The week-long Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation took place from 18-22 June 2018 at the University of Rwanda, Gikondo Campus Building 1R1. McGoldrick Fellow Mr. Muhammed Semakula (Cohort 1) led the organization effort. It was co-sponsored by
The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics
The University of Rwanda and the African Center of Excellence in Data Science
The Africa Academy for Public Health
The McGoldrick Professional Development Program in Public Health, operating under the aegis of HSPH and ARISE
The background of participants was quite heterogeneous, including analysts and managers from several different federal government organizations, from well-known NGOs & international organizations, and students from graduate programs at the University of Rwanda.
Instructors
Mr. Muhammed Semakula, University of Rwanda and the African Center for Excellent in Data Science (ACE-DS). He was a fellow in the first cohort and now is a teaching assistant and course developer for the McGoldrick Program
Dr. Vedaste Ndahidwa, a medical doctor and lecturer at the UR SPH, and a co-instructor of the UR / ACE-DS M&E Workshop (for Cohort 1).
Eric Mooring, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH and a co-instructor of the UR/ACE-DS M&E Workshop (for Cohort 1).
Dr. Sarah Anoke, Former Scientific Director of the McGoldrick Professional Development Program (2017-2018)
This workshop had four co-instructors, listed above. They each taught several sessions over the course of the week, as described in the workshop schedule below.
The schedule for the UR/ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018). The bracketed letters denote the initials of the instructor delivering the lecture. Practicums were hands-on Stata computing sessions, where participants learned how lecture content was used in data analysis.
Participant Feedback
After completing the week-long workshop, participants anonymously completed an exit survey, rating the course on several metrics as well as providing freeform feedback.
86% said course met their expectations
100% said they would recommend the course for others to take
81% expressed interest in a longer offering of the course
Other Photos
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Photo Gallery
Examples of the materials distributed during the UR/ACE-DS M&E Workshop: notebook (left) and nametags (right).
Group photograph of participants and instructors involved in the University of Rwanda / ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018).
Certificate of Completion distributed at the end of the University of Rwanda / ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018). At the end of the workshop, each participant received a Certificate of Participation. A second Certificate of Completion was given to those who attended at least 4 of the 5 workshop days, submitted all homework, and scored at least 70% on the post-test.
Students in lecture during the UR / ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018).
The workshop practicums were an opportunity for students to learn how to implement the statistics they learned during lecture. Seen here are students working on an exercise using Stata.
McGoldrick Fellow Mr. Muhammed Semakula teaching during the University of Rwanda / ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018).
Building 1R of the University of Rwanda College of Business & Economics, Gikondo Campus. Workshop lectures took place in lecture rooms here; hands-on Stata practicums took place in a computer lab elsewhere.
Dr. Vedaste Ndahindwa, a medical doctor and lecturer at the UR SPH, teaching during the UR/ACE-DS M&E Workshop (June 2018). He was one of four co-instructors that volunteered their time to teach this workshop.
