BACKGROUND The use of objective structured clinical examination in pediatrics is not common in undergraduate evaluation process. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of objective structured clinical examination as compare to conventional examination as formative assessment tool in Pediatrics. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional comparative study in defined population of 9th semester M...

background critical-care patients are at higher risk of untreated pain, because they are often unable to communicate owing to altered mental status, tracheal intubation and sedation. objectives this study compared two pain assessment tools on tracheal intubated critically ill patients in a cardiac post-anesthesia care unit, who were unable to communicate verbally. the studied tools were “critic...

Purpose: Considering the role and importance of self-learning in academic success and performance, the present study was conducted with the aim of constructing of self-learning assessment tool in the university. Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and was cross-sectional from type of survey in terms of implementation method. The study population and sample in the fir...

Welcome Baby, a program that First 5 Los Angeles (First 5 LA) sponsors, provides new mothers with supportive services intended to create enriching environments for their children. To identify mothers in need of these services, First 5 LA employs hospital liaisons who administer a maternal risk assessment tool, the Modified Bridges for Newborns screening tool, during postpartum interviews of mot...

Zusammenfassung Die Bearbeitung von Übungsaufgaben ist ein wichtiges Element in der Datenbank-Lehre. Lösungen Studierenden lassen sich dabei häufig strukturierten Ergebnisformaten festhalten, wie z. B. SQL-Anfragen oder die Spezifikation Schemata und Relationen. Dieser Beitrag stellt das E‑Assessment-Tool DMT (Data Management Tester) vor, sowohl eine automatische Bewertung als auch Feedback-Gen...

BACKGROUND In recent years, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) processes specific to diagnostics and prognostic tests have been created in response to the increased pressure on health systems to decide not only which tests should be used in practice but also the best way to proceed, clinically, from the information they provide. These technologies differ in the way value is accrued to the popul...