title: Outcomes assessment planning: an overview with applications in health sciences.
abstract: This article provides a brief overview of the process of outcomes assessment and examples of its application in professional health science education. The article is intended to provide a background for other articles in this issue describing ongoing activities in outcomes assessment in veterinary education and for programs considering developing a plan. The focus is on health professions other than veterinary medicine. The paper is not intended to be a comprehensive review of outcomes assessment; rather, it provides examples and models that may help clarify the outcomes assessment movement and identify trends in health care education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical & Population Sciences, University of Minnesota, 225 Veterinary Teaching Hospitals, 1365 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA. trent001@tc.umn.edu
authors.forename: Ava M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Trent
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000818:Animals; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards*; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States