Strong Children's Research Center

Educational Research and Evaluation

Educational Evaluation Projects

Educational evaluation typically analyzes and documents the effects of an educational intervention or program for the purpose of program improvement or reporting to stakeholders. When a new curriculum or teaching activity or evaluation method is introduced into a program, the program typically evaluates it to ascertain how well it meets it educational purpose, satisfies learners, wins support of faculty, and demonstrates time- and cost-effectiveness.

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Educational Research Projects

Educational research, in contrast, generally looks beyond a particular program and asks a question with broader relevance, attempting to generalize findings about educational interventions to other programs. Quantitative educational research is commonly conducted to measure self-reported satisfaction of learners (via questionnaires), observable activities of learners (e.g., attendance at morning report, number of patients seen with different diagnoses), or quantifiable outcomes of learners (e.g., improved patient health indicators, improved health literacy of patients/caretakers). Qualitative educational research is often needed to analyze the subtler effects of educational interventions on the attitudes and behaviors of learners (e.g., improved interactions with other health care team members, changed attitudes toward families of patients, increased awareness of advocacy needs of children).

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Educational Evaluation Projects

Peter Harris M.D., Associate Chair of Education, Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., General Pediatrics

Evaluation of resident and faculty satisfaction with the new competency-based curriculum for residents
Evaluation of the effects of family-center work rounds in the inpatient setting (see Sigrest project, below)

Peter Harris M.D., Associate Chair of Education, Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., General Pediatrics, Chief Residents

Evaluation of Morning Report: A study of self-reported resident and faculty learning, comfort, and satisfaction
Collaborative development and evaluation of a process for resident hand-offs in the inpatient service: Do multi-source evaluations and focus groups demonstrate improved satisfaction with hand-offs by residents, attendings, and staff?

Peter Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H., General Pediatrics, Constance Baldwin, PhD, General Pediatrics

What are the individual learning needs and interests of general pediatrics fellows, and how can those needs be met by the fellowship program?
Does the development of individual learning plans help fellows to learn better or improve their satisfaction with the program?

Ted Sigrest, M.D., Fellow, General Pediatrics

Evaluation of the educational effects of family-centered rounds in the inpatient setting: Are residents’ attitudes and skills related to the six ACGME Competency Domains changed?
Evaluation of the educational effects of Family-centered Rounds in the inpatient setting: Do nursing staff report improvements in residents’ communication and professionalism skills and attitudes?

Linda H. Chaudron, M.D., M.S., Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn

Development and evaluation of a postpartum depression curriculum for pediatric providers: Changes in providers’ knowledge and attitudes

Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., in collaboration with members of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association

How does a faculty development program that focuses on educational scholarship affect the productivity and promotability of young pediatric faculty

Caroline I. Magyar, Ph.D., Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities

Designing Inclusion Programming for School-Aged Children with Autism
Evaluating a Program Development Model for Educational Programming for School-Aged Children with Autism

Educational Research Projects

Ted Sigrest, M.D., Fellow, General Pediatrics

Pre-post study of the effects of Family-centered Inpatient Work Rounds on patient/family satisfaction
Pre-post study of the effects of Family-centered Inpatient Work Rounds on times of discharge

Linda H. Chaudron, M.D., M.S., Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn

Development and evaluation of a postpartum depression curriculum for pediatric providers: Do changes in knowledge and attitudes alter provider practice?

Peter Harris M.D., Associate Chair of Education, Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., General Pediatrics, Chief Residents

Collaborative development of a protocol for resident hand-offs in the inpatient service:

Do patient care errors decline after one year?
Do resident evaluations with their performance and opinion of quality of care transfers improve after one year?

Peter Harris M.D., Associate Chair of Education, Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., General Pediatrics

Evaluation of maturational changes in residents’ CME Educational Prescriptions, during and post-residency

Constance Baldwin, Ph.D., in collaboration with members of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association

The Ambulatory Pediatric Association Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency: studies of scope of use, types of users, activities on the website, and effectiveness of the tool in meeting user needs
Strengthening the Academic Base of General Pediatrics Fellowship Programs: A National Program and Curriculum Development Project
What are the critical academic needs of pediatric educators? An analysis of evaluation skills of participants in the PAS Educational Scholars Program (ESP)
Role of Educator Portfolios in the development of ESP scholars and assessment of their educational abilities
Analysis of how educational projects develop/change from proposal through publication over a three-year faculty development program

Brett Robbins, M.D., Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Director

Mulit-institutional study of immunization rates and diabetic outcomes among medicine, pediatrics, and med-peds practices in which residents are trained.

Cary Qualia, M.D., Fellow, Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Are pediatric gastroenterology fellows in North America receiving adequate clinical and procedural training?

Lynn Garfunkel, M.D., Anthony Pisani, Ph.D., David Siegel, M.D., Pieter le Roux, D.LITT. et PHIL

Primary Care and Mental Health — Collaborative training with Pediatric residents and Mental Health providers

Cynthia Christy, M.D., Associate Chief Pediatrics, Rochester General Hospital, Associate Director Pediatric Clerkship

Systematic review of Teaching Communication Skills to medical students