Abstract Purpose: Peer-support groups for stroke survivors are often organized and facilitated by health authorities disability related organizations within rehabilitation programs. However, the benefits of peer-led, peer-support have not yet been evaluated. The purpose this study was to explore participants’ experiences in a community-based, group survivors. Materials Methods: Semi-structured ...

This study developed and evaluated a brief training program for grant reviewers that aimed to increase inter-rater reliability, rating scale knowledge, and effort to read the grant review criteria. Enhancing reviewer training may improve the reliability and accuracy of research grant proposal scoring and funding recommendations. Seventy-five Public Health professors from U.S. research universit...

This study was performed to investigate differences between children who did and did not experience peer rejection in psychological state through surveys and in emotion processing during an interpersonal stress challenge task to reflect naturalistic interpersonal face-to-face relationships. A total of 20 right-handed children, 10 to 12 yr of age, completed self-rating questionnaires inquiring a...

Peer assessment of teaching can improve the quality of instruction and contribute to summative evaluation of teaching effectiveness integral to high-stakes decision making. There is, however, a paucity of validated, criterion-based peer assessment instruments. The authors describe development and pilot testing of one such instrument and share lessons learned. The report provides a description o...

Study selection Studies in English language were selected if they were controlled trials (crossover or parallel groups) comparing stimulants with placebo, were published in peer reviewed scientific journals, reported quantitative data on independent effects for aggression related behaviours, used a rating scale or method of observation to assess aggression related behaviours, and included child...

BACKGROUND Physician-rating websites (PRWs) may lead to quality improvements in case they enable and establish a peer-to-peer communication between patients and physicians. Yet, we know little about whether and how physicians respond on the Web to patient ratings. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to describe trends in physicians' Web-based responses to patient ratings over time, to i...