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Wendy Cerenzia1, Desirae Janowiak1, Richie Castles2
1CE Outcomes, LLC; Birmingham, AL, USA.
Abstract:
One challenge in medical education is the inability to compare and aggregate outcomes data across continuing educational activities due to variations in evaluation tools, data collection approaches and reporting. To address this challenge, Gilead collaborated with CE Outcomes to develop, pilot, and implement a standardized outcomes evaluation across Gilead directed medical education activities around the world. Development of the standardized tool occurred during late 2018, with Gilead stakeholders invited to provide input on the questions and structure of the evaluation form. Once input was captured, a draft evaluation tool was developed and circulated for feedback. Questions were created to collect 1) participant demographic characteristics 2)data on planned changes to practice, key learnings and anticipated barriers, and 3) learner satisfaction with content and perceived achievement of learning objectives. The evaluation tool was piloted in H1 2019 across 7 medical education activities. Revisions based on pilot feedback were incorporated. The evaluation tool was broadly released during H2 2019 and data were collected from over 30 educational activities. By the end of 2019, it was possible to compare outcomes results from individual activities and aggregate data to demonstrate overall educational reach and impact. Continuing education activities provide valuable up-to-date information to clinicians with the goal of improving patient care. While often challenging to highlight the impact of education due to variations in outcomes, this standardized approach establishes a method to collect meaningful outcomes data that demonstrates the collective impact of continuing education and allows for comparison across individual activities.
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