The effect of a teaching award on the quality of continuing medical education participant evaluations.
OBJECTIVE
To improve compliance with the completion of speakers' evaluation forms in a pediatric hospital continuing medical education program.


METHODS
Preintervention and postintervention analysis.


METHODS
Pediatric hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.


METHODS
Attendees at pediatric grand rounds programs.


METHODS
Analysis of speaker evaluation forms for each of 20 pediatric grand rounds programs were used as the basis for speakers' awards.


RESULTS
Spontaneous written comments were found on a mean of 7.3 evaluations per preintervention program and 13.5 evaluations per postintervention program (P<.01). The distribution of objective scores in 3 items examined was wider postintervention than preintervention (P<.01).


CONCLUSIONS
When participants in continuing medical education programs know that their evaluations of an activity are used as the basis for an educational award, they may be more reflective in completing such evaluations.
Welch
T R
TR
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA. welct0@chmcc.org
Bullen
M J
MJ
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*