History

EvalCGI is an online evaluation system developed by the Office of Medical Informatics at the University of Florida. It has been in continuous use since 1995. Since that time it has processed more than two million course, clerkship, faculty, and peer evaluations. In 1997 evalCGI allowed the Harrell Assessment Center to move to paperless performance based exams. In 1999 the system was extended to include high-stakes testing. In 2000 the College of Medicine opened a 75 station computerized Testing Center to facilitate computer-based examinations. Current renovations will expand this to 160 seats.

Overview

EvalCGI is now part of larger system we call EvalSuite. (The newer high-stakes examination component is now called XAM.) EvalSuite is open source and freely available for non-commercial use. EvalSuite closes the loop between students, faculty and administration by providing various 'views' of the evaluation process and data:

• Evaluation Management and Submission (evalCGI)
• Evaluation Data Manipulation and Analysis (evalToolkit)
• Evaluation Reporting (evalFolio)
• Account Management (not shown)

Activity

There are currently 1965 active forms in 584 topical directories (thousands more in the archives). The breakdown of active evaluations is:

• Courses - 280 (inc. electives)
• Faculty - 1200
• Students - 491
• Residents - 830

Over the years, evalCGI has been expanded and adapted to educational needs and trends. Examples include:

• Surveys and Ballots for the Dean's Office, LCME, Teacher of the Year, etc.
• Automatic Reporting of "Board of Regents" Data to Main Campus
• "360" Evaluations by Hosptial Staff and Patients
• Seamless Integration of Paper Scan Form Data
• Online Profolios, both Formative and Assessment
• ACGME Competency Evaluations
• Logging of Student Patient Experiences
• Move to Gatorlink (Campus) Authentication

Prepared by Richard Rathe, MD :: June 30, 2006 :: http://evalsuite.medinfo.ufl.edu/