Critical incidents described by new optometry graduates

Learning from critical incidents

Ian Clarke is a consultant in general adult psychiatry in the west of Glasgow (Arndale Resource Centre, 80–90 Kinfauns Drive, Drumchapel, Glasgow, G15 7TS, UK. Email: [email protected]). He is clinical lead for the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Patient Safety Group. He obtained a Masters in Business Administration in 2004 and is lead clinician for the west of Glasgow. Critical incidents in...

Optometry.

Catter Matil, 2253 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2253 Ph: (979)845-2142 • Fax: (979) 862-6842 [email protected] • nfs.tamu.edu Optometrists are concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of abnormalities associated with the visual system. Doctors of Optometry (O.D.) evaluate the refractive status of the eye, as well as the selection, design, provision, and adaptation of corrective mea...

5 competencies needed by new baccalaureate graduates.

As nurse educators prepare new graduates for practice, part of the challenge is to ensure that these nurses are capable of functioning in a broad continuum of care with increased responsibilities. To identify competencies needed by new baccalaureate graduates in today's health care environment and determine whether these competencies fall into particular dimensions, a cross-sectional survey des...

Critical incidents and critical threads in empirical usability evaluation

Empirical usability evaluations (particularly “formative” evaluations, Scriven, 1967) hinge on observing and interpreting critical incidents (Flanagan, 1954) of use: the causes of such critical incidents can often be found in the immediate contexts of their occurrence and can guide specific design changes. However, it can also happen that the causes of a critical incident are temporally remote ...

Critical incidents and adverse events in healthcare