The objective of this study is to obtain comparative results that may help to improve the design and development of courses, seminars and workshops offered by the University of Havana, Cuba, and by ISIDA, Italy. The paper describes the techniques used in a comparative investigation on two groups of managers, and discusses the results obtained in examining: a) the views of the two groups on stat...

Reports on an evaluation of California suicide intervention training workshops to provide evidence that training is delivered with fidelity and adherence to the workshop's design, as well as with high quality.

Ultrasound use is rapidly increasing in clinical care and as an educational modality. While there is widespread interest in training health-care professionals to incorporate ultrasound into their daily practice, there are few resources available to guide instructors in the design of impactful and efficient training sessions. We present 10 practical strategies to optimize the educational value o...

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Computer Society's Technical Conunittee on Computer Elements held its annual workshop last June in Vail, Colorado. Below, Matt Slana of Bell Labs summarizes the highlights. As is traditional practice with most Computer Society workshops, a candid exchange of points of view was encouraged by guaranteeing anonymity for all speakers ... which explains why no speakers are identified or quoted in th...

BACKGROUND Priority setting in every health system is complex and difficult. In less wealthy countries the dominant approach to priority setting has been Burden of Disease (BOD) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), which is helpful, but insufficient because it focuses on a narrow range of values - need and efficiency - and not the full range of relevant values, including legitimacy and fairne...