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Evaluation Summary
49 participants from the disciplines of medical and nursing education and research and related business groups attended the workshop, including 9 from SUMMIT and 9 who participated from South Korea via the web. 6 participants completed an open-ended evaluation form at the end of the three-day workshop, resulting in a response rate of 19%.
Participants’ comments are summarized below:
1. What did you find most valuable about the workshop?
- One person said “Everything” and two commented specifically about the “talks/presentations”
Additional comments:
- “The collections of people”
- “Mixture of developers and clinicians”
- “Meeting with medical professionals/doctors”
- “Developer session”
- “Getting insight into other people’s work/simulators/technologies”
- “Brainstorming projects”
- “The community being built”
2. What did you find least interesting or unclear?
- Two said “Nothing”
- One said “Technical programming tour”
- One said “The other non-SPRING applications”
- One said “small group discussions; would have preferred more details on how to write first real simulation in SPRING”
- One said “It seemed like everyone at Stanford doing anything related was asked to present”
3. Did you feel actively involved in the workshop?
Positive comments:
- Six participants said “Yes”
Specific comments:
- “Because it was a fairly small group”
- “Opportunity for questions and group work”
4. What have you learned that you can use in your work?
- Two said “what is included in SPRING and the other platforms”
Additional comments:
- “More insight in other tools and interaction with MDs”
- “The state of some medical groups”
- “Some collaboration ideas”
- “Details of what drives simulation developers and how those match with clinical/education needs”
5. What follow up questions do you have?
- Two participants said “None”
- One said “How to collaborate with MDs”
6. Suggestions to improve the workshop:
- One said “Have separate med and tech session in which each have goals to work towards”
- One said “Have a yearly workshop”
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