The development, content validity and inter-rater reliability of the SMART-Goal Evaluation Method: A standardised method for evaluating clinical goals.

Introduction: Goal setting is a complex skill. The use of formal goal writing procedures (including the use of the SMART goal model) has been advocated. However, a standardised method of writing and evaluating SMART goals is currently lacking.

An interactive education session and follow-up support as a strategy to improve clinicians' goal-writing skills: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Recent research indicates that allied health clinicians have difficulty articulating client needs and priorities into specific and measurable goals. As a result, a number of strategies to facilitate improvement in allied health clinicians' goal-setting skills have been recommended in the literature. In order to assist clinicians develop the skills required to set SMART goals, it is necessary that the strategies are rigorously tested.