title: Developing successful workshops: a workshop for educators.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many educators have had little or no preparation in the design, delivery or evaluation of workshops.
  
  
  METHODS
  This faculty development intervention consisted of a faculty development workshop on Developing Successful Workshops; a workbook to guide independent study; and peer consultations. Program evaluation included immediate and delayed post-workshop evaluations, tracking of site-specific activities, and assessment of self-perceived efficacy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants found the workshop very useful, highlighting the assessment of learner needs, goal-setting, "matching" of objectives to content and methods, and use of a structured framework as most beneficial. Nine months after the intervention, seven of eleven participants had conducted a workshop in their own settings. Self-assessment of skills in workshop design also increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A workshop on Developing Successful Workshops can help participants to understand the principles of workshop design and delivery.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Steinert
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boillat
authors.forename: Sarkis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meterissian
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liben
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McLeod
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires