This article briefly presents the target factors and methods for summarizing evidence employed in a technological evaluation, as well as the underlying logic in their elaboration and utilization in the field of public health. The example is post-menopausal osteoporosis, analyzing the current timeliness of disseminating bone densitometry and technologies to combat osteoporosis in Brazil Availabl...

Background: Integrative oncology (IO) is a relatively new field that seeks to bring evidence-based, non-conventional approaches into conventional oncology care in a coordinated and safe manner. Though complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are highly utilized by cancer patients, little is known about the characteristics of patients seeking IO consultation. Methods: Patients presenting for...

alternative assessment approaches and, among them, self-assessment and peer-assessment are becoming increasingly important in educational contexts. designed to compare self-assessment, peer-assessment, and teacher-assessment, this study included 90 efl students from 3 intact classes divided into 3 groups: self-assessment, peer-assessment, and teacher-assessment. after taking the toefl proficien...

BACKGROUND The reasoning behind evaluating medical interventions is that a hierarchy of methods exists which successively produce improved and therefore more rigorous evidence based medicine upon which to make clinical decisions. At the foundation of this hierarchy are case studies, retrospective and prospective case series, followed by cohort studies with historical and concomitant non-randomi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The curricular needs in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) of family medicine residents are unknown. Our objective was to assess perceptions of knowledge, attitudes, practice behaviors, and interest toward CAM by family medicine residents. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to family medicine residents (n=153) throughout one state. RESULTS The respo...