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A Functional Model of Quality Assurance for Psychiatric Hospitals and Corresponding Staffing Requirements.
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Kamis-Gould, Edna; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
A model for quality assurance (QA) in psychiatric hospitals is described. Its functions (general QA, utilization review, clinical records, evaluation, management information systems, risk management, and infection control), subfunctions, and corresponding staffing requirements are reviewed. This model was designed to foster standardization in QA…
Descriptors: Models, Personnel Evaluation, Personnel Selection, Professional Personnel
Technical Quality versus User Responsiveness in Evaluation Practice.
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Greene, Jennifer C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
Use-oriented approaches to evaluation have been challenged by contentions that the responsiveness of such evaluations undermines their technical quality. This discussion analyzes purported conflicts between these evaluation criteria of utility and accuracy by examining underlying assumptions related to evaluation's purpose and politics. (TJH)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Quality of Life, Quality Enhancement, and Quality Assurance: Implications for Program Planning and Evaluation in the Field of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
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Schalock, Robert L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The current conceptualization in the mental retardation-developmental disability field regarding quality of life, quality enhancement, and quality assurance is summarized. Implications of these issues for program planning and evaluation are discussed, with attention to management and a framework for quality assurance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Guides
Special Feature: Internal Evaluation.
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Mathison, Sandra, Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Five papers and an introduction discuss internal evaluation (IE), concentrating on the various sources of authority for IE and ways of enhancing IE authority. The roles of internal evaluators, conflicts in the evaluation process, and evaluation in a state education agency are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators