# Expanding Biomedical Science Training Program Evaluation Capacity through Interactive Modules - Supplement to Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $85,987

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Evaluation is an essential component of pre- and postdoctoral biomedical research training
programs including the parent award of this supplement request, the Initiative for Maximizing
Student Development. High-quality evaluation enhances programs by identifying opportunities
for improvement and effectively measuring outcomes. Program personnel often lack
foundational evaluation knowledge, however, and professional evaluators may not be
sufficiently familiar with program nuances, leading to missed evaluation opportunities or unmet
needs. To build evaluation capacity among training program personnel engaged in evaluation,
we propose leveraging existing resources (e.g., eLearning course software), and expertise at
BCM to create five interactive, online modules, suitable for use as an asynchronous, “build-
your-own” short course or for blended instruction. Module one will introduce educational
program evaluation, providing foundational knowledge related to planning; alignment of
outcomes, actions, and assessments; culturally responsive practices; use of findings for
improvement; and generation of evidence to support dissemination and replication. Four
complementary, topic-specific modules will then allow users to develop knowledge most closely
related to their program’s specific evaluation needs (i.e., small sample sizes). After developing
module outlines with an advisory committee of expert evaluators and training program
personnel, the supplement request project director will work with a BCM instructional designer
to build the modules in the eLearning course software, Articulate Rise 360, for which we have
an institutional license. Modules will be piloted with 24 training program volunteers and revised
based on their survey and focus group feedback. Resources from BCM programs will be
gathered and established into an ongoing collection of evaluation materials. Modules and
resources will be available free-of-charge internally and on the external BCM site.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10592156
- **Project number:** 3R25GM056929-25S1
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Alana D Newell
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $85,987
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2023-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10592156

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10592156, Expanding Biomedical Science Training Program Evaluation Capacity through Interactive Modules - Supplement to Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program (3R25GM056929-25S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10592156. Licensed CC0.

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