What’s Included in Program Evaluations

PHASE ONE

EQUIP Training

Training consists of three one-hour webinars for up to 30 mentoring program staff members.

Examples of topics covered in the training:

• Foundation and research basis of the Third Edition of the EEPM
• Benefits and challenges of engaging in a quality improvement process
• How to prepare to complete a program self-assessment
• Overview of the EQUIP life cycle
• The structure and content of the EQUIP self-assessment tool
• How to access and use the EQUIP web-based software tool

Program self-assessment

Using EQUIP’s web-based software self-assessment tool, your trained program administrator answers questions about your specific program practices and provides supporting documentation. In this step, you’re able to describe your unique challenges for achieving or maintaining compliance. In fact, this is an opportunity to use the findings in your requests for resources.

External expert review

Once the self-assessment is complete, we conduct an objective external review.EQUIP is designed for objectivity; separate individuals can independently, reliably, and consistently determine if your program is in compliance with each benchmark.

Benchmark and Program Practice Report

The Program Practices Report (PPR) is created following completion of the self-assessment and external expert review and presented to your Program Director. This consultation phase gives you an opportunity to collaborate on revisions to the final PPR report.

Reports are organized in two important ways, so you can invest in the areas that deliver the greatest return:

1) Six EEPM Standards:

f. Closure