EVALUATION OF MEDICAL TEACHER’S TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH KIRKPATRICK’S MODEL

OBJECTIVE: to see the impact of teachers training program in medical institutions after conducting ten teacher’s training courses, each of six modules spread over twenty-four days and further to do formal program evaluation of teacher training in medical education. METHODS: The study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences from the year 2008 till 2014. Kirkpatrick’s model was adopted to evaluate this program, which evaluate a program at four levels. The first level is immediate reaction of participants at the end of the course which was evaluated by an opinion proforma. Second, observing the extent of learning that was assessed through pre and post-module tests. The third level pertained to documenting transfer of acquired knowledge to the students by trained teachers via structured proformas. The fourth level was determining the overall impact of the training course which is evaluated by feedback obtained from students as well as teachers. RESULTS: Immediately after completion of the course, 90% participants stated that they have benefitted from the course. However, the program evaluation months later showed that 40% of course participants showed improvement; 34% benefitted to a certain degree and 18% were affected to a lesser degree. Only 2% teachers claimed to have not benefitted from the course at all. CONCLUSION: The evaluation of training courses documents the enhancement of knowledge and teaching skills of the trained faculty. This helps in identifying gaps which can eventually be bridged by specially designed follow-up courses