Arden Research was established in 1998 by owner operator
Liz Simpson. Currently, Liz has a core staff of two part time research assistants, and a network of associates
who are contracted on a project-by-project basis.
The core team and the associates are highly skilled and credentialed and hold graduate and post-
graduate degrees in nursing, psychology, anthropology, educational psychology (counselling),
continuing education (workplace learning), statistics, and advanced research and evaluation
methodologies. Several members of the team have direct clinical experience in a variety of health
related environments.
Our combined skill set includes:
- Project management
- Performance measurement
- Organizational needs assessments
- Organizational culture/climate assessments
- Employee training and development
- Methodological support
- Experimental/quasi-experimental designs
- Quality improvement measurement
- Clinical assessment and intervention
- Facilitation
- Logic models
- State of the science reviews
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- Literature review/synthesis
- Proposal preparation
- Evaluation framework design
- Evaluation management
- Instrument development / selection
- Psychometric evaluation / analysis
- Data collection / quality control
- Database development
- Data entry / statistical analysis
- Report writing
- Change management
- Partnership/collaboration processes
- Information / Presentations
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Members of our team have published in the following peer-reviewed journals:
- The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
- Canadian Journal of Community Dentistry
- Academic
- Teaching and Learning in Medicine
- Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Canadian Journal of Counselling Medicine
Arden Research core staff are members in good standing of the following professional organizations:
- Canadian Evaluation Society
- American Evaluation Association
Values:
We
value collaboration and use a participatory approach with our
clients. We have become recognized for our work with health
care providers where we work along side staff to build research / evaluation capacity, and encourage
knowledge transfer and the adoption of innovation. We have the highest respect for the professionals
that we work with and understand / support that the needs of clients come first. We are respectful and
sensitive in our interactions with clients, and preserve confidentiality at all costs. We are very
familiar with policies governing privacy and protection of personal information and maintain the highest
levels of confidentiality and anonymity. We are also sensitive to the clinical priorities of providers
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