title: Evaluation of education program developments: illustration of the research and development cycle.
abstract: The Research and Development (R and D) cycle is a program development model used to translate research findings into educational programs or products ready for use in the field. The R and D cycle is illustrated by describing its application to Effective Patient Teaching, a course on teaching skills for health professionals. Evaluation is a continuing part of program development. Evaluation methods need not follow a rigid formula; methods will generally change with the stages of program development and the evaluation purposes.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Pichert
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching