AIMS The Schematic Appraisals Model of Suicide (SAMS) suggests that positive self-appraisals may be important for buffering suicidal thoughts and behaviours, potentially providing a key source of resilience. The current study aimed to explore whether positive self-appraisals buffered individuals from suicidality in the face of stressful life events. METHOD 78 participants who reported experie...

In Multi-Source Feedback or 360 Degree Feedback, data on the performance of an individual are collected systematically from a number of stakeholders and are used for improving performance. The 360-Degree Feedback approach provides a consistent management philosophy meeting the criterion outlined previously. The 360-degree feedback appraisal process describes a human resource methodology that is...

Employee performance appraisal is an important process in organizational management, including the public sector. Goal-setting increasingly popular method The purpose of this research to describe goal-setting strategy increasing employee motivation sector organizations. This was conducted through a literature study that collected and analyzed results previous on impact motivation, factors influ...

BACKGROUND All general practitioners (GPs) are expected to have an appraisal from 2002 and the first cohort will experience revalidation in 2005. Although there is a link between appraisal and revalidation, this has yet to be clarified. OBJECTIVE To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of GPs towards revalidation and appraisal. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING Lincolnshi...

Background: Running standard journal clubs is one of the important goals of postgraduate education. Students should update their knowledge and learn critical appraisal skill. This study aimed to compare quality of journal clubs in Mashhad Dental School in order to improve educational and appraisal structure of journal clubs. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on journal clubs ...

A study was conducted to clarify the nature of catastrophizing, a construct that is frequently referred to in the chronic pain literature. Information regarding 3 affective experience and 3 affect regulation dimensions was gathered from a heterogeneous sample of 104 chronic pain patients by using a semistructured clinical interview and the Affect Regulation and Experience Q-Sort (AREQ). Self-re...

BACKGROUND Medical students face an information-rich environment in which retrieval and appraisal strategies are increasingly important. OBJECTIVE To describe medical students' current pattern of health information resource use and characterize their experience of instruction on information search and appraisal. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey of students registered ...