Cheryl,
Although I haven't developed the particular self-assessment you're
looking for, I've done a lot of instructional design for skill
acquisition where obtaining such measures is important. One of the key
challenges of designing these self-assessments is that the participants,
by virtue of completing the training, are then better able to appraise
their skills realistically. Some instructional design research has
shown, for example, that self-ratings may actually go down at the
completion of training, as participants realize that their initial
assessments were inflated.
One way around this is to use a 'post-post' comparison approach. I first
saw this used very effectively in a number of training programs
developed by Xerox Learning Systems (now Learning International.) The
basic approach is to define a list of all of the specific skills, plus
an item for overall skill improvement), and ask participants to rate
both their pre- and post-intervention performance on each. If you want
to get fancy, you can use multiple measures for each item. For example,
ask for pre- and post- ratings of 'knowledge', 'application', and
'confidence.' With the intervention you're planning, you might find that
there is little increase in basic knowledge of the skills, but you would
hope to see clear evidence of more effective application, and an
increase in confidence as a result of working in a more 'disciplined'
way.
Hope this helps,
Peter
Peter O'Donnell, President, Healthy Futures Group
2650 Lindholm Crescent, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5M 4P4
Ph: 905.569.8474 Fax: 416.946.1348 Email:
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Subject: Searching for a survey to assess program planning skills
Hi
My role in a large community health agency is to introduce & trial a
program planning system called QIPPS (Quality Improvement Program
Planning System). QIPPS is a computer based tool developed by a
community health centre in Victoria, Australia that prompts
practitioners to work through each stage of the program planning
process.
I'd like to evaluate the effect QIPPS has upon the quality of health
promotion program planning within our agency. In doing this I thought it
would be useful to ask participants to assess their own confidence,
knowledge and skills in program planning before and after the trial
period.
Has anyone developed and used a questionnaire for self-assessment of
program planning skills?
Thanks
Cheryl Hutchins
Health Development Coordinator
Eastern Access Community Health
Ringwood East, Melbourne, Victoria
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