TABLE 3.
Common Themes Identified on Changes to Competency and Recommendations for Improvement, and Proportion of Responses
| Evaluation Question | Themes Identified | Definition/Description | Proportiona (n)b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comments about changes to your competence, skills/strategy and practice | New knowledge | Statements that indicate no prior knowledge, limited knowledge, or not knowing about or unfamiliar with topic | 9.5% (368) |
| Updated knowledge | Statements that indicate increased knowledge, refreshed, better ability, or more understanding or realization | 56.3% (368) | |
| Sharing of knowledge | Statements indicating sharing information with colleagues, others, or at other venues | 3.3% (368) | |
| Application of knowledge | Statements that clearly indicate how information will be used to change practice, or in practice. Or, in decision making or advocacy | 31.3% (368) | |
| Suggestions to improve this educational activity | Content | Repeat topics, provide more background information, other topics, laboratory perspective | 6.8% (160) |
| Format | More time, more for Q&A, Q&A via e-mail, fewer presenters, interactive, less slide reading | 28.8% (160) | |
| Technical/Web | Improvement to navigation, viewing, connectivity, and audio | 10.6% (160) | |
| Continuing education related | Questions more relevant to content. Finding course, registering for course, more continuing education categories, fewer questions | 31.3% (160) | |
| General | Provide handouts, make slides downloadable, provide print of slides | 13.8% (160) |
a
Proportion for each question may not add to 100% because some respondents made statements that cover more than 1 theme.
b
Text comments such as “none” “no comments” excluded from analysis; some comments contributing to denominator were not relevant to the question asked.