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Evaluating Communities of Practice in Child and Youth Mental Health

Evaluating Communities of Practice in Child and Youth Mental Health. Ask yourselves… What CoPs do I participate in? For today, what would I like to learn more about related to CoPs? Share your reflections with others at your table. Introductions.

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Evaluating Communities of Practice in Child and Youth Mental Health

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  1. Evaluating Communities of Practice in Child and Youth Mental Health

  2. Ask yourselves… What CoPs do I participate in? For today, what would I like to learn more about related to CoPs? Share your reflections with others at your table. Introductions

  3. Why evaluate the work of communities of practice (CoPs)? How might we evaluate the work of CoPs? In this workshop, we ask…

  4. Subject (Domain) A shared area of interest that provides a common focus Shared competence in this area People (Community) A group of people who interact in an ongoing way Emphasis on relationships as the route to collective learning Action (Practice) Practitioners who develop a set of shared resources (experiences, stories, tools for solving problems) Emphasis on sustained interaction over time A brief review…

  5. Subject Evaluation of Triple P programs in Ontario People Service providers in charge of evaluating Triple P programs Action An online portal for developing the evaluation framework; e-discussions and teleconferences; working towards common measures An Example: Triple P CoP

  6. Problem solving Growth and evolution of members Sharing information and experiences Reusing and recycling resources Evaluating information and developments Identifying gaps in knowledge Goals of a CoP

  7. Collaborations Often time-limited Goal: Concrete tasks determined by the group Communities of Practice Longer-term, ongoing Goals: Produce or manage knowledge Change practice CoP ≠ Collaboration

  8. A Community of Practice Inventory COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE INVENTORY FORM ORGANIZATION: __________________________ DEPARTMENT OR UNIT: ____________________ DATE: ____________________________________

  9. Identify one community of practice you are involved in and ask yourselves: What is the subject or domain? Who is involved? What are the CoP’s activities? What are the CoP’s goals? In small groups…

  10. Time Resources Validity and reliability Action A model for others Why evaluate?

  11. Process How the CoP works What do we want to know? Impact/Outcome What changes are produced by the CoP

  12. Individual Practice Measuring Processes and Outcomes System Impact on Client/ Family (Outcomes) Organization Work of CoP (Process) Profession Sylvestre & Bendell, 2008

  13. Thinking about your community of practice, what goal do you want to evaluate? How would you measure this goal? How do you know you have achieved this goal? Do you have any timelines for achieving this goal? In small groups…

  14. How is the group developing? Assemble and Form Storm and Order Norm and Perform Transform and Adjourn How might we measure processes?

  15. How is the group working together? Networking, Cooperating, Partnering, Merging, Unifying (Rebecca Gajda, 2004) Awareness, Communication, Coordination, Collaboration (Gina Browne, 2004)

  16. Describe the processes in your community of practice… How it is developing (form, storm, perform, norm) How it is working (networking, communicating, coordinating, collaborating) What changes might be taking place at system, organizational, profession, and individual practice levels? In small groups…

  17. But what about outcomes?

  18. Describe the outcomes your community of practice might produce at different levels… System Organization Profession Individual practice How might you measure these? In small groups…

  19. Who do you need to talk to? What decisions need to be made? What actions need to be taken? How will the actions be evaluated? What will we do with what we know?

  20. Surprising? Important? Confusing? Applicable to the work you do? What did you find…

  21. FOR MORE INFORMATION Purnima Sundar, PhDResearch and Knowledge Exchange Consultantpsundar@cheo.on.ca613-737-7600, ext. 3485Evangeline Danseco, PhDHead, Evaluation and Researchedanseco@cheo.on.ca613-737-7600, ext. 3319www.onthepoint.ca or alafinepointe.ca

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