Finding What Works in Health Care
Finding What Works in Health Care

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-07-20

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0309164257

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Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.

Level 2 Health and Social Care Diploma Shc 22 Assessment Workbook
Level 2 Health and Social Care Diploma Shc 22 Assessment Workbook

Author: Maria Ferreiro Peteiro

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03-27

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781471850301

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Produce knowledge evidence and make more progress between assessor visits with these separate write-in workbooks. These short assessment workbooks are designed to be written into and let you generate all knowledge evidence for your Health and Social Care L2 Diploma. You will generate the correct evidence by filling in the subject-specific questions and scenarios. Summaries of what you need to know, and what you should plan to demonstrate when you are being observed, will help you make further progress too. A mapping grid is provided the the L2 Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care, so that you can use these workbooks for that qualification too.

Complete Book of Colleges
Complete Book of Colleges

Author: Princeton Review (Firm)

Publisher: Princeton Review

Published: 2009-08-04

Total Pages: 1599

ISBN-13: 0375429409

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Target the schools that best match your interests and goals! TheComplete Book of Collegesprofiles all of the four-year colleges in the U.S. (more than 1,600!) and is the key to a successful college search. Complete Book of Collegesis packed with all of the information that prospective applicants need to know, including the details on: ·Academics ·Admissions requirements ·Application procedures ·Tuition and fees ·Transferring options ·Housing ·Financial Aid ·Athletics …and much, much more! Fully updated for 2010, theComplete Book of Collegescontains all of the latest information about each school. Its unique “Admissions Wizard” questionnaire is designed to help you find schools that meet your individual needs. With competition for college admission at an all-time high, count on The Princeton Review to provide you with the most thorough and accurate guidance on the market.

Complete Book of Colleges, 2011 Edition
Complete Book of Colleges, 2011 Edition

Author: Princeton Review (Firm)

Publisher: Princeton Review

Published: 2010-08-03

Total Pages: 1418

ISBN-13: 0375428054

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Lists more than 1,600 colleges and universities and provides information about admissions and academic programs.

School, Family, and Community Partnerships
School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Author: Joyce L. Epstein

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2018-07-19

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1483320014

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Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Score Higher on the UCAT
Score Higher on the UCAT

Author: Kaplan Test Prep

Publisher: Kaplan Test Prep

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1506260292

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The Expert Guide from Kaplan for 2021 entry One test stands between you and a place at the medical school of your dreams: the UCAT. With 1,500 questions, test-like practice exams, a question bank, and online test updates, Kaplan’s Score Higher on the UCAT, sixth edition, will help build your confidence and make sure you achieve a high score. We know it's crucial that you go into your UCAT exam equipped with the most up-to-date information available. Score Higher on the UCAT comes with access to additional online resources, including any recent exam changes, hundreds of questions, an online question bank, and a mock online test with full worked answers to ensure that there are no surprises waiting for you on test day. The Most Practice 1,500 questions in the book and online—more than any other UCAT book Three full-length tests: one mock online test to help you practise for speed and accuracy in a test-like interface, and two tests with worked answers in the book Online question bank to fine-tune and master your performance on specific question types Expert Guidance The authors of Score Higher on the UCAT have helped thousands of students prepare for the exam. They offer invaluable tips and strategies for every section of the test, helping you to avoid the common pitfalls that trip up other UCAT students. We invented test preparation—Kaplan (www.kaptest.co.uk) has been helping students for 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.

Communities in Action
Communities in Action

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 0309452961

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In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.