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Program Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--Nancy Fishman
Program Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--Nancy Fishman
Pages 79-88
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The foundation has gone through a strategic planning process and restructured the way it manages its scholars/fellow programs. These programs are now in a large portfolio of programs that is referred to as the Human Capital Portfolio.
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This provides the foundation with a tremendous opportunity to learn from its programs. The fellows/scholars programs in this portfolio include: • Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse • Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars • Health Policy Fellowships Program • Harold Amos Medical Faculty Scholars • Innovators Combating Substance Abuse • Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program • The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program • The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program • The Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program • The Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program • Scholars in Health Policy Research Program • Summer Medical and Dental Education Program ASSESSMENT GOALS Traditionally, assessments of the foundation's scholar programs have funded a grantee not connected with the program to collect information from a variety of sources during a short period after the program has been in existence for a number of years.
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the influence of the participant on the health policy debate. APPROACHES TO ASSESSMENT This paper looks at the experience of the foundation's two longest standing human capital programs: the Clinical Scholars Program and the Health Policy Fellowship Program.
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A number of changes were made to the program in response to this evaluation, particularly the manner in which nominations were handled. 1992 Assessment Goal -- This evaluation addressed the following three questions: Should RWJF continue the Health Policy Fellowships Program?
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1992. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship: An Evaluation Report, Health Policy Research and Development Unit Massachusetts General Hospital, December 3.
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To start thinking about how to frame this project, interviews will take place with he program officer in charge of the program, senior management at the foundation, and the staff of the National Program Office. THE CLINICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program provides postdoctoral training for young physicians interested in research and leadership careers in health policy and academic medicine.
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policies for encouraging the diffusion of clinical scholars more widely within the medical research community. Methods -- The assessment team reviewed documents and program records, interviewed key informants, and conducted information-gathering visits at each program site.
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To avoid biasing the survey in regard to residents' perceptions of the program, the introduction to the survey described it as a survey about "career decisions," and the Clinical Scholars Program was mentioned as one type of program to which residents might want to apply. Project staff mailed 400 surveys to second-year residents identified through a list obtained from the American Medical Association, and distributed another 5,380 surveys to 1,076 residency directors, asking them to request that their second- and third-year residents complete and return them.
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2002. Final Report: Survey of the Market for the Clinical Scholars Program, Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, May 9, 2002.
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Often, the foundation staff and Board of Trustees have multiple goals for a scholars program. Generally, the interest in building a field with trained scholars takes precedent over building leadership capacity within a group of scholars, but these two goals most often coexist.
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