Measuring and interpreting outcome is more difficult in mental health services than in some other areas of health care, for at least five reasons. First, the effect of the treatment may be to slow decline or to maintain the current level, so the score on the outcome measure itself may not improve (or may even get worse) despite best quality clinical care. Secondly, the best available evidence i...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the program outcome in nursing baccalaureate in Korea. The analysis based on course embedded assessment. The concrete objectives were establishment of program outcome assessment, confirmation of student competency through weighting of program outcomes, and using the results of the evaluation in the circular feedback process in a nursing school in Korea. ME...

BACKGROUND Trials using inadequate levels of blinding may report larger effect sizes than blinded studies. It has been suggested that blinded outcome assessment in open trials may in some cases be undertaken by assessments of photographs. The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of using different methods to assess the primary outcome in the EVerT (Effective Verruca Treatments) trial. It ...

Assessment is an integral part of outcome-based education (OBE) system. It helps ensuring student learning and ultimately attaining the expected outcomes at time graduation. Records assessment results enable a study program to conduct continual improvement its activities. This paper reports development information system technology that helped Civil Engineering Program Islamic University Indone...

Introduction: Little emphasis on standardization, less stringentoutcome measurement and resource constrains can result indeteriorating competencies among medical graduates in acountry with rapidly increasing number of medical institutionslike India. A competency-based curriculum is where we carefullydesign curricular experiences to achieve pre-identified outcomes.In this study, we aimed to defi...

Background: The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) is a simple, one-question patient-reported outcomemeasure (PROM). We systematically reviewed correlations between SANE and more extensive PROMs.Methods: We identified studies with correlation coefficients between SANE and other shoulder, knee, and anklespecificPROMs. We calculated mean, median and range across studies...

Hypospadias is a challenging field of urogenital reconstructive surgery with different techniques being currently used. Modern surgery claims that it is possible to create a functionally and cosmetically normal penis. Continuous re-evaluation and assessment of outcome may have a major impact on future clinical practice. Assessment of outcome includes: complication rate, cosmetic appearance of t...

conclusions in this study, hepatitis b had a cause effect on lga and fetal macrosomia. among the other considered adverse pregnancy outcomes; it didn’t have any significant effect. context hepatitis is a term used to describe any type of hepatitis inflammation. screening for the virus antigen during pregnancy is mandatory in some parts of the world and is recommended in others. so that, most wo...

purpose: to determine the effect of grid pattern laser photocoagulation on diabetic diffuse macular edema with assessment of visual outcome. patients & methods: the author reviewed the medical records of 84 eyes of 62 patients with diabetic diffuse macular edema treated with grid pattern green argon laser photocoagulation in farabi eye hospital between the years 1992-1995, the follow-up period ...