title: Using gainsharing to increase electronic end-of-course evaluation submissions.
abstract: The adoption of electronic course evaluations has resulted in a decrease in completed evaluations at colleges and universities. Gainsharing is used in hospitals to provide an incentive to meet organizational goals. The author describes gainsharing and its use to provide a grade incentive for nursing students to submit electronic end-of-course evaluations. The effect of the incentive on student grades is also examined.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
authors.forename: Yvonne L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004522:Educational Status; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*