701 - Developing a Program Evaluation Plan That Works for You

Developing a program evaluation plan that maximizes technology, as well as composing metrics that demonstrate effective evaluation, will save time and effort, and will clarify strengths and opportunities for continuous quality improvement. This presentation will demonstrate techniques to format and formulate a program evaluation plan that serves you and your program no matter your accreditor.

A program evaluation plan brings the most value when it works for, and serves, your program. This essential document can seem daunting and intimidating for many faculty. Identifying a storage location or platform that is easily accessible and modifiable simultaneously by all faculty, chairs, directors, and deans, will allow, and encourage, all members of the nursing program team to interact with the document. Taking steps in the development phase of a program evaluation plan to maximize technology while planning a logical organization, utilizing navigational elements, and highlighting key components such as benchmarks, results, and trends will save time and effort on the part of the user. These steps will assist to clarify and highlight program strengths and opportunities for continuous quality improvement efforts, as well as promote increased fluency with the document.

Composing appropriate metrics for each expected level of achievement throughout the program evaluation plan that demonstrate effective evaluation of your nursing program will promote complete and thorough analysis, and ensure ongoing quality with an accurate focus for process improvement.

The easier it is to access, navigate, and interpret the program evaluation plan and its components, the more comfortable and familiar faculty will become with the document, reducing fears and the sense of intimidation. Additionally, metrics that sufficiently and effectively evaluate elements of the nursing program will bring value to the ongoing quality improvement process. This presentation will demonstrate innovative and effective techniques to format and formulate a program evaluation plan that serves you and your program.