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Intersections of creativity in the evaluation of the Wilson Centre Fellowship Programme
Author(s) -
Parker Kathryn,
Shaver Jill,
Hodges Brian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03745.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , creativity , medical education , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , sociology , process management , psychology , medicine , computer science , engineering , social psychology , mathematics , pure mathematics , operating system
Medical Education 2010: 44 : 1095–1104Objectives Comprehensive programme evaluation frameworks are increasingly important to inform the development of sophisticated programmes that educate the next generation of health professions education researchers. This paper highlights an innovative process undertaken by the Wilson Centre for Research in Education to evaluate its fellowship programme. This process incorporates the principles of programme theory and a framework drawn from the field of organisational development. Methods During the iterative and dynamic process of articulating the programme’s theory, a hidden tension between structured and unstructured components of the fellowship programme was unearthed. This necessitated a secondary process beyond traditional programme evaluations involving the use of a method called ‘Polarity Management ® ’. Results The use of this model allowed the team to identify priority actions for balancing both the structured and unstructured components, along with indicators which can serve as an early warning system to alert observers to any imbalance between the components. Discussion Lessons learned and implications for other health education programming and the practice of programme evaluation are discussed.