Initial developmental process of a VA semistructured clinical interview for TBI identification

Initial developmental process of a VA semistructured clinical interview for TBI identification.

Identification of a remote traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly mild TBI, is a challenge. The acknowledged standard for determining a history of prior TBI is self-report elicited through a structured or in-depth clinical interview. In April 2007, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mandated that the four-section TBI Clinical Reminder screening instrument be completed on all individua...

diagnostic and developmental potentials of dynamic assessment for writing skill

این پایان نامه بدنبال بررسی کاربرد ارزیابی مستمر در یک محیط یادگیری زبان دوم از طریق طرح چهار سوال تحقیق زیر بود: (1) درک توانایی های فراگیران زمانیکه که از طریق برآورد عملکرد مستقل آنها امکان پذیر نباشد اما در طول جلسات ارزیابی مستمر مشخص شوند; (2) امکان تقویت توانایی های فراگیران از طریق ارزیابی مستمر; (3) سودمندی ارزیابی مستمر در هدایت آموزش فردی به سمتی که به منطقه ی تقریبی رشد افراد حساس ا...

Dialysis Patient Perspectives on CKD Advocacy: A Semistructured Interview Study.

BACKGROUND Health advocacy groups provide education, raise public awareness, and engage in legislative, scientific, and regulatory processes to advance funding and treatments for many diseases. Despite a high burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States, public awareness and research funding lag behind those for other disease states. We undertook this study of patients receiving ...

Radiologists’ perspectives about evidence-based medicine and their clinical practice: a semistructured interview study

OBJECTIVES To describe radiologist's attitudes and perspectives on evidence-based medicine (EBM) and their practice. DESIGN Face-to-face semistructured interviews, thematic analysis. SETTING 24 institutions across six Australian states and New Zealand. Transcripts were imported into HyperRESEARCH software and thematically analysed. PARTICIPANTS 25 radiologists. RESULTS Six themes were i...

Summary of the Initial Interview