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Peer reviewedFielding, David W.; Jang, Raymond – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
A "nonequivalent control group" design was employed to measure the effectiveness of a continuing education program developed to enhance a community pharmacist's ability to respond to requests for nonprescription medication. Data analyses indicated a significant improvement in the participant pharmacist's abilities. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Pharmacists
Peer reviewedPichert, James W.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Whether Effective Patient Teaching (EPT), a health professions continuing education course, could be effectively taught by trainers who were not course developers was studied for four nurse managers trained in EPT and seven who were not. Effectiveness of training and value of the EPT program were supported. (SLD)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Health Personnel, Nurses, Professional Training
Peer reviewedHenderson, Harold; German, Victor F.; Panter, A. T.; Huba, G. J.; Rohweder, Catherine; Zalumas, Jacqueline; Wolfe, Leslie; Uldall, Karina K.; Lalonde, Bernadette; Henderson, Ron; Driscoll, Mary; Martin, Sara; Duggan, Sandra; Rahiman, Afsaneh; Melchior, Lisa A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Evaluated nine diverse HIV/AIDS training programs to determine the degree to which programs produced changes in the way that health care systems delivered HIV/AIDS care. More than half the 218 trainees interviewed gave at least one example of a systems change. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Change, Health Education, Organizational Development
Peer reviewedRiggin, Leslie J. C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
In October 1994, legislation established a requirement that Public Health Services (PHS) programs spend at least 0.2% of appropriated funds on program evaluation. Legislative changes are a result of a study of the use of PHS set-aside funds from 1988 through 1992. They are intended to encourage more and better evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedMontagne, Michael – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1982
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)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Deduction, Educational Development
Peer reviewedHechenberger, Nan B.; Bausell, R. Barker – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1982
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.…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests
Peer reviewedLloyd, John S.; Abrahamson, Stephen – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Educational Research, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
