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Defining the Utility of Clinically Acceptable Variations in Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Evaluation of Quality Improvement Activities.
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Lescoe-Long, Mary; Long, Michael J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Examined the usefulness of systematically accounting for acceptable physician variations in guideline application. Review of 141 cases of treatment of acute myocardial infarction in a Canadian hospital show that even seemingly noncontentious guideline protocols do not offer a threshold of variation similar to conventional Continuous Quality…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Guides, Medical Services
Evaluating Physician Impact Analysis: Methods, Results, and Uses in Ontario Hospitals.
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Charles, Cathy; Roberts, Jacqueline – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Physician impact analysis (PIA) is a planning tool intended to provide a way to evaluate the impact of a new or replacement physician's practice profile on the clinical program priorities, staffing resources, and costs of a hospital. Key methods for PIA and issues related to its use are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries, Hospitals
Evaluating the Performance of Academic Medical Education Administrators.
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Guyatt, Gordon; Cook, Deborah; King, Derek; Nishikawa, James; Brill-Edwards, Patrick – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Developed an instrument to evaluate the performance of educational administrators at a Canadian medical school. After 3 yearly evaluations, 20 administrators and 80 evaluators acknowledged broader input into evaluation, but saw little evaluation-related improved performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Discerning Views: Medical Students' Perceptions of Their Learning Environment.
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Cleave-Hogg, Doreen; Rothman, Arthur I. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1991
Perceptions of their learning environments are studied for 112 medical students in Canada through interviews over 2 years. Students perceive that structures of the learning environment foster a highly competitive milieu influencing their approach to learning. Processes of teaching are viewed somewhat more positively. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews
Setting Standards for Multiple-Choice Items in Clinical Reasoning.
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Maguire, Thomas; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
It is argued that the modification of the Nedelsky procedure proposed by L. J. Gross is a valid approach to setting standards when clinical reasoning is measured using multiple-choice questions. An example from the Medical Council of Canada's Qualifying Examination for approximately 2,400 examinees demonstrates the procedure's value. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries