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Author : Anne Lazenbatt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134536665
This handbook is designed to meet the needs of the growing number of health professionals who are engaged in processes of evaluation in a variety of contexts within the world of healthcare.
Author : Michael J. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780195158434
By integrating both evaluation and research methods and assuming no previous knowledge of research, this book makes an excellent reference for professionals working in social work and health settings who are now being called upon to conduct or supervise program evaluation and may need a refresher on research methods.
Author : Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, MSc,Brian W. Pickering, MD, MSc
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351649896
Governments and clinical providers are investing billions of dollars in health information technologies. This is being done with the expectation that HIT adoption will translate into healthier patients experiencing better care at lower cost. As the first wave of adoption comes to an end, stakeholders are ready to evaluate the results of their investment and make decisions about future directions. As a result, structured evaluations of a projects impact are an essential element of the justification for investment in HIT. This book provides an easy-to-read reference outlining the basic concepts, theory, and methods required to perform a systematic evaluation of HIT.
Author : Anne Lazenbatt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134536658
This easy-to-use handbook is a useful resource for all health professionals engaged in processes of evaluation in a variety of contexts within the world of healthcare. Encouraging an evidence-based approach to practice, it provides: * guidelines on how to design and evaluate an intervention * examples of good practice * reliable and easy-to-use measures * advice on how to work effectively. Designed to prompt self-evaluation and group project evaluation, it illustrates how simple evaluation methods can help to break down the divisions between research and practice. It shows how more practitioners can apply such methods to improve the quality of care as well as the treatments and services which they offer their patients and clients. The examples, drawn from clinical settings, community practice and work in the voluntary sector, demonstrate the kind of evaluation that can be undertaken by a small-scale team or a single practitioner with limited resources. The Evaluation Handbook will be a useful source of reference for those new to evaluation as well as more experienced managers and researchers.
Author : Simon R. Rüegg,Barbara Häsler,Jakob Zinsstag
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789086868759
One Health addresses health challenges arising from the intertwined spheres of humans, animals and ecosystems. This handbook is the product of an interdisciplinary effort to provide science-based guidance for the evaluation of One Health and other integrated approaches to health. It guides the reader through a systems approach and framework to evaluate such approaches in a standardised way. It provides an overview of concepts and metrics from health and life sciences, social sciences, economics, and ecology that are relevant for the evaluation of the processes involved, as well as the characterisation of expected and unexpected outcomes of One Health initiatives. Finally, the handbook provides guidance and practical protocols to help plan and implement evaluations in order to generate new insights and provide meaningful information about the value of One Health. The handbook is intended for practitioners, researchers, evaluators as well as funders of integrated approaches to health and beyond.
Author : Rachel Yudkowsky,Yoon Soo Park,Steven M. Downing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000650433
Assessment in Health Professions Education, second edition, provides a comprehensive guide for educators in the health professions—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health fields. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated by leaders in the field. Part I of the book presents an introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings from the perspective of the health professions. Part II covers specific assessment methods, with a focus on validity, best practices, challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment programs. Part III addresses special topics and recent innovative approaches, including narrative assessment, situational judgment tests, programmatic assessment, mastery learning settings, and the key features approach. This accessible text addresses the essential concepts for the health professions educator and provides the background needed to understand, interpret, develop, and effectively implement assessment methods.
Author : Anthony Selwyn St. Leger,Harold Schnieden,Joanna Pierce Walsworth-Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0335093566
Resources can never keep pace with the demand for more and better health services. Health service clinicians, managers and policy makers must make increasingly difficult choices among many options, seeking not only economy and efficiency but benefit to individual patients and to the community. This book is aimed at all those involved in planning, carrying out and acting upon evaluations of health services ̀effectiveness. It provides an essential and comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and interpretation of evaluation. Throughout this book, the reader is provided with practical tips, case studies and discussions of advantages and disadvantages of particular techniques or procedures.
Author : Jytte Brender McNair
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080533452
The Handbook of Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics provides a complete compendium of methods for evaluation of IT-based systems and solutions within healthcare. Emphasis is entirely on assessment of the IT-system within its organizational environment. The author provides a coherent and complete assessment of methods addressing interactions with and effects of technology at the organizational, psychological, and social levels. It offers an explanation of the terminology and theoretical foundations underlying the methodological analysis presented here. The author carefully guides the reader through the process of identifying relevant methods corresponding to specific information needs and conditions for carrying out the evaluation study. The Handbook takes a critical view by focusing on assumptions for application, tacit built-in perspectives of the methods as well as their perils and pitfalls. Collects a number of evaluation methods of medical informatics Addresses metrics and measures Includes an extensive list of anotated references, case studies, and a list of useful Web sites
Author : John Øvretveit
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 1857759257
This handbook helps maximise the usefulness of evaluations, and describes a "user-focused" approach for evaluating health programmes, policies and changes. It shows a broad range of evidence gathering methods, and defines validity of evidence in relation to usefulness as well as method.
Author : Michael J. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199741601
Evaluation is crucial for determining the effectiveness of social programs and interventions. In this nuts and bolts handbook, social work and health care professionals are shown how evaluations should be done, taking the intimidation and guesswork out of this essential task. Current perspectives in social work and health practice, such as the strengths perspective, consumer empowerment, empowerment evaluation, and evidence-based practice, are linked to evaluation concepts throughout the book to emphasize their importance. This book makes evaluation come alive with comprehensive examples of each different type of evaluation, such as a strengths-based needs assessment in a local community, a needs assessment for Child Health Plus programs, comprehensive program descriptions of HIV services and community services for the aged, a model for goals and objectives in programs for people with mental illness, a monitoring study of private practice social work, and process evaluations of a Medicare advocacy program and a health advocacy program to explain advance directives. Equal emphasis is given to both quantitative and qualitative data analysis with real examples that make statistics and concepts in qualitative analysis un-intimidating. By integrating both evaluation and research methods and assuming no previous knowledge of research, this book makes an excellent reference for professionals working in social work and health settings who are now being called upon to conduct or supervise program evaluation and may need a refresher on research methods. With a pragmatic approach that includes survey design, data collection methods, sampling, analysis, and report writing, it is also an excellent text or classroom resource for students new to the field of program evaluation.
Author : Mike Davis,Judy McKimm,Kirsty Forrest
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118523476
This important book offers an introduction to the theory and the varying types of assessment for health care professionals. The book includes information on such topics as Where have work based assessments come from?; Why do we have different parts to the same exam like MCQs and OSCEs?; How do colleges decide who has passed or not?; Why can people pick their own assessors for their MSF?; The role of formative assessment Portfolios and their value. The book avoids jargon, is clear and succinct, and gives the pros and cons of the different assessment processes.
Author : Irving Rootman
Publisher : WHO Regional Office Europe
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9289013591
This book is the result of the WHO European Working Group on Health Promotion Evaluation which examined the current range of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods to provide guidance to policy-makers and practitioners. It includes an extensive c
Author : Charles P. Friedman,Jeremy C. Wyatt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475726855
As director of a training program in medical informatics, I have found that one of the most frequent inquiries from graduate students is, "Although I am happy with my research focus and the work I have done, how can I design and carry out a practical evaluation that proves the value of my contribution?" Informatics is a multifaceted, interdisciplinary field with research that ranges from theoretical developments to projects that are highly applied and intended for near-term use in clinical settings. The implications of "proving" a research claim accordingly vary greatly depending on the details of an individual student's goals and thesis state ment. Furthermore, the dissertation work leading up to an evaluation plan is often so time-consuming and arduous that attempting the "perfect" evaluation is fre quently seen as impractical or as diverting students from central programming or implementation issues that are their primary areas of interest. They often ask what compromises are possible so they can provide persuasive data in support of their claims without adding another two to three years to their graduate student life. Our students clearly needed help in dealing more effectively with such dilem mas, and it was therefore fortuitous when, in the autumn of 1991, we welcomed two superb visiting professors to our laboratories.
Author : Francis Yin Yee Lau,Craig Kuziemsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 1550586017
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Author : Muriel J. Harris
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781119151050
A practical introduction to participatory program evaluation Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation, with a participatory model that brings stakeholders together for the good of the program. Linking community assessment, program implementation, and program evaluation, this book emphasizes practical, ongoing evaluation strategies that connect theory with application. This updated second edition includes new discussion on planning policy change programs using logic models and theory of change, plus expanded coverage of processes, outcomes, data collection, and more. Each chapter includes classroom activities and group discussion prompts, and the companion website provides worksheets, lecture slides, and a test bank for instructors. Mini cases help illustrate the real-world applications of the methods described, and expanded case studies allow students to dig deeper into practice and apply what they've learned. Accurate and effective evaluation is the key to a successful program. This book provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of this critical function, with a wealth of opportunities to apply new concepts. Learn evaluation strategies that involve all program stakeholders Link theory to practice with new mini cases and examples Understand the uses, processes, and approaches to evaluation Discover how ongoing evaluation increases program effectiveness Public and community health programs are a vital part of our social infrastructure, and the more effective they are, the more people they can serve. Proper planning is important, but continued evaluation is what keeps a program on track for the long term. Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs provides clear instruction and insightful discussion on the many facets of evaluation, with a central focus on real-world service.