Evaluation Advisory Groups: Considerations for Design and Management

Abstract

An evaluation advisory group can be a vital resource, particularly for evaluations of collaboration-driven initiatives, but only if we effectively design the groups and engage their members. We discuss evaluation advisory groups using four themes: purposes, structures, processes, and pitfalls. Insights from a review and synthesis of the evaluation advisory group literature are integrated and illustrated with our own real-world experiences with evaluation advisory groups on a national and state/provincial scale, and in university and health system settings.