BACKGROUND Using a combination of videos and online short stories, we conducted four face-to-face deliberative workshops in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) with members of the public who later joined additional participants in an online forum to discuss the social and ethical implications of prospective technologies. This paper presents the participants' appraisal of our intervention and provides nov...

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers the first online medical dosimetry program in the nation. There is no data to research a program of this type. This research consisted of the evaluation of other distance education programs including health profession programs in addition to face-to-face medical dosimetry programs. There was a need to collect and analyze student perceptions of online...

BACKGROUND The use of qualitative research (QR) methods is recommended as good practice in discrete choice experiments (DCEs). This study investigated the use and reporting of QR to inform the design and/or interpretation of healthcare-related DCEs and explored the perceived usefulness of such methods. METHODS DCEs were identified from a systematic search of the MEDLINE database. Studies were...

Background: There are no general strategies or tools to evaluate daily lesson plans; however, assessments conducted using traditional methods usually include course plans. This study aimed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of online survey software in collecting data on education in medical fields and the application of such softwares to evaluate students' views and modification of lesso...

technology foresight is a methodology for making the complexity and advanced nature of new technologies of future more comprehensible and transparent. the objective of this survey is to analyze and interpret weakness and strength of the current situation of iran organizations regarding utilization of foresight activities of developing new technologies and its influence over the country by usin...

Methods An online survey to a purposive sample of acupuncture practitioners in the EU and China in 2010/2011 requested information on demographic characteristics, training and education, acupuncture practice, conditions commonly treated, perceived gaps in the evidence and where research should next focus. Data were analysed using bivariate statistics in SPSS, with content analysis of qualitativ...

A qualitative survey of user identification mechanisms being applied in online banking environments across the English speaking world is presented. By studying the Internet banking sites of most major banks in 7 countries, the paper reports the variations and calls for standardisation of user credentials in these environments.