Evaluation of Issues and Innovations in Health Sciences

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This course provides an overview of the current principles and methods of program evaluation within the health sciences sector, to include assessment paradigms, program planning, evaluation designs, and use of such findings. Frequent tools in evaluation (surveys, focus groups, and interviews) will be discussed in depth. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct an evaluation for an existing program within respective health sciences discipline to analyze and discuss real-world challenges/issues in the modern health care arena.