The past several years have known a tremendous growth in the number of universities adopting education improvement programs. This level of involvement of schools in education improvement programs suggests a broad and fairly understanding among universities of the need to excel in the highly competitive global marketplace. To enhance their competitiveness, many schools turn to high quality level...

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) agreed on international recommendations in health informatics / medical informatics education. These should help to establish courses, course tracks or even complete programs in this field, to further develop existing educational activities in the various nations and to support international initiatives concerning education in health and ...

Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients receiving their first chemotherapy treatment. Improper prevention and management of anxiety can lead to poor psychosocial outcomes, dissatisfaction with care, and decreased adherence to treatment. A review of the literature was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of patient education at decreasing anxiety. Consistencies were ...

BACKGROUND Comparing disease management programs and their effects is difficult because of wide variability in program intensity and complexity. The purpose of this effort was to develop an instrument that can be used to describe the intensity and complexity of heart failure (HF) disease management programs. METHODS AND RESULTS Specific composition criteria were taken from the American Heart ...

CONTEXT Asthma self-management education is critical for high-quality asthma care for children. A number of studies have assessed the effectiveness of providing asthma education in schools to augment education provided by primary care providers. OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of the literature on school-based asthma education programs. METHODS As our data sources, we used 3 databa...

INTRODUCTION Self-management education programs seek to help patients realize that they are their own principal caregivers and that health care professionals are consultants who support them in this role. The aim of this study was to evaluate a diabetes self-management education program implemented as part of a district-wide approach in South Auckland, New Zealand, which has some of the highest...

Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have been recognized as serious health concerns. The majority of cases of type 2 diabetes are preventable, and, after diagnosis, various complications can be prevented by effective self-management. Although there are multiple pharmacological interventions for the treatment of diabetes, it is difficult to achieve target A1C levels with drug therapy alone. Most pat...

OBJECTIVE Alternative education programs are schools that accept students who have not been successful in the general education setting. This study focuses on developing a better understanding of the needs of students in three area alternative education schools. METHODS A needs assessment was created and distributed to the staff of each school regarding the problem areas of alternative educat...