Medical Education 2012: 46: 97–106 Objectives This study aims to review, critically, the
suitability of Kirkpatrick's levels for appraising interventions in medical education, to review …

As regular as the tide it would appear that the world of medical education research finds
itself in an endless oscillation between the flood of promoting the empiricallygrounded …

Purpose The Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) and the
Newcastle–Ottawa Scale-Education (NOS-E) were developed to appraise methodological …

This second edition of the popular guide to critical appraisal is a fully updated revision of the
previous edition. Written in the same easily accessible style, The Pocket Guide to Critical …

This paper considers how educational interventions should be evaluated for their
effectiveness. Five levels of effectiveness are clarified and illustrated: outcomes, behaviour …

Introduction In an effort to increase the rigour of evaluation in health professions education
(HPE), a range of evaluation approaches are used. These largely focus on outcome …

There is a need to move from opinion-based education to evidence-based education. Best
Evidence Medical Education (BEME) is the implementation, by teachers in their practice, of …

Objectives. To summarize an extensive review of systems for grading the quality of research
articles and rating the strength of bodies of evidence, and to highlight for health …

There is a need to move from opinion-based education to evidence-based education. Best
evidence medical education (BEME) is the implementation, by teachers in their practice, of …

Although Kirkpatrick's original outcome-focused model is widely used to evaluate medical
education programs, it is subject to criticism. To combat this criticism and address the …