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Using Self-Assessments to Detect Workshop Success: Do They Work?

Marcel D'Eon1, Leslie Sadownik2, Alexandra Harrison3, and Jill Nation4*

1 University of Saskatchewan
2 University of British Columbia
3 Calgary Health Region
4 University of Calgary

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nation{at}ucalgary.ca.


  Abstract
An accepted gold standard for measuring change in participant behavior is third-party observation. This method is highly resource intensive, and many small-scale evaluations may not be in a position to use this approach. This study was designed to assess the validity and reliably of aggregated group self-assessments as one way to measure workshop effectiveness. In this study, participants completed a pre-, post-, and retrospective self-assessment on their perceived skill level in delivering feedback. Trained raters scored recorded role-play episodes. A statistically and practically significant difference in feedback skills was detected in both the self-assessments and observer ratings. The instruments used to assess participants’ feedback skills had acceptable reliability. Those charged with workshop evaluation should have some confidence that aggregated self-assessments can be used to help determine workshop effectiveness.

First published on January 8, 2008, doi:10.1177/1098214007312630

American Journal of Evaluation 2008;29:92.

A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2008

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