Web-based distance instruction is growing in popularity. As more courses and programs go online, instructional methods and technologies are changing to meet new demands. These courses and instructional methods need be evaluated to determine their quality and to aid in their development. An instrument that measures the quality of student interaction within courses could play a useful role in thi...

A key factor in the development of occupation-centered practice is the transirion within academia to occupation-cenrered education. Educational programs must be able ro prepare clinicians who value and understand occupation and who have the abiliry to readily and arriculately rranslate occupation ro meaningful therapy programs at the individual and group levels of inrervention. In order for edu...

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Susan L. Brooks is the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and an Associate Professor of Law at the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law. Robert G. Madden is a Professor of Social Work at Saint Joseph College, where he currently serves as Special Assistant to the President. He is also a Lecturer in Law at the University of Connecticut. The authors dedicate this art...

patients. It means arranging health care in such a way that patients routinely participate in decisions about their own treatment. It means creating an atmosphere where staff naturally solicit patients' input and accept that input with respect. It means building a system that doesn't waste patients' time, offers easy access to care, and meets patients' needs for information , education, and pre...