by the mentors, participation was not strictly monitored
Summary
Medical educators spend much of their time developing and delivering educational programs. Programs can include didactic lectures, online modules, boot camps, and simulation sessions. Program evaluation is essential to determine the value of the teaching that is provided [1,2], whether or not it meets its intended objectives and how it should be improved or modified in the future [3]. Rather than beginning at a program's conception [2], evaluation is often. How to cite this article Thoma B, Gottlieb M, Boysen-Osborn M, et al (May 04, 2017) Curated Collections for Educators: Five Key Papers about Program Evaluation.
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