My project is associated with providing cross-cultural training to the staff of New Harbor Memorial Hospital. The primary evaluation method was selected to be a simple pretest-posttest analysis; however, a qualitative approach to evaluation can also be beneficial for the project. Utilizing a mixed-method approach to evaluation can help acquire more in-depth results than utilizing either a qualitative or quantitative approach. Researchers utilize mixed-method approaches to validate qualitative findings using quantitative methods, explore quantitative results, augment quantitative data using qualitative methods, develop survey instruments, or involve community-based stakeholders (Wisdom & Creswell, 2013). The primary benefits of the mixed-method approach include the ability to compare qualitative and quantitative data, reflect participants’ viewpoints, collect flexible data, and promote interaction (Shorten & Smith, 2017). Semi-structured interviews with different stakeholders can help to expand the understanding of the program’s impact.
One of the measures of the program’s success is the personnel’s cross-cultural self-efficacy. While self-efficacy will be measured using a survey before and after the program, five semi-structured interviews with the staff members are expected to expand the knowledge about the program’s impact. Four participants of the program and one of their managers will be interviewed to emphasize the benefits and flaws of the program and understand the transformations that the program helped to achieve. All the participants will be asked the created interview questions, and the provided answers will be recorded and carefully transcribed. Thematic analysis will be performed after the data is collected to identify valuable ideas. Interview transcript responses will be examined for codes based on related content. Each code will be evaluated for frequency across the interview sessions. These codes will be then categorized into main themes.
References
Creswell, J.W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th ed.). Pearson.
Shorten, A., & Smith, J. (2017). Mixed methods research: expanding the evidence base. Evidence-Based Nursing, 20, 74-75.
Wisdom, J., & Creswell, J. W. (2013). Mixed methods: integrating quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis while studying patient-centered medical home models. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Web.