The schedule for this course consists of five modules with the goals of providing students with an overall introduction to Evaluation, Research, Ethics, and Prioritizing Needs in Healthcare Settings (Module 1), development of Measurement and Surveys (Module 2), application of Evaluation and Research Approaches: Qualitative and Quantitative (Module 3), assessing Organizational Metrics and Strategic Planning (Module 4), and Summarizing and Effectively Communicating Results (Module 5).
MODULE 1 EVALUATION, RESEARCH, ETHICS, AND PRIORITIZING NEEDS IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
Week 1 Introduction to evaluation and research in healthcare settings
Week 2 Overview of ethics when evaluating healthcare services/systems
Week 3 Understanding and prioritizing the needs of a health care system
Due Sep 7th: CITI Training Certificates
Due Sep 14th: Writing Assignment 1 Needs assessment and/or logic model for a healthcare program
MODULE 2 MEASUREMENT AND SURVEYS
Week 4 Principles of measurement
Week 5 Survey development
Due Sep 28th: Lab Exercise #1 Operationalizing Constructs in Measurable Variables
Due Oct 5th: Lab Exercise #2 Construction of a short survey related to a health care outcome
MODULE 3 EVALUATION AND RESEARCH APPROACHES: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
Classes follow a Monday schedule – Oct 14
Week 6 Quantitative evaluation and research designs
Week 7 ONLINE EXAM #1
Week 8 Quantitative analysis
Week 9 Qualitative evaluation and research designs
Week 10 Qualitative analysis
Due Nov 2nd: Lab Exercise #3 Engagement in lab-based instruction to orient students to Excel and SPSS and introductory statistics with health care data (e.g., BMI calculations)
Due Nov 16th: Lab Exercise #4 Engage in lab-based instruction to orient students to techniques and software used to analyze qualitative data
MODULE 4 ORGANIZATIONAL METRICS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
College Closed – Spring Recess (No classes scheduled) – Apr 12-20
Week 11 Organizational metrics to identify key performance indicators (KPIs)
Week 12 Assessing organizational performance
Due Nov 23rd: Writing Assignment 2 Identify key performance indicators for a health care organization (case to be provided by instructor)
Due Nov 30th: Lab Exercise #5 Interpreting findings of quantitative data analysis
MODULE 5 SUMMARIZING AND EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING RESULTS
Week 13 Summarize results from analyses
Week 14 Communicating results from analyses
Week 15 ONLINE EXAM #2
Due Dec 7th: Writing Assignment 3 Summarizing results (written report, executive summary)
Due Dec 14th: Class Presentation (Oral and visual presentation of results from session 13)
Note: Instructions for all assignments and the exams are provided on Brightspace.
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