title: The challenge of evaluating programs in a large health sciences centre.
abstract: This article illustrates how the logic model and a course on program evaluation at a large health sciences centre were instrumental in preparing staff to evaluate their own programs. Staff and physicians need basic skills in program evaluation. The logic model is a simple yet useful tool in helping to identify key measurables. A short course to teach the theory and practice of logic models, evaluation design, choice and design of measures, and data analysis has been shown to be a practical solution in preparing staff and physicians to evaluate their own programs.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009674:Nova Scotia; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D017749:Total Quality Management