one of the main concerns of teachers in modern learner-centered approaches is whether published teaching materials can meet the needs of students at a particular leaning situation or the teachers ought to prepare their own materials. this dilemma gets worse when the teaching situation includes a textbook prescribed by an authority such as the ministry of education. in such cases, the teacher ha...

this study aimed to investigate the program of translation studies, offered in iranian universities at the level of master, in terms of its curriculum through a needs analysis model offered by altschuld and witkin (1995). to do so, after a review of the related literature and conducting a documentary analysis, the researchers chose to look at the issue from different perspectives. current instr...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of empathic lead user analysis for uncovering latent customer needs that could lead to breakthrough product ideas. Empathic lead users are defined as ordinary customers (or designers) who are transformed into lead users by experiencing the product in radically new ways, via extraordinary user experiences. These extraordinary experienc...

OBJECTIVE This work sought to identify the most important needs for family members of adult critical patients as described in the literature pursuant to the dimensions established in the "Critical Care Family Needs Inventory" (CCFNI) by Molter and Leske. METHODOLOGY A literature review was carried out by using the CCFNI instrument. The databases used were: Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest Nursing & A...

Methods Focus is on acutely admitted patients with abdominal pain in a surgical department. In order to improve our practice, we thought it important to undertake a needs assessment of the management of acutely and potentially critically ill patients. The study design was interprofessional and consisted of a retrospective audit, focus group interviews with medical and nursing staff and full sca...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to assess current postresuscitation debriefing (PRD) practices in Canadian pediatric emergency departments (EDs) and identify areas for improvement. METHODS A national needs assessment survey was conducted to collect information on current PRD practices and perspectives on debriefing practice in pediatric EDs. A questionnaire was distributed to ED ...

PROBLEM Communication with patients and families in critical care medicine (CCM) can be complex and challenging. A longitudinal curricular model integrating multiple techniques within classroom and clinical milieus may facilitate skillful communication across diverse settings. APPROACH In 2014-2015, the authors developed and implemented a curriculum for CCM fellows at the Cumming School of Me...