Commitment to practice change: An evaluator's perspective

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-275

  Shershneva, Marianna B ^a   Wang, Min fen ^b   Lindeman, Gary C ^c   Savoy, Julia N ^a   Olson, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

commitment to practice change; continuing education; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77956080115     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710363960     Document Type: Article

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