title: Evaluation of learning and program effectiveness.
abstract: This article describes the evaluation of learning as an integral and critical component of educational program evaluation and one determinant of effectiveness. Various concept, models, processes, and research findings offer practical options for conducting learning and program evaluation. The article discusses how predetermined goals or outcomes guide organizational processes to determine effectiveness. The article further reinforces the importance of valid and reliable data collection used to conduct evaluation processes, then subsequently determine the worth, effectiveness, and success or failure of learning and program outcomes. Key evaluation and effectiveness elements and their relationships are shown.
authors: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
authors: Kristi D
authors: KD
authors: Menix
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006040:Goals; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010934:Planning Techniques; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*