This paper describes an evidence-based quality assurance system for teaching and learning, which takes as its starting point a well-researched theoretical perspective on student learning in higher education. We argue this explicit use of a relevant theoretical base promotes coherence between quality assurance and improvement processes. We outline the principal features of our university’s quali...

In hardware/software codesign, modeling is a very important issue. The model must capture the features of the system and describe its functionality. The design cycle must be based on formal representations so that the synthesis of a design from specification to implementation can be carried out systematically. Many models have been proposed for representing HW/SW systems. This report is the res...

Student outcomes are statements that describe the attributes; skills and abilities that students should have and be able to do by the time of graduation. For quality assurance evaluation, these outcomes must be assessed. In order to evaluate the level to which an outcome is met, it is necessary to select some courses where the outcome is covered. Course objectives must be linked to the student ...

background: evaluation of patient care can lead to finfing out weakness and strengths of the care in order to increase the quality of services. objective: to evaluate the quality of patients cares with continuous bladder irrigation. methods: in an analytic-descriptive research, 48 patients with continuous bladder irrigation who suffered from urologic disorders were studied. data gathering was b...

Actions in the requirements phase can directly impact the success or failure of a project. It is critical that project management utilize all available tools to identify potential problems and risks as early in the development as possible, especially in the requirements phase. The Software Assurance Technology Center (GSFC) and the Quality Assurance Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Unlike the situation in occupational health and safety, there is no nationally coordinated approach to risk management to prevent unintended outcomes of health care provision and improve health care quality. There is a related absence of linkages between quality assurance process, other programs aimed at patient injury prevention and professional indemnity insurance systems. This article discus...

In this paper a novel approach for the tool–based quality assurance of models is presented. The approach provides a meta model framework for domain specific and tool–independent quality assessment in heterogeneous model landscapes. In our framework we provide the concepts of queries, checks and views defined on meta model level and interpreted over the whole model landscape. Queries, checks and...