title: Participatory Training Evaluation Method (PATEM) as a collaborative evaluation capacity building strategy.
abstract: This article describes Participatory Training Evaluation Method (PATEM) of measuring participants' reaction to the training. PATEM provides rich information; allows to document evaluation findings; becomes organic part of the training that helps participants process their experience individually and as a group; makes sense to participants; is an interesting and exciting group activity; becomes a part of the learning process; is flexible enough to accommodate what are often dynamic and less-than-predictable training contexts; and can be used in groups of various sizes. The article includes step-by-step instructions on how to use PATEM and illustrative examples of participants' feedback.
authors.affiliation: Process Consulting Company, TARP VAO, bld. 2, Stromynka St. 19, Moscow, Russia. alexey@processconsulting.ru.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuzmin
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012107:Research Design