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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental evaluation
T2 - lessons for evaluative practice from the SEARCH programme
AU - Dickson, Rumona
AU - Saunders, Murray
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This article presents the results of a retrospective case study that critically examined the use of evaluation within a continuing professional development programme for healthcare professionals (SEARCH). The study explored the extent to which a developmental evaluation approach was taken within SEARCH. The results demonstrate that SEARCH was a complex, innovative and evolving programme functioning in a complex and changing healthcare system. Evaluation processes used within SEARCH were developmental in nature and informed substantive programme changes. The extent of the changes went beyond what would be expected following standard formative or summative evaluation and fit with the concepts and use of developmental evaluation as articulated by Patton. This study demonstrates that even though staff and faculty did not call their assessments developmental evaluation, this is in fact what they were doing and the results informed future SEARCH development and evaluation.
AB - This article presents the results of a retrospective case study that critically examined the use of evaluation within a continuing professional development programme for healthcare professionals (SEARCH). The study explored the extent to which a developmental evaluation approach was taken within SEARCH. The results demonstrate that SEARCH was a complex, innovative and evolving programme functioning in a complex and changing healthcare system. Evaluation processes used within SEARCH were developmental in nature and informed substantive programme changes. The extent of the changes went beyond what would be expected following standard formative or summative evaluation and fit with the concepts and use of developmental evaluation as articulated by Patton. This study demonstrates that even though staff and faculty did not call their assessments developmental evaluation, this is in fact what they were doing and the results informed future SEARCH development and evaluation.
KW - Development Evaluation
KW - continuing professional development
U2 - 10.1177/1356389014527530
DO - 10.1177/1356389014527530
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 176
EP - 194
JO - Evaluation: the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice,
JF - Evaluation: the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice,
SN - 1356-3890
IS - 2
M1 - 2
ER -