Fundamentals of Program Evaluation OpenCourseWare: Free Undergraduate Level Fundamentals of Program Evaluation Course by Johns Hopkins University

Published Jan 12, 2009

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'Fundamentals of Program Evaluation' explores the objectives, processes and impact of various healthcare polices and programs. It is an OpenCourseWare that is offered by the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. Students who take this course will learn how to analyze different aspects of program evaluation, such as clinical research, needs assessment and the observation of outputs and outcomes. Course participants will also learn how to plan program frameworks, design indicators of success, evaluate statistics and measure the impact of healthcare programs. This information is helpful for individuals pursuing public health-related undergraduate degree programs, such as the Bachelor of Science degree in Family Science.

Fundamentals of Program Evaluation: Course Specifics

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Fundamentals of Program Evaluation: Course Description

The 'Fundamentals of Program Evaluation' is a free course that is delivered by lecturer Jane Bertrand from the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences. This OpenCourseWare is a summarization of a series of lectures topics related to the planning and analysis of healthcare programs. Students who complete this course will understand different types of evaluation methods, how to evaluate various programs, describe sources of information, design models like randomized control trials and identify threats to the validity of trials. Course participants will also understand the dynamics of formulating focus groups, developing goals and indicators and creating evaluation plans. A series of case studies will be discussed in class to help reinforce these lecture topics. Cases studied include, AIDS in Ghana and tuberculosis control in Baltimore.

Materials for the course include lecture notes that are provided in downloadable PDF files and a recommended reading list. If you are interested in learning more or enrolling, visit the fundamental of program evaluation course page.

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