Assessment of Self-Evaluation Training for the Medical Reserve

Final Report

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To improve its services continuously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) evaluates its programs to examine the performance of those programs in achieving their objectives. An important part of the HHS evaluation function is communicating the findings and recommendations of the evaluation studies.

This report evaluates a program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It was prepared by Caliber Associates, Inc., under HHS Program Support Center Contract Number 233-02-0094, TO Number 233200700001T.

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By Laurie May, Eric Trabert, and Diane Boyd

Contents

Background
Development of the Regional Training Sessions
Overview of the Regional Training Sessions
   Lessons Learned and Adjustments to the Training
   Emerging Themes from the Training Sessions
Utilization of the Training Guides and Toolkit
Stages of Program Development and Evaluation
Volunteer Evaluators
   Potential Sources of Evaluation Volunteers
   Required Skill Set
   Recruiting the Evaluation Volunteer
   Managing the Evaluation Volunteer
   Expectations
Future Evaluation and Training Needs
Appendixes
   Appendix A: Logic Model Handout
   Appendix B. Modified Logic Model Handout
   Appendix C: Ascribing Value to Volunteer Contributions

Current as of June 30, 2008

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Internet Citation:

Assessment of Self-Evaluation Training for the Medical Reserve. Program Evaluation. June 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/evaluations/medreserve/

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