This is the sixth course offered as part of the Program Evaluation Series. The Program Evaluation Series is intended to provide educators and administrators with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to participate in and lead program evaluation activities at their organization.
Registration fee: $150.00
Upcoming Dates: Thursday June 12, 2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Delivered by Sharon Beasley, PhD, Director of Nursing Education at the University of the District of Columbia, Kathleen Williamson, PhD, MSN, BSN, Associate Dean and Professor of Nursing, at Indiana University, Fort Wayne, and Angela Opsahl, DNP, RN, CPHQ, Assistant Dean and Associate Dean at Indiana University, School of Nursing. More information about the faculty members teaching this course is available in the faculty section of the "Find out More" page.
Prerequisites and Target Audience
There are no prerequisites to attend this course. This web-based course is intended for educators & administrators with at least 3 years of experience participating in program evaluation
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to prepare educators and administrators to participate in or lead their program’s systematic program evaluation process.
Learning Outcomes
Upon course completion, participants will be able to:
- Embody a continual program improvement mindset
- Deviate from the plan of systematic program evaluation
- Collect program evaluation data
- Analyze and interpret program evaluation data
- Make decisions using program evaluation data
- Develop an action plan
Format
Course 355 is delivered as a 3-hour synchronous, web-based experience which includes a 2.5 hour lecture and a 30-minute Question and Answer session. Participants are expected to independently complete a 30-minute end-of-course assessment immediately after the course concludes.
Materials
All participants are encouraged to have a copy of their CNEA accreditation standards, their program’s systematic plan of evaluation, ACEN standards & criteria, and their CCNE standards for accreditation of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs.
Continuing Education
3 contact hours are awarded through the Alabama Board of Nursing (Provider Number ABNP1516 Expires 2/4/2025) to all individuals completing the course and the end-of-course assessment. Educators that have completed 330 - "Developing a Systematic Plan of Evaluation or Continuous Plan of Improvement that integrates the NCLEX® Program Reports" will only receive half credit for courses 345 and 355.
Topics
The topics covered during the Program Evaluation 355 Course are:
- Making the systematic plan useful
- Fostering ongoing improvement through implementation
- Deviating from the systematic plan of evaluation
- Collecting program evaluation data
- Analyzing and interpreting systematic program evaluation data
- Analysis strategies
- Gap analyses
- Trending data
- Identifying relative areas of opportunity (weaknesses)
- Making decisions using program evaluation data
- Summative
- Formative
- Developing an action plan
- Updating the systematic plan of evaluation (back to the beginning)
- Data analysis strategies
