background: providing a self-care program appropriate for patient needs in a supportive educative nursing system format could reduce migraine-induced disability. this study was designed to determine the effectiveness of orem's self-care program on headache related disability in migraine patients. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, episodic migraine patients with or without aura who sig...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the program outcome in nursing baccalaureate in Korea. The analysis based on course embedded assessment. The concrete objectives were establishment of program outcome assessment, confirmation of student competency through weighting of program outcomes, and using the results of the evaluation in the circular feedback process in a nursing school in Korea. ME...

Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000), the recently revised set of accreditation criteria for engineering programs in the US, places considerable stress on outcomes assessments. EC 2000 requires the assessment results to be used to identify program improvements, and for such usage and the resulting improvements to be documented. While numerous assessment instruments have been developed and discus...

This paper provides the rationale for, examples of, and the collection and general uses of currently available, potentially underutilized academic program assessment data. Academic program assessment is essential for program improvement and accreditation, but commonly used assessment methods may not fully meet these needs. General assessment references, pharmacy education literature, and prior ...

Education programs at all levels must be able to demonstrate successful program outcomes. Grades alone do not represent a comprehensive measurement methodology for assessing student learning outcomes at either the course or program level. The development and application of assessment rubrics provides an unequivocal measurement methodology to ensure a quality learning experience by providing a f...