ECUR 809 Assignment #5

ECUR 809 Sample survey questions; 1st Draft

Note that I did this originally in Word and it did not transfer well. I will post it anyway but will send Jay the original attachments directly.



Statement:Strongly Agree/Somewhat Agree/Neutral/Somewhat Disagree/Strongly Disagree



1. Since the TIPS for Residents course, I am more confident in teaching encounters.
2. Since the TIPS for Residents course, I am more effective in teaching encounters.
3. The TIPS for Residents course helped me improve my teaching skills.
4. I feel I am better equipped to teach after attending the TIPS for Residents course.

5. The TIPS for Residents course helped me improve my knowledge of effective teaching.

6. I am a more effective teacher as a result of attending the TIPS for Residents course.

7. As a result of the TIPS for Residents course, I am more aware of the need to use effective teaching strategies to enhance learning.

Short answer:

1. Describe any changes you have made in how you prepare for teaching sessions as a result of the TIPS for Residents course.

2. Describe how your knowledge of teaching and learning has changed as a result of the TIPS for Residents course.

3. Explain the most important thing(s) you learned at TIPS for Residents.


ECUR 809 Sample survey questions; 2nd Draft



Statement:Strongly Agree/Somewhat Agree/Neutral/Somewhat Disagree/Strongly Disagree


1. The TIPS for Residents course helped increase my confidence during formal teaching encounters (ex: rounds-like presentations, structured lessons, etc.).
2. The TIPS for Residents course helped increase my confidence during informal teaching encounters (ex: non-structured encounters with medical students/JURSIs/junior residents).

3. The TIPS for Residents course helped increase my effectiveness in teaching encounters.

4. The TIPS for Residents course helped me improve my teaching skills.
5. I feel I am better equipped to teach after attending the TIPS for Residents course.

6. The TIPS for Residents course improved my knowledge of effective teaching.
7. The TIPS for residents course has helped me teach more effectively.
8. The TIPS for Residents course has made me more aware that my role as a teacher is to enhance learning.


Short answer:

1. Describe any changes you have made in how you prepare for teaching sessions as a result of the TIPS for Residents course.

2. Describe any changes to how you teach a session as a result of the TIPS for Residents course.

3. Describe how your knowledge of teaching and learning has changed as a result of the TIPS for Residents course.

4. Explain the most important thing(s) you learned at TIPS for Residents and why this is important to you.

5. Please provide suggestions for how the TIPS for Residents course can be improved.


Rationale for Changes

I had feedback from co-workers on various aspects of my questions and altered them accordingly. Although I did not mean for this to be a comprehensive survey (only a sample of some possible questions) a couple comments pertained to covering more of a certain topic and I did oblige by creating a couple additional questions. In fact, some of the questions are quite similar but part of my exercise was discovering the best way to make the statement to get at the type of response I was interested in.

Rating Scaled Questions

I changed the wording on several of these statements to try and clearly articulate that I am trying to assess that the changes being referred to were a result of TIPS. In addition, I decided to try and make them as consistent as possible. I added #2 as it was suggested that it would be good to differentiate among various types of teaching encounters, both informal and formal. I changed # 6 specifically as it was the one question that focused more on the person and her role as opposed to skills/knowledge. I followed a few additional tips to cut down wordiness and make the statements more precise and consistent. I decided that it might be a good idea to italicize the important distinguishing words in each statement to make it clear what is exactly being referred to. I would like feedback on whether or not this is a good idea.

Short Answer

I added question #2 due to a request to ask about what the residents might actually do differently in addition to how they prepare. I added the second part to #3 (now #4) to get a more full and useful response from residents. I added the final question to address the issue of program improvement. I also added italics here for the same reason as stated above.