Prove It Makes a Difference

Evaluation Best Practices for Health and Safety Training

Purpose and Scope of the Workshop

The Worker Education and Training Program's (WETP) fall awardee meeting was held on October 10, 2012. The workshop, Prove It Makes a Difference: Evaluation Best Practices for Health and Safety Training, was held October 11-12, 2012. Both meetings took place in the Rall Building on the NIEHS Main Campus, in Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC.

The workshop brought together WETP awardees and others interested in evaluation of worker safety & health training. The workshop explored the types of evaluation tools being used by WETP awardees in their training programs, and looked at metrics used by other federal agencies to evaluate training. Participants discussed what defines effective safety & health training, and the impact that safety & health training can have.

Agendas

• Awardee Meeting Agenda (254KB)
• Workshop Agenda (298KB)

Workshop Report

• Prove it Makes a Difference Workshop Report (1MB)

Attendees

• Awardee Meeting and Workshop Attendees (86KB)

Presentations

Click on the links below to view the presentations from the Fall Awardee Meeting and Workshop.

Awardee Meeting:

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Time	Topic
1:00-1:30 p.m.	Welcome (988KB) Gwen Collman, Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT), NIEHS Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., WETP Director, DERT, NIEHS
1:30-2:15 p.m.	NIEHS Update (647KB) Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Sharon D. Beard, Ted Outwater, Jim Remington, Kathy Ahlmark, Pam Clark and Donald Ellis, NIEHS
2:15-2:30 p.m.	NIEHS National Clearinghouse Update Deborah Weinstock, NIEHS National Clearinghouse
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Tools for Chemical and Emergency Response (4MB) Bert J Hakkinen, National Library of Medicine
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Business Official Meeting 2012 NIH Grants Management Update (211KB) Pam Clark and Donald Ellis, NIEHS Program Official Meeting Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., Ted Outwater, Kathy Ahlmark, and Jim Remington, NIEHS Minority Worker Training Meeting Minority Worker Training Program Breakout Session (558KB) Sharon D. Beard, NIEHS
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Prove It Makes a Difference Workshop

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Time	Topic
9:00-9:15 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., WETP Director, NIEHS
9:15-9:30 a.m.	The Importance of Evaluating Safety and Health Training (217KB) Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., WETP Director, NIEHS
9:30-10:00 a.m.	Keynote Address: Current and Future Safety and Health Training Expectations Under 21st Century Workplace and Socioeconomic Conditions (629KB) Craig Slatin, University of Massachusetts, Lowell/New England Consortium Rappateur, Eula Bingham, former Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health
10:00-10:15 a.m.	Logic Models Kristi Pettibone, NIEHS
10:15-10:30 a.m.	WETP Logic Model Presentation (1MB) WETP Logic Model (121KB) Jim Remington, NIEHS
10:45-11:05 a.m.	Findings from the Review of Awardee Evaluations (452KB) Hannah Leker, former NIEHS Senior Intern
11:05 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.	Evaluation Tools/Methods Moderator: Sharon D. Beard, NIEHS Ruth Ruttenberg, Ruth Ruttenberg & Associates Evaluating the CPWR MWT Programs: Using Evaluation Results to Ensure Continuous Quality Improvement (204KB) Sue Ann Sarpy, Sarpy and Associates Tobi Lippin, New Perspectives Consulting Group Kevin Riley, UCLA-LOSH/Western Region Universities Consortium
1:30-2:00 p.m.	E-Learning: Did They Like It, Did They Learn It, Did They Change? (3MB) Tom Ouimet, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, Yale University
2:00-2:40 p.m.	Response Panel and Discussion Moderator: Ted Outwater, NIEHS E-Learning Evaluations Examples of use in simulations, team training and certifications (993KB) Henry Ryng, INXSOL, LLC Jamie Kirkley, Wisdom Tools Enterprises, Inc.
3:00-5:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions Evaluation Approaches for Training with Underserved Populations Linda Delp, UCLA-LOSH/Western Region Universities Consortium, Tipawan Reed, OAI, and Ebony Turner, Dillard University Learning Theories and How They Connect to Evaluation Approaches Bob Feldman, UMD/OAI, Kevin Riley, UCLA-LOSH/Western Region Universities Consortium, and Louise Weidner, UMDNJ Evaluating Site Specific Training (Toolbox talks, etc.) (1MB) Steve Fenton, Fenton & Associates, Bruce Lippy, CPWR, and Sue Ann Sarpy, Sarpy & Associates
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn for the Day

Friday, October 12, 2012

Time	Topic
9:00-10:00 a.m.	Approaches to Training Evaluation- How Training Effectiveness Can Be Measured Moderator: Donald Elisburg, National Clearinghouse HAMMER Evaluation Program New Way of Doing Business (1MB) Michelle A. Edwards, HAMMER/Mission Support Alliance Evaluation Best Practices for Health and Safety Training (1MB) Cathy Cronin, OSHA NIOSH's Approach to Training and Training Effectiveness Research (974KB) Paul Schulte, NIOSH Approaches to Training Evaluation - How Training Effectiveness Can Be Measured (824KB) Tom McQuiston, on NIEHS
10:00-10:30 a.m.	Open Discussion with Panel
10:45-11:15 a.m.	Report Back from Previous Day's Breakout Sessions
11:15-11:45 a.m.	Group Logic Model Feedback
11:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.	Next Steps, Wrap Up, and Adjourn

Suggested Readings from the Workshop

Workshop participants were encouraged to review the New Solutions special issue on Worker Health and Safety Training, particularly the article titled "Learning to Take Action: The Goals of Health and Safety Training."