Evaluating educational interventions

Many LJPC readers may not be familiar with methodologies used to evaluate educational interventions.

Two crucial factors in good studies are that:

• the educational rationale behind the intervention is made explicit
• that the evaluation is planned in advance

With a group of expert advisers from medical education the LJPC has produced guidelines to use when reviewing original papers that describe educational innovations.

The guidelines are intended for authors, editors, reviewers, and readers.

The current guidelines are provisional: we have no doubt that they can be improved, and are seeking views on how to do this.