Evaluation plan of the 6for6 research skills program for rural and remote physicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21457034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shabnam Asghari (0000-0002-4970-0978, St. John’s Health Sciences Centre, corresponding author), Thomas Heeley (0000-0002-3011-7141, Health Sciences Centre), Cheri Bethune (0000-0002-6230-6262, Memorial University of Newfoundland, corresponding author), Wendy Graham (0000-0001-9699-0376, Health Sciences Centre, corresponding author), Cameron MacLellan (0000-0001-6641-305X, St. John’s Health Sciences Centre), Cathryn M Button (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Cathryn Button, Nicole Porter (0000-0001-6149-9501, St. John’s Health Sciences Centre), Sandra Parsons (Memorial University of Newfoundland) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Pages | 101933 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation and Program Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-7189 • E-ISSN: 1873-7870 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101933 |
| PMID | 33756216 |
| OpenAlex | W3135754019 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Overwhelming issues and barriers often prevent rural and remote physicians (RRPs) from pursuing the many socially accountable research questions they encounter on a daily basis. Although research training programs can empower RRPs to rise to these challenges, there is a lack of evidence on how they should be developed and refined. At Memorial University, a faculty development program (FDP) called 6for6 has been helping RRPs surmount their research quagmires and engage in scholarship since 2014. After an initial three-year (2014-17) pilot, we prepared a detailed plan to evaluate the 6for6 research FDP for RRPs and inform future years of delivery. Using a modified Delphi method and participatory action model a group of program team members, stakeholders and evaluation experts developed an evaluation plan including a logic model and an evaluation matrix addressing five key themes. To our knowledge, this is the first evaluation plan for a research-focused FDP targeting RRPs. While this plan was developed specifically for the 6for6 FDP, our approach to its development may be useful to any institution interested in evaluating an FDP with limited resources
Delphi method · General partnership · Government (linguistics) · Medical education · Participatory action research · Participatory evaluation · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Program evaluation · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |