1. Summary Evaluation Data
Priscilla Twumasi
Laura Fenster Rothschild, PsyD - Preceptor
To assess the quality of training provided
to addiction professionals in order to
improve and enhance professional
development at the Center of Alcohol
Studies.
The topic of addiction is very important
but sometimes ignored and this makes it
hard to help people with addiction
problems. There are some addiction
counselors who help mostly based on
their personal struggles but do not have
education to handle different types of
addiction. Using post-test surveys, an
assessment of the quality of training
programs based on core learning
objectives is critical.
Surveys are given at the end of every
seminar by the instructors and some of the
questions are the same for everyone while
some change to reflect the specific content
of the seminar. The survey questions are
agreed upon by the Center and the
instructor before the seminar. These
surveys are then recorded into the qualtrics
system and are then downloaded into SPSS
format to calculate the mean. One of the
common questions in all seminars is
“overall how would you rate the usefulness
of the training you received in this course”.
Two of the surveys with the highest mean
scores had comments such as, “The
professor had us do activities that will help
us later on in our counseling sessions”,
“The instructor used a movie to explain
how we can detect a problem and how to
resolve it”. There were other surveys with
means over 4.50 but not close to 5.00 and
some of the concerns that were listed were,
“ The trainer excels at Motivational
Interviewing- wish there had been more
time on MI instruction, the afternoon
session felt a little rushed. Perhaps it is best
to do SBIRT and MI as separate sessions”,
“ More role playing would be good, more
discussion of CT and REBT”.
Most attendees were satisfied with
the trainings and the information
they received. They also intend to
utilize the information they received
in their day-to-day professional
practice when applicable.
Education and Training staff will
utilize the outcome data to improve
and enhance the seminars offered to
addiction professionals at the Center
of Alcohol Studies.
I would like to thank my supervisors
Laura Fenster Rothschild, PsyD, Noelle
Jensen, LCSW, Liz Amaya-Fernandez,
MPH, and the staff of Education and
Training and Ann Marie Hill for all their
help and support throughout my
internship.
PURPOSE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EVALUATIONOUTCOMES
SIGNIFICANCE
METHODOLOGY
Note* There are no seminars held from the
month of July through to September.
4.5
4.55
4.6
4.65
4.7
4.75
4.8
4.85
4.9
4.95
Jan-Feb Mar-Apr May-Jun Oct-Dec
Dark green: Overall how would you find the
usefulness of the training?
Light Green: Would you use the information
received in daily professional –practice.