Evaluation of research writing workshop

The aim of this paper is to report on the results of questionnaire completed by candidates who attended a workshop on research writing designed for medical professionals. Highlights of topics discussed during the workshop will also be outlined. Questionnaire. A workshop on research and medical writing was conducted on Thursday 31st October 2002. Candidates requested to evaluate each subject topic in the programme of the workshop as excellent, good or no comment, and to add any observations or suggestions. They were also requested to state the benefit of the workshop and whether they would recommend it to other colleagues. Twenty-one candidates attended the workshop. Seventeen candidates completed the questionnaire, they preferred to run the workshop over two days and to allow medical students and nursing staff to attend. Fourteen candidates found it very useful and would recommend it to other colleagues. Eighty-one percent candidates completed the questionnaire and 82% of these found it very useful to recommend it to other colleagues. The result of this study would have great impact on the modification of future workshop. After all, customers or target group should be satisfied