Table 1.
Outcomes framework | Description | Sources of data |
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Participation Level 1 | Number of learners who participate in the educational activity | Attendance records |
Satisfaction Level 2 | Degree to which expectations of participants were met regarding the setting and delivery of the educational activity | Questionnaires/surveys completed by attendees after an educational activity |
Learning: declarative knowledge Level 3a | The degree to which participants state what the educational activity intended them to know | Objective: pre- and post-tests of knowledge Subjective: Self-report of knowledge gain |
Learning: procedural knowledge Level 3b | The degree to which participants state how to do what the educational activity intended them to know how to do | Objective: pre- and post-tests of knowledge Subjective: self-reported gain in knowledge (e.g. reflective journal) |
Competence Level 4 | The degree to which participants show in an educational setting how to do what the educational activity intended them to be able to do | Objective: observation in educational setting (e.g. online peer assessment and EHR chart stimulated recall.) Subjective: self-report of competence; intention to change |
Performance Level 5 | The degree to which participants do what the educational activity intended them to be able to do in their practices | Objective: observed performance in clinical setting; patient charts; administrative databases Subjective: self-report of performance |
Patient health Level 6 | The degree to which the health status of patients improves due to changes in the practice behavior of participants | Objective: health status measures recorded in patient charts or administrative databases Subjective: patient self-report of health status |
Community health Level 7 | The degree to which the health status of a community of patients changes due to changes in the practice behavior of participants | Objective: Epidemiological data and reports Subjective: Community self-report |