Center for Outcomes & Measurement
Leadership
Position:
- Interim Associate Dean of Research
- Director, Center for Outcomes and Measurement
- Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
901 Walnut Street
Suite 642
Philadelphia, PA 19107
For Center Information
Name:
Center for Outcomes & Measurement
Core Functions & Services
- Provide education and training in measurement methodologies and outcome measures for evaluating outcomes for individual clients, programs, and research interventions
- Develop and validate contemporary and precise measurement methods and outcome instruments to address measurement gaps in rehabilitation research and practice
- Provide consultation to students, faculty, and investigators on measurement and outcomes instruments
- Build capacity for outcomes measurement and evaluation in human services organizations
- Support sponsors of clinical trials and investigators of outcomes studies with selection of clinical trial outcome measures
- Train investigators and clinical trial sites in the administration and scoring of outcome measures; establish competency and agreement among raters
- Examine the efficacy and effectiveness of physical and behavioral rehabilitation strategies and technologies using psychometrically sound and relevant measurement tools
- Develop and validate fidelity measures for interventions
- Develop and implement methodological procedures to validate the life care plan as an accurate methodology for estimating lifetime costs of persons living with chronic health conditions