Independent medical evaluations

Medical evaluation of work-related illness: evaluations by a treating occupational medicine specialist and by independent medical examiners compared.

Treating physicians' and independent medical examiners' (IMEs') opinions were compared to identify differences of opinion and to develop a basis for understanding the differences. Twenty-three patients of an occupational health center (OHC) who had been examined by an IME were studied. OHC and IME opinions regarding diagnosis, work-relatedness, treatment recommendations, and disability assessme...

Allowing independent forensic evaluations for Guantánamo detainees.

President Obama has pledged to review all cases prosecuted through the Guantánamo Military Commissions established under President George N. Bush. Such commissions, however, may have limited independent psychiatric evaluations for Guantánamo defendants. This article explores the legal foundations for evaluating Guantánamo detainees, analyzes the decisions of commissions through discussions with...

Independent medical research.

Multiple Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Independent, Computationally Expensive Objective Evaluations

medical school graduates' self-evaluations of expected learning outcomes

background and purpose: determined outcomes in education are based on the ultimate expectations from the medical graduates. methods: one hundred and two medical school graduates of the last 4 years of universities located in a city were asked in 2015 to self-evaluate themselves according to 42 expected skill outcomes. these 42 procedures were approved in 2007, by expert panels of iranian minist...