Evaluating Your Research Training Course or Program
This is a 1-day, 8-hour interactive workshop offered in person at UW Madison is focused on developing evaluation plans for research training courses or programs.
Research mentor training—based upon the book Entering Mentoring 
– has been tested and shown to be effective in increasing mentoring knowledge, skills, and behavior. Furthermore, culturally responsive interactions between mentors and mentees can help historically underrepresented mentees successfully progress in their research careers, becoming effective mentors, scientific leaders, and research team members of the future.
Objective
This workshop’s goal is to help participants build their knowledge and skills to revise or develop an evaluation plan.
Themes and Concepts
- Become familiar with the different types of evaluation, evaluation plans and frameworks
- Identify, articulate, and prioritize their evaluation goals
- Identify reporting needs
- Develop evaluation questions
- Align data sources with evaluation questions
- Consider analysis and reporting options
- Learn about potential evaluation challenges and articulate strategies to mitigate those challenges
Participant Requirements:
- Current and former participants in the Entering Mentoring Facilitator Training or Entering Research Facilitator Training and Curriculum Development Institute.
- Interested in developing evaluation plans for research training courses or programs or working with an evaluator