Educational Approach to Improving Patient Isolation Practice

Improving patient access to educational resources: the development of an educational resource for congenital adrenal hyperplasia

CAH, a chronic condition with essentially life threatening aspects, is a frightening concept for families to come to terms with, even more so in the isolation of country areas. Having adequate knowledge and understanding is important in maintaining a sense of normality for these families and is an essential component to management both medically and within the family. The ultimate goal of this ...

Improving patient adherence: a three-factor model to guide practice

Patient-centered Fertility Care: From Theory to Practice

Background & aim: Healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (PCC). Despite evident advantages of PCC, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. Therefore...

non-corrective approach to pronunciation

the aim of this study has been to find answers for the following questions: 1. what is the effect of immediate correction on students pronunciation errors? 2. what would be the effect of teaching the more rgular patterns of english pronunciation? 3. is there any significant difference between the two methods of dealing with pronuciation errore, i. e., correction and the teaching of the regular ...

Improving Patient Compliance in Orthodontic Practice

Patient noncompliance is a limiting factor in the conversion of accurate orthodontic treatment plans to excellent treatment results. Patient compliance depends on the duration, frequency, and complexity of the required behaviors. Because orthodontic treatment generally extends over a period of 12 to 36 months, compliance levels have to be sustained over this period of time. Past research has fo...