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Planning an Evaluation
January 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join us as we extend the success of our inaugural workshop series from 2021 to 2023 into 2024! We are thrilled to extend a special invitation to you for the first ARC Northwest London Evaluation Learning Network Workshop on 2024, taking place on 24th January, from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on MS Teams. This workshop marks the kickoff of a dynamic series scheduled throughout the year.
This year promises even more insightful sessions, covering how to plan for, conduct, and effectively report and communicate the results of evaluations of healthcare innovations. The Workshop will be conducted three times a year on the following dates:
- Workshop 1: Planning an Evaluation – Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Workshop 2: Conducting Evaluation – Wednesday, 8 May 2024
- Workshop 3: Reporting, Communication, and Follow-up – Wednesday, 6 November 2024
The Innovation & Evaluation Theme’s extensive experience in capacity building across the sector and suggestions about needs and aspirations of potential participants, have shaped the content and format of the Evaluation Learning Network.
The Evaluation Learning Network is intended to be a platform where participants can improve their evaluation expertise and receive support with their current evaluation projects.
The main objective of the Evaluation Learning Network will be to create an environment where you can:
- improve your skills on evaluation,
- access evaluation expertise provided by the NIHR ARC North-West London evaluation team and other partners,
- access and exchange resources which can help you with your evaluation work
- share your experience and challenges on real projects with peers and experts.
Why is this important?
Innovation is an essential part of healthcare. Yet, even despite strong supporting evidence, not all new ideas, technologies or processes are widely used and adopted across the healthcare setting. Further, even when they are adopted, they may not have the desired effect, and may change the way healthcare is delivered in ways that were not anticipated.
A structured and well-planned evaluation can be an invaluable tool to better understand the effects and effectiveness of a newly implemented healthcare innovation. By providing a general roadmap for conducting evaluations, and supplementing this with real-world experiences from ongoing projects, we aim to provide our participants with the tools necessary to perform and conduct their own evaluations.
How will it work?
Registration is now open for the first workshop in a series of three, spread across the 2024 calendar year. This inaugural workshop, focusing on Planning an evaluation, is scheduled to last 1 hour and will cover topics such as:
- An introduction to complex and rapid evaluation in healthcare
- Aid in establishing evaluation rationale and outcomes
- Introduce programme theory and how it can be used in an evaluation
We will aim to make the workshop as interactive as possible to create a learning community environment. During the workshop you will have the opportunity to discuss your experience and challenges with evaluations with participants and ARC NWL experts.
Who is the workshop for?
We aim to target a wide range of professionals with an interest in the evaluation space, included but not limited to:
- health professionals
- improvement managers engaged in quality improvement projects in the NHS
- programme/project managers
- consultants or other professionals working on/ interested in evaluation in the health and social care setting
- researchers
- academics
- students
- experts with an interest in evaluation in the health and social care setting.
If you are currently involved in an evaluation project and would like to share your experiences during one of the workshops, please reach out to us via the email address below.
Who are we?
We are a team of researchers based in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London. We are part of the Innovation & Evaluation Theme of the NIHR-funded ARC NWL. Our aim is to study and improve the uptake of evidence-based healthcare innovation through studying the implementation of new ideas in the healthcare sector.
Book your space
As places are limited, please confirm your attendance by completing this pre-course survey. Once you have completed the survey and your attendance has been confirmed, you will be sent an invite via MS Teams.
If you are interested in sharing your evaluation work with other peers or have any questions regarding the workshop, please get in touch with Husa Aldossary.
