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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun 21;51(9):1111–1123. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005962

TABLE 3.

The New World Kirkpatrick Model to Evaluate the Reviewer Academy

NWKM Evaluation Level Criteria Related to Participants/Program Criteria Related to the Journals
Level 1: Reaction
 The degree to which participants find the training favorable, engaging, and relevant to their jobs Postcourse evaluation of the content and the instructors. N/A
Level 2: Learning
 The degree to which participants acquire the intended knowledge, skills, attitudes, confidence, and commitment based on their participation in the training Proportion of participants who completed all requirements of the program N/A
Successful completion of assessments for each module
Successful completion of assignments for manuscript reviews
Time required for completion of modules
Level 3: Behavior
 The degree to which participants apply what they learned during training when they are back on the job Online access to the Reviewer Academy toolkit Quality of completed reviews, using journal-specific quality assessment measures
Number of completed reviews
Quality of completed reviews (using pre-defined criteria)
Level 4: Results
 The degree to which targeted outcomes occurs as a result of the training and the support and accountability package Reviewer for an SCCM journal Number of reviewers recruited
Appointed to the editorial board of an SCCM journal Number of reviews completed by the trained reviewers
Quality of the submitted reviews

N/A = not applicable, SCCM = Society of Critical Care Medicine.