Divine Outcomes Design: Turning a “Fixer” Into Fabulous

Session Description:

A thoughtful and well-aligned outcomes plan is an essential component to CE activities.  The resulting outcomes report should succinctly “show and tell the story” of what the activity achieved. More importantly, great outcomes can also lead to your next proposed CE activity being funded (internally or externally). 

 

In this hands-on, immersive experience, the learners will “rehab” an outcomes plan.  “Designers” will work together to deconstruct an outcomes plan within a CE activity proposal that is a hot mess.  They will receive the “tools” needed to demo this less than desirable outcomes plan and transform it into a showpiece.

 
But buyer beware!  Do you know what information to include?  What levels of outcomes are achievable?  Is the type of statistical analysis you plan to use important to describe?  How do you tie everything back to the educational needs and practice gaps?  Should you include a few photos, infographics, or embed a video from your last CE activity or is that too much “sparkle?” Attendees of this workshop will return to their offices better prepared to advocate for a team-based approach to outcomes assessments – from proposal creation to data analytics and reporting.

After attending this workshop, learners will be better prepared to:

1. Advocate for a team-based and collaborative outcomes planning and instructional design development processes within your organization


2. Construct an outcomes blueprint that aligns with all of a proposed CE activity’s components (eg, clinical practice gaps, target audience, learning objectives, educational needs, instructional design)

Take-Home Lesson:

1. Bring back to your office (and share with your bosses and their bosses) the evidence-based rationales for including the entire planning team when developing an outcomes plan (aligned CE activity proposals have a greater chance of receiving internal and/or external support)

Innovation: Providing the learners in this immersive, hands-on training session with the information they need to develop aligned CE activity proposals will ultimately improve the quality of CE activities that are developed and supported (with internal and/or external funding).  High quality CE activities with realistic educational outcomes leads to well-educated HCPs, reduction in clinical practice gaps, and improves patient outcomes.