Gaps and contract: evaluating the diffusion of new information. Part II. The measurement of the strategy.
This article is the second of a two-part series describing "gaps and contract," a strategy that provides nurses with a mechanism to transfer knowledge from theory into practice in a measurable format. Two universities under contract from the Pennsylvania state cancer plan used this strategy to evaluate the effectiveness of a cancer continuing education program. Two hundred seventy-four (274) contracts from one setting and 205 from a second setting are described. Recommendations for using this strategy to measure the efficacy of cancer continuing education programs are included.
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Cancer Information and Referral Service, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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McCorkle
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Yasko
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Jepson
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Vogt
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McKeehan
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Deininger
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D000328:Adult; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*