Expanding assessments of translational research programs: supplementing metrics with value judgments.
The University of Washington (UW) Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), funded by a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award program, has supplemented its initial Kellogg Logic Model-based program evaluation with the eight judgment-based evaluative elements of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Services Assessment Model. This article describes the relationship between the two models, the rationale for the decision to supplement the evaluation with WHO evaluative elements, the value-added results of the WHO evaluative elements, and plans for further developing the WHO assessments.
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Craig S
CS
Scott
Pamela R
PR
Nagasawa
Neil F
NF
Abernethy
Bonnie W
BW
Ramsey
Paul J
PJ
Martin
Beth M
BM
Hacker
Havivah D
HD
Schwartz
Douglas M
DM
Brock
Lynn S
LS
Robins
Fred M
FM
Wolf
Marie
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Carter-Dubois
Mary L
ML
Disis
D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D015205:Northwestern United States; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014944:World Health Organization
CTSA program evaluation; WHO Health Services Assessment Model; WHO evaluative elements; health research; logic models; translational science