Coordinating a Large Scale National Evaluation: Practical Lessons for Researchers

Citation

Roxburgh M, O'Brien S, Howes D, Cowan R, Masters H, Hanif N, Stoddart B, Rankin J & Comerasamy C (2007) Coordinating a Large Scale National Evaluation: Practical Lessons for Researchers. RCN annual international nursing research conference 2007. Symposium: National evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: Survey of student nurses’ and midwives’ competence, self-efficacy and support mechanisms, Dundee, Scotland, 01.05.2007-04.05.2007. http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/68738/confabstracts.pdf

Abstract
The evaluation in a national one and requires active collaboration with the NHS in Scotland and all HEIs. The workloads are considerable and the technicalities involved required constant attention. The study required to recruit a stratified random sample of 700 nursing students in Scotland, and organise interviews with NHS and HEI staff. The practical and methodological lessons learned from organising and undertaking a large scale study will be explored.