New Course for Fall 2012!
Janet Myers, PhD, MPH, associate professor in residence at the UCSF School of Medicine, will lead a new course entitled Program Evaluation in Clinical and Public Health Settings (Epi 242).
Learn about different types of program and intervention evaluation, including needs assessment, formative research, process evaluation, monitoring of outputs and outcomes and impact assessment. Students will learn how to develop an evaluation plan and use systematically collected information about a program or intervention: to understand whether and how the program is meeting its stated goals and objectives; to improve program effectiveness, and/or; to make effective strategic and budgetary decisions about future programming.
This course will be particularly helpful to anyone working in evaluation conducted in clinical or public health settings. The course will teach participants to:
- Explain the main concepts/terms and key elements used in program evaluation;
- Understand the role of evaluation in planning and implementing health programs;
- Explore diverse types/approaches and models used I program evaluation (in public health and clinical settings);
- Become familiar with methods and data collection strategies used in program evaluation; and
- Identify effective dissemination strategies for the results of evaluation.
Register today or learn more about course objectives and details. Tuition is $880 for UC affiliated personnel and $1,760 for non-UC affiliated personnel.
Questions? Contact Clair Dunne, Training in Clinical Research (TICR) Program Coordinator