System and Method for Facilitating Generation and Performance of On-Line Evaluations

Abstract

A system and method for facilitating on-line generation and assignment of evaluations for entities of a particular organization comprising: a web-based server device for generating web-based communications for delivery to web-enabled devices over a communications network, and receiving web-based communications via the network; an evaluation build module for initiating a web-based communication via the server device for receipt by a user device, the communication comprising a first interface for receiving user input to generate a customized evaluation for a particular organization including input for specifying a target audience (evaluator) for the evaluation, specifying a subject (evaluatee) of the evaluation, specifying associated evaluation questions for the target audience, and specifying potential answer choice types to be entered by evaluators when completing the evaluation; and, evaluation assignment module for generating an evaluations assignment interface via a web-based communication for receiving user input to selectively assign and schedule by date and date range the generated evaluations to one or more evaluators for receipt at web-enabled devices, wherein the assigned evaluations are capable of being viewed and completed on-line by the evaluators.

1 . A program storage device readable by machine, the storage device comprising instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for evaluating individuals associated with an academic hospital, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a first database having a plurality of evaluation questions stored therein, each evaluation question being associated with at least one of a plurality of competency categories;   generating an evaluation of an evaluatee, the evaluation comprising a plurality of evaluation questions;   assigning the evaluation to an evaluator;   receiving an evaluation response from the evaluator, the evaluation response comprising a plurality of question responses, each question response corresponding to an evaluation question;   providing a second database, the evaluation response being stored therein;   generating a report based on the evaluation response stored in the second database;   wherein the report comprises a score assigned to each competency category based on the question responses associated with the competency category;   wherein the evaluatee and evaluator comprise individuals associated with the hospital.   
     
     
         2 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the second database comprises responses from a plurality evaluations. 
     
     
         3 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the first database comprises the second database. 
     
     
         4 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of selecting at least one evaluator and at least one evaluatee. 
     
     
         5 . The program storage device of  claim 4 ,
 wherein the first database includes a user profile information for each individual associated with the hospital, the user profile information including at least one of:
 a name of the individual; and 
 a length of time the individual has been associated with at least one of: the hospital, a department, an assignment, and another individual; and 
   wherein assigning the evaluation to the evaluator is based on the user profile information of the evaluator and the evaluatee.   
     
     
         6 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the evaluation questions include pre-generated evaluation questions and custom generated evaluation questions. 
     
     
         7 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the competency categories comprise core competencies and secondary competencies. 
     
     
         8 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , wherein each competency category comprises at least one competency sub-category; and wherein the report comprises a score assigned to each competency sub-category based on the question responses associated with the competency sub-category. 
     
     
         9 . The program storage device of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of tracking whether the evaluation response associated with an assigned evaluation has been received, and wherein the report includes an indication of receipt or non-receipt of the evaluation response. 
     
     
         10 . The program storage device of  claim 9 , wherein each evaluation comprises a due date; and wherein the indication of non-receipt includes: an indication of a number of days until the due date, or an indication of a number of days since the due date. 
     
     
         11 . A system for evaluating individuals associated with an academic hospital, the system comprising:
 a network accessible computing device comprising:
 a first database having a plurality of evaluation questions stored therein, each evaluation question being associated with at least one of a plurality of competency categories, and 
 a second database; 
   an evaluation generation module, operable to generate an evaluation of an evaluatee, the evaluation comprising a plurality of evaluation questions;   an evaluation assignment module, operable to assign the evaluation to an evaluator;   an evaluation receiving module, operable to receive an evaluation response from the evaluator in response to the evaluation assignment, the evaluation response comprising a plurality of question responses, each question response corresponding to an evaluation question;   a report generation module, operable to generate a report based on the evaluation response;   wherein the second database is operable to store the evaluation response therein;   wherein the report comprises a score assigned to each competency category based on the question responses associated with the competency category;   wherein the evaluatee and evaluator comprise individuals associated with the hospital.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the second database comprises responses from a plurality evaluations. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the first database comprises the second database. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising a selection module, operable to select at least one evaluator and at least one evaluatee from a plurality of individuals associated with the hospital. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the first database includes a user profile information for each individual associated with the hospital, the user profile information including at least one of:
 a name of the individual; and 
 a length of time the individual has been associated with at least one of: the hospital, a department, an assignment, and another individual; and 
   wherein the assignment module assigns the evaluation to the evaluator based on the user profile information of the evaluator and the evaluatee.   
     
     
         16 . The program storage device of  claim 11 , wherein the evaluation questions include pre-generated evaluation questions and custom generated evaluation questions. 
     
     
         17 . The program storage device of  claim 11 , wherein the competency categories comprise core competencies and secondary competencies. 
     
     
         18 . The program storage device of  claim 11 , wherein each competency category comprises at least one competency sub-category; and wherein the report comprises a score assigned to each competency sub-category based on the question responses associated with the competency sub-category. 
     
     
         19 . The program storage device of  claim 11 , further comprising an evaluation tracking module, operable to track whether the evaluation response associated with an assigned evaluation has been received by the evaluation receiving module, and wherein the report includes an indication of receipt or non-receipt of the evaluation response. 
     
     
         20 . The program storage device of  claim 19 , wherein each evaluation comprises a due date; and wherein the indication of non-receipt includes: an indication of a number of days until the due date, or an indication of a number of days since the due date.