background and purpose: there is an increasing interest and concern regarding the role of learning environment in undergraduate medical education in recent years. educational environment is one of the most important factors determining the success of an effective curriculum. the quality of educational environment has been identified to be crucial for effective learning.we compared the perceptio...

  Background: Educational clinical environment has an important role in nursing students' learning. Any difference between actual and expected clinical environment will decrease nursing students’ interest in clinical environments and has a negative correlation with their clinical performance.   Methods : This descriptive cross-sectional study is an attempt to compare nursing students'perception...

BACKGROUND Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance is a key factor in the elaboration of strategies to reduce SSI occurrence and in providing surgeons with appropriate data feedback (risk indicators, clinical prediction rule). AIM To improve the predictive performance of an individual-based SSI risk model by considering a multilevel hierarchical structure. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were ...

In the light of Basel II, redesigning rating systems has been becoming an important issue for banks and other financial institutions. The available data base for this task typically contains only the accepted credit applicants and is thus censored. To evaluate existing and alternative rating systems, we would actually need the full data base of all past credit applicants. In this paper we discu...

BACKGROUND To ensure the quality of surgical teaching within our graduate entry medical program, a distinctive surgical teaching program has been developed at Sydney Medical School-Central. Spanning 2 years, the program includes lectures, small group surgical clinical tutorials, and formal student surgical grand rounds presentations, plus clinical placements and attendance in operating theaters...

OBJECTIVE To assess falls prevention practices in Australian hospitals and implement interventions to promote best practice. DESIGN A multi-site audit using eight evidence-based audit criteria. Following a baseline audit, barriers to compliance were identified and targeted. Two follow-up audit cycles assessed the sustainability of practice change. SETTING Nine acute care hospitals around Au...