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Building Project Leaders' Evaluation Capacity Through a Mentorship Group Model: Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned
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| Flora Stephenson, Alberta Health Services, flora.stephenson@albertahealthservices.ca
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| Leslie Barker, Alberta Health Services, leslie.barker@albertahealthservices.ca
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| Abstract:
While project leaders typically do not have a formal evaluation background, their roles often include planning and implementing an evaluation of their projects. To address this knowledge gap, an evaluation mentorship group was formed to build capacity among project leaders. This session will explore this model and share the experiences of a facilitator and a participant. The mentorship group effectively brought project leaders together to improve their understanding and commitment to project evaluation, as well as building their capacity to be 'local experts' for other project leaders. Project leaders who benefitted the most were individuals with an intrinsic interest in evaluation, a commitment to learning, and an active project. Having projects in different stages of development was a challenge to effective mentoring in a group setting. Suggestions for changes to the mentorship group model and ideas on how the model can be applied in a different setting will be discussed.
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Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB) in Complex Systems: Role of Internal Evaluators
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| Stacey Friedman, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education & Research, staceyfmail@gmail.com
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The aim of capacity building is to enable individuals and groups to more effectively use resources to problem solve and effect desired changes. FAIMER supports six fellowship programs for health professions faculty from developing regions of the world. Evaluation capacity is needed at multiple levels. Fellows need to learn how to evaluate their education innovation projects, program faculty need to be able to teach fellows about evaluation, the programs need to be evaluated, and FAIMER needs evaluation of cross-program strategies.
FAIMER employs an internal evaluator who supports capacity building at multiple levels, including via program faculty development, curriculum consultation, and facilitation of an evaluation advisory group. ECB has progressed in stages as capacity, needs, and contexts for the programs and organization have changed over time. This adaptive and evolving ECB model offers a way to capitalize on internal evaluation to allow collaborative learning and support innovation within complex systems.
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