Certificate Program Outcome Measures: Did the Program Matter?
Section outline
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Our goal is to equip rare disease researchers to be successful. This goal is lofty and would require life-long monitoring to assess. We will be monitoring participants percent research and research publication numbers for 5 years after the completion of the program as an outcome measurement.
We have also identified some yearly outcome measurement using scoring rubrics.
1) Content Retention: A pre-participation quiz will serve as a baseline for a post-participation quiz (pre-participation plus specific subject area content). The passing rate will be 70%. The pre-participation quiz will be closed book, but the post will be open book, internet, colleagues and can be taken up to 3 times to be granted a certificate.
2) Ability to communicate orally: A pre and post participation "elevator" presentation will be assessed on each candidate. These 1 minute descriptions are designed to communicate participant's research goals to a lay population. The goal is that this will facilitate communication with funding, family, and advocacy groups. A scoring rubric and a limited number of evaluators will be used to allow for consistent evaluation.
3) Ability to design a research project: This will be assessed by the consortium group's evaluation of the poster presentation at the end of the year-long participation. A scoring rubric will be used by members of the participant's consortium and other consortium leaders.
4) Ability to perform a research project: This will be assessed by the consortium group's evaluation of the poster presentation at the end of the year-long participation. A scoring rubric will be used by members of the participant's consortium and other consortium leaders.
5) Ability to present a research project. This will be assessed by the consortium group's evaluation of the poster presentation at the end of the year-long participation. A scoring rubric will be used by members of the participant's consortium and other consortium leaders.
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