The comprehensive model for evaluating nursing education programs is described in terms of what is evaluated; who conducts the evaluation; and why it is conducted. A structure for further action and decision making is also presented. (GDC)

Methods used in evaluating the clinical learning experiences of medical students in rural and university settings are investigated. A three-dimensional scheme for categorizing these different methods is described. (JKS)

The Bayesian inferential process is modified for use in an aggregate meta-analytic evaluation. Compared with the average effect size meta-analytic approach, the Bayesian approach was more sensitive, more consistent and more powerful. This approach is recommended when primary data are not available and when all evaluations involve comparisons of…

Drawing on current models for increasing the use of information from external evaluations, the authors offer a user-centered approach for increasing the use of results from internal evaluations of graduate medical education. The overriding emphasis of the user-centered approach is the utility of the resultant data. (Author/BW)

The evaluation of a fellowship program in the health sciences for 60 Philippine graduates at the University of Hong Kong highlights areas of conflict. Twenty-six fellows were interviewed. Value judgments about a program's worth ultimately depend on the evaluation's perspective, whether that of participants or an outside party. (SLD)

An article was published in the December 1985 issue of this journal that used LISREL to investigate the relationship between family medicine residents' moral reasoning and their clinical performance (Sheehan). The data from that study are reanalyzed to illustrate the importance of considering alternative structural equation models in evaluation…

A model is presented for evaluating the basic science portion of a program in which the first year of medical school is taught at sites remote from the medical center. A methodology is described for assessing student performance and student and faculty satisfaction with the program. (Author/GK)

A comparative design for the evaluation of educational programs employing both quantitative and qualitative methods gathers information about program characteristics and consequences. The dual-track design provides separate results that are compared and produce a complete evaluation effort. (Author/CM)

An organizational blockage instrument was administered to measure the effects of administrative interventions by a new nursing dean prior to and following certain organizational changes. A significant reduction in perceived blockages and moderate prediction of the magnitude of specific changes prior to the second data gathering could be found.…

The effectiveness of continuing medical education (CME) is reviewed in terms of physician competence, physician performance, and patient health status. Although half the studies published since l960 reported some improvement following CME, methodological shortcomings prevent concluding that the improvements were caused by CME. (Author/MH)

A model is presented that relates health promotion and disease prevention (HPDP) education to desired characteristics of medical school graduates, including knowledge and sense of ability in the HPDP field, specialty preference, and residency choice. The model facilitates: program evaluation using standard data sets, and identification of…

The decision-making experience of residents in a primary care internal medicine training practice was often inadequate. The residents' evaluation of their educational experience with patients suggests that several elements of patient care affected their ability to learn. (Author/GDC)