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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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Programme evaluation is a process of
reviewing the quality or standards of a coherent set of study modules.
explanatory
context
Programme evaluation may be part of an accreditation or re-accreditation procedure, (re)validation, or a subject
assessment
undertaken for internal or external processes.
analytical
review
Kristoffersen (2003) states:
A programme evaluation
covers a specific programme as a whole, or selected aspects thereof. Most often, the aim is to provide an
overall assessment of the programme, and programme evaluations typically
encompass all components that influence programme quality. This includes
components like the study environment and the organisational framework in which
the programme operates.
For HEQC (2004,
p. 28):
Programme
evaluation: The
external quality assurance processes undertaken to make an independent
assessment of a programmeÕs development, management and outcomes and to
validate the findings of an internal programme review.
Wojtczak (2002) defines programme evaluation in
the context of medical education as either formative or summative:
Formative program evaluation
provides information in order to improve a program's performance. It usually
takes the form of surveys of learners to obtain feedback about and suggestions
for improving a curriculum. Quantitative information such as ratings of various
aspects of the curriculum can help identify areas that need revision. Qualitative
information, such as responses to open-ended questions about program strengths
and weaknesses, as well as suggestions for change, provide feedback in areas
that may not have been anticipated and provide ideas for improvement.
Information can also be obtained from faculty or other observers, such as
nurses and patients.
Summative program evaluation measures the success
of a curriculum in achieving learner objectives for all targeted learners, its
success in achieving its process objectives, and/or its success in engaging,
motivating, and pleasing its learners and faculty. In addition to quantitative
data, summative program evaluation may include qualitative information about
unintended barriers or unanticipated effects encountered in program implementation.
related terms
See
also
sources
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), 2004, Criteria for Institutional Audits, April (Pretoria, Council on Higher Education).
Kristoffersen, D., 2003, Ô
Wojtczak, A., 2002, Glossary of Medical Education Terms, http://www.iime.org/glossary.htm, December, 2000, Revised February 2002, accessed 23 January 2012.