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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
Using a Set-Aside to Encourage the Evaluation of Public Health Service Programs.
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Riggin, Leslie J. C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
In October 1994, legislation established a requirement that Public Health Services (PHS) programs spend at least 0.2% of appropriated funds on program evaluation. Legislative changes are a result of a study of the use of PHS set-aside funds from 1988 through 1992. They are intended to encourage more and better evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Legislation
Evaluation of Ethical Principles for Naturalistic Evaluation.
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Grover, Paul L.; Uguroglu, Margaret E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Ethical issues relating to naturalistic evaluation are addressed, focusing on the role of the evaluator, problems of privacy and data gathering techniques, and issues relating to the use/abuse of findings. Benefits and costs of the naturalistic approach to program evaluation are also identified. (EGS)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Ethics, Evaluation Methods
User-Centered Evaluation.
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Bland, Carole J.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Drawing on current models for increasing the use of information from external evaluations, the authors offer a user-centered approach for increasing the use of results from internal evaluations of graduate medical education. The overriding emphasis of the user-centered approach is the utility of the resultant data. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
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
Policy Infringement on Evaluators and Analysts.
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Woog, Pierre – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
The Senate confirmation hearings concerning Robert Gates as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) highlight the problems evaluators share with the CIA of keeping policy imperatives out of the search for truth. The CIA at least has a structure for keeping information pure, but many evaluations do not. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Ethics
Using a New Program Evaluation Model to Chart the Outcomes of an Educational Intervention in Residency Training.
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Blumberg, Phyllis; Deveau, Eleanor J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
A new outcome-oriented, utilization-focused approach to program evaluation is introduced. The new framework encourages stakeholders to consider academic dissemination, product development, and implementation as three primary outcomes when evaluating educational and clinical approaches. Secondary outcomes focus on education, clinical service, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Graduate Medical Students
The Reaccreditation Process: Benefits, Costs, and Suggestions for Improvement.
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Lysaught, Jerome P.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
The institutional self-study required by a university hospital's reaccreditation process is explored, with a discussion of benefits and costs. A reaction by C. F. Waltz and A. Belcher reaffirms the value of reaccreditation studies and discusses ways of minimizing costs without compromising comprehensiveness and utility of results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comprehensive Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Guidelines for Using Standardized Outcome Measures Following Addictions Treatment.
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Graham, Kathryn – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Program managers increasingly incorporate standardized tests into outcome evaluation. Guidelines are presented for selecting and using standardized measures following addictions treatment. These principles, which cover eight basic criteria, are applicable to outcome evaluation of health programs in general. Practical issues related to using…
Descriptors: Costs, Criteria, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation