OBJECTIVES Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is defined as a policy research approach that examines the short- and long-term social consequences of the application or use of technology. Internationally different institutions have translated this definition to local contexts. In Denmark, HTA is comprehensive with focus on four aspects of the problem in question (technology [clinical evidence], ...

Some consider assessment in terms of a systematic way of gathering and evaluating information within educational system and particularly higher education. Since, the term ‘’assessment’’ refers and relates to administrative processes, this paper has shed light some consideration on how it can benefit the members of department and program. Program assessment ultimately emphasizes on direction for...

This study investigated the effect of self-assessment and peer-assessment on the quality of students’ transla- tion. Participants of the study were 60 male and female students. They were selected from the senior stu- dents studying English Translation and divided into two groups: self-assessment and peer-assessment. The study adopted a pretest-posttest design, and students’ translation quality ...

In 2014, balanced assessment systems (BAS) were proposed as a resource-conscious, 'fit-for-purpose' form of health technology assessment for middle-income countries which lack resources and competences necessary for resource-intensive health technology assessment models. BAS has undergone extensive policy debate in the period since its publication but it has not been critically assessed in a st...

OBJECTIVES Although ethics has been on the agenda in health technology assessment (HTA) since its inception, the integration of moral issues is still not standard and is performed in a vast variety of ways. Therefore, there is a need for a procedure for integrating moral issues in HTA. METHODS Literature review of existing approaches together with application of various theories in moral phil...

abstract:             partial knowledge is one of the main factors to take into account when dealing with the improvement of administration of multiple choice questions (mcq). various strategies have been proposed for this factor in traditional testing environment. so this study proposed a confidence based assessment (cba) as a sufficient solution & want to compare the effect of cba scoring sys...

The new regulatory governance perspective has introduced several insights to the study of health technology assessment (HTA): it has broadened the scope for the analysis of HTA; it has provided a more sophisticated account of national diversity and the potential for cross-border policy learning; and, it has dissolved the distinction between HTA assessment and appraisal processes. In this paper,...

BACKGROUND A 2005 survey reported 87% of surgery program directors believed practice management training should occur during residency. However, only 8% of program directors believed residents received adequate training in practice management [1]. In addition to the gap in practice financial management knowledge, we recognized the need for training in personal finance among residents. A literat...

This study provides a sociological commentary on the current debates within health technology assessment (HTA), specifically in response to the approaches taken in France, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It argues that HTA is part of a wider reflexive innovation system that seeks to order current and prospective technologies. The study discusses the socio-political process of H...

one of the main objectives of quantitative researches is assessment of models developed by qualitative studies. models validation through their testing implies that the designed model is representative of the existed facts. hence, this study was conducted to assess the clinical nurses' productivity model presented for iranian nurses' productivity. the sample of the study consisted of 360 nurses...