Deck 4: Models, Theories, and Research for Program Evaluation

Question 1

Your organization hires you to conduct a formative evaluation of a new informatics intervention. Which areas would you focus on in a formative evaluation?

A) Cost, patient safety, and patient outcomes
B) Intervention fidelity, implementation quality, and types of personnel
C) Errors, change in provider decision making, and cost
D) Unintended outcomes, delays in implementation, and cost

Answer 1

Intervention fidelity, implementation quality, and types of personnel

Question 2

Of the following, which of these steps in the CDC's six-step program evaluation framework comes first?

A) Gather credible evidence
B) Focus the evaluation design
C) Justify conclusions
D) Engage stakeholders

Answer 2

Engage stakeholders

Question 3

Which list includes the three levels of theory relevant to evaluation?

A) Program theory, summative model, and interpersonal theory
B) Scientific theory, formative model, and descriptive theory
C) Scientific theory, implementation models, and program theory
D) Scientific model, statistical theory, and holistic models

Answer 3

Scientific theory, implementation models, and program theory

Question 4

You decide to base the evaluation plan of your informatics project on the theory of planned behavior. Which constructs will you use to develop your measurements?

A) Values, normative expectations, others' beliefs, and overall prior knowledge
B) Values, beliefs about self-efficacy, normative beliefs, and intrinsic motivation
C) Values, expectations of others, behaviors, and perceived self-efficacy
D) Habit, normative expectations, beliefs about resources, and overall prior knowledge

Question 5

The stages of change identified in diffusion of innovation theory are:

A) contemplation, persuasion, action, and knowledge.
B) knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation.
C) awareness, understanding, action, implementation, and engagement.
D) contemplation, decision, action, and knowledge.

Question 6

If you choose to evaluate an informatics intervention by examining the impact on a clinician's ability to think ahead about future events, which level of situation awareness would you be measuring?

A) Social
B) Perception
C) Comprehension
D) Projection

Question 7

UTAUT is a theory of:

A) users' knowledge of social networks.
B) acceptance and use of technology.
C) decision making skills.
D) technology support options.

Question 8

You decide to interview all the key stakeholders involved in an informatics intervention as part of the planning process. Together you identify the resources available, the likely barriers, and the short-term and long-term objectives. Which kind of theoretical model are you using?

A) Scientific theory
B) Theory of planned behavior
C) Logic model
D) Diffusion model

Question 9

In a social network analysis, each node is usually a(n):

A) individual or unit of analysis.
B) event.
C) location.
D) interaction.

Question 10

Ethnography requires which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A) Blood tests of the population being studied
B) Reading historical documents and exploring artifacts in current use
C) Observations and interviews
D) MRIs or, at the very least, x-rays and ultrasounds
E) Living and working within the population if possible