PURPOSE Non-cognitive admission criteria are typically used in chiropractic student selection to supplement grades. The reliability of non-cognitive student admission criteria in chiropractic education has not previously been examined. In addition, very few studies have examined the overall test generalizability of composites of non-cognitive admission variables in admission to health science p...

In this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Sury and colleagues present extensive audit data derived from a survey of anaesthetic departments in the UK, with the general aim of characterizing current National Health Service (NHS) anaesthetic activity. A more specific aim was to provide a context for the release of the upcoming 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) in which the incidence an...

Background Calls for evidence-informed public health policy, with implicit promises of greater program effectiveness, have intensified recently. The methods to produce such policies are not self-evident, requiring a conciliation of values and norms between policy-makers and evidence producers. In particular, the translation of uncertainty from empirical research findings, particularly issues of...