Violence risk assessment tools are increasingly used within criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, however there is little relevant, reliable and unbiased data regarding their predictive accuracy. We argue that such data are needed to (i) prevent excessive reliance on risk assessment scores, (ii) allow matching of different risk assessment tools to different contexts of application, (iii) pr...

Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of p...

1. In discussions on how to develop a scientifically robust assessment of the eutrophication status expected after implementation of agreed measures, ETG 2003 concluded that OSPAR Contracting Parties currently lacked the necessary tools to develop an assessment that would go beyond the assessment already agreed and published by OSPAR 2001. In the JAMP, a further assessment of the expected eutro...

For physical therapists observational gait assessment is preferable to instrumented gait assessment in the clinical setting. Existing observational gait assessment tools used in clinical practice were reviewed in terms of their validity, repeatability, sensitivity, and specificity. Most gait assessment tools lacked information concerning their validity or repeatability. In addition, most gait a...

occupational health and safety systems have a unique role in sustainable development of hazardous industries. the aim of this research is investigating and assessing of h3se performance excellence systems. to achieve mentioned goal by qualitative approach and multi grounded theory tools h3se excellence model was described. mentioned tools contain two qualitative research methods (meta synthesis...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Chronic pain in children with cerebral palsy (CP) is underrecognized, leading to detriments in their physical, social, and mental well-being. Our objective was to identify, describe, and critique pediatric chronic pain assessment tools and make recommendations for clinical use for children with CP. Secondly, develop an evidence-informed toolbox to support clinicians in ...

Background Patient safety training of healthcare professionals is a new area of education. Assessment of the pertinent competencies should be a part of this education. This review aims to identify the available assessment tools for different patient safety domains and evaluate them according to Miller's four competency levels. Methods The authors searched PubMed, MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index ...

The authors will outline the automation of an Engineering Technology program assessment process. The program is located within the College of Engineering. The steps include development of the assessment tools, mapping the tools to the programs’ goals and objectives, integration of the tools into WebCT®, the role of student participation, and finally the collection, manipulation, and interpretat...