Do the benefits continue? Long term impacts of the Anatomy Education Research Institute (AERI) 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Anatomy Education Research Institute (AERI) was held in Bloomington, Indiana in July of 2017. Previous research has shown that AERI was successful in meeting Kirkpatrick's first two levels of evaluation via positive initial reactions and learning gains identified at the end of AERI. This manuscript demonstrates continued success in Kirkpatrick levels two and three via six-month and thirty-month follow-up surveys and nine-month follow-up focus groups and interviews.

Methods

Quantitative analyses were completed using Microsoft Excel (2019) and SPSS version 26 while qualitative analyses were completed for both survey responses and focus groups/interviews using thematic analyses.

Results

Results demonstrate that the learning gains seen immediately post-AERI

SUBMITTER: Husmann PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9694568 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature