Assessment

Evaluating Educational Program Outcomes

About this module

From data collection to judgment: evaluating whether the educational program achieves its objectives, and feeding results back into improvement.

Related LCME elements

Every module states its LCME elements explicitly. Tags link to the SILME standards reference (March 2026 edition); element numbers and titles below are quoted from that data.

Element 8.4 Element 1.1

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

• Select outcome measures aligned to objectives
• Triangulate across data sources
• Report findings that drive action

Module outline

1. Outcomes vs. outputs
2. Choosing measures: direct and indirect evidence
3. Triangulation and the limits of surveys
4. Reporting for decisions, not archives
5. Feeding evaluation into CQI

Discussion prompts

• Which outcome do you measure worst?
• When did evaluation last change a decision?

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