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Mastering The Head-To-Toe AssessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You probably practiced your head-to-toe assessment a bunch in your EMT class. Maybe more than any other skill in the EMT curriculum. If your class was or is anything like mine (as a student or a teacher) you performed the head-to-toe assessment again and again. As much as we practice this skill in EMT class, I often wonder why so many EMT’s have such bad head-to-toe skills out on the street. It seems that, once we get out on the street, the systematic, thorough head-to-toe assessment falls out of favor and quickly gets replaced with the faster, more direct focused assessment. That works just fine most of the time. ...
Source: The EMT Spot - February 8, 2010 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Skills emergency emergency medical technician EMS EMT emt skill focused focused assessment head-to-toe head-to-toe assessment medical emergencies patient assessment physical assessment primary primary assessment Source Type: blogs

Raging AlcoholicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.ragingalcoholic.com/I assume alcoholism or problem drinking is affecting you in someway. A way you really aren’t happy about. We’re here to give you information and access to resources. For: AnyoneTopics: Abnormal, Addiction, Anger, Behaviour Management, Chronic Disease, Clinical Decision Making, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Depression, Emotional Health, Family Therapy, Fatherhood, General Psychology, General Science, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Trauma, Treatment PlanningFeatures: Articles, Assessment Instruments, Case Studies, Cl...
Source: PsychSplash - February 5, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Abnormal Addiction Anger Anyone Articles Assessment Instruments Behaviour Management Case Studies Chronic Disease Clinical Decision Making Clinical Psychology Clinical Tools Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Collaborative News Databa Source Type: blogs

Science based risk assessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ask people why the enter the lottery and they will usually tell you that “you’ve got to be in it to win it”. As far as it goes that’s true, but it still doesn’t get around the odds of you picking the right numbers being vanishingly (although not quite homeopathically) small at 14 million to 1 against for 6 numbers from a 1-49 selection. Compare their feelings about their chances of winning the lottery to succumbing to the toxic effects of their favourite tipple or a disease triggered by dietary whim and they may well respond, that such problems are more likely to happen to “other people&...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - February 3, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science assessment risk sciencebased Source Type: blogs

Medicine Between The FramesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of my favorite bloggers, Seth Godin, recently introduced me to the work of Scott McCloud, an author who’s written several classic books on understanding comic books. Scott dissects the comic medium and explains the ongoing allure of the comic book to the uninitiated. One of Scott’s observations is that comic books require imagination on the part of the reader because, in all great comic books, the action occurs between the frames. The artist only shows you snapshots of action and dialogue. Most of the story takes place in our heads. The real story is the stuff that we invent that happened in-between th...
Source: The EMT Spot - January 28, 2010 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment EMT emt assessment emt questions Source Type: blogs

The Non-Conformists’ Guide is Here!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve gone live with the book and newsletter sign up and it appears that everything is running smoothly. I’ve already had a half dozen sign-ups and the link has only been posted for a few minutes. Thanks for your patience. This writing project took me nearly six months to finish. I had an idea of what I wanted this book to be and I wasn’t willing to stop until I’d succeeded. The result is The Non-Conformists’ Guide to EMS Success. This is no pamphlet or power point slide show. This is 48 pages, almost 16,000 words, and chapter after chapter of compelling ideas designed to challenge the way you...
Source: The EMT Spot - January 21, 2010 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Everything Else Guest Authors Knowledge Skills The Big Get It e-book join news newsletter nonconformist nonconformists guide sign-up splatter Source Type: blogs

The Experiences of Alcohol DependenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: This systematic analysis of a small sample of alcohol dependent individuals gives insight into their experiences during alcohol dependency and the journey to recovery. The findings suggest that denial of the problem to the outside world occurs simultaneously with individuals being aware of their problem. Participants felt the illness carries a stigma and their negative experiences of health professionals other than GP’s suggests that nurses and other health workers need to revise their understanding of alcohol dependence and their approach to it. AA was a significant factor in recovery for these partic...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 18, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Loss of control Research Stages of Change Symptoms of addiction alcohol-dependence British deny drinking GP's nurses Source Type: blogs

The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome – DetoxEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Detoxification from alcohol abuse. The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common management problem in hospital practice for neurologists, psychiatrists and general physicians alike. Although some patients have mild symptoms and may even be managed in the outpatient setting, others have more severe symptoms or a history of adverse outcomes that requires close inpatient supervision and benzodiazepine therapy. Many patients with AWS have multiple management issues; withdrawal symptoms, delirium tremens (DT’s), the Wernickeâ€“Korsakoff syndrome, seizures, depression, polysubstance abuse, electrolyte dist...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 15, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Detoxification Disease of addiction Drugs Medication Stages of Change Symptoms of addiction DT liver neurologist outpatient physician psychitrist Wernickeâ€“Korsakoff withdrawa Source Type: blogs

The E-Book is Coming!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OK, I can’t keep this to myself any longer. It’s time for the big announcement. With the final draft still in the mail from my editorial team and the final design still lacking a few details, it would probably be best to just keep this under wraps for a few more weeks, but I can’t wait. My first E-book is scheduled for release on January 21st, one week from today. The e-book will be free and it will be available right here at The Spot. The Book is called The Non-Conformists Guide to EMS Success. This book is the culmination of two decades of EMS experiences, mistakes, failures, trials, and errors that l...
Source: The EMT Spot - January 14, 2010 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Everything Else Knowledge Research and News Skills The Big Get It career e-book ebook EMS EMT guide job job frustration job perfomance job satasfaction nonconformist nonconformists guide success Source Type: blogs

Two tools for screening risk: STarT Back Tool and Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening QuestionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study asked 244 patients seen in eight GP practices in the UK to complete the two questionnaires, plus a number of other questionnaires – unfortunately these are not listed in this paper, although they are included in a previous paper (Hill, Dunn, Lewis et al, 2008). Correlations and discriminant analyses were carried out, and the results detailed in this paper. Only 53% of the patients actually completed the questionnaires. That’s probably quite good in terms of usual response rate, but a little low for the purposes of being able to make effective generalisations. The correlations between the SBT and OMPS...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 11, 2010 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: assessment back pain CBT Chronic pain cognitive behavioural therapy disability health healthcare Low back pain occupational therapy rehabilitation treatment Source Type: blogs

Working memory: a better predictor of academic success than IQ?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, typically developing students were tested for their IQ and working memory at 5 years old and again when they were 11 years old. They were also tested on their academic attainments in reading, spelling and maths. Findings and Educational Implications The findings revealed that a child’s success in all aspects of learning is down to how good their working memory is regardless of IQ score. Critically, working memory at the start of formal education is a more powerful predictor of subsequent academic success than IQ in the early years. This unique finding is important as it addresses concerns that general inte...
Source: SharpBrains - January 10, 2010 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Tracy Alloway Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning academic-success Automated-Working-Memory-Assessment cognitive-development cognitive-skills general-intelligence IQ math Psychological Corporation reading spelling Source Type: blogs

What actually gets taught on a homeopathy course: part 1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this post is to reveal a few samples of things that are taught on a homeopathy ‘degree’ course. The course in question was the "BSc Hons homeopathy course at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). Entry to this course was closed in 2008 and, after an internal review, UCLAN closed almost all of the rest of its courses in alternative medicine too. The university is to be commended for this . The purpose of making public some of what used to be taught is not to embarrass UCLAN, which has already done the sensible thing, but to make it clear that the sort of thing taught on such courses ...
Source: DC's goodscience - January 6, 2010 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia CAM Cancer act Central Lancashire Freedom of Information Act Malcolm McVicar Quality assessment Society of Homeopaths Unfair Trading Universities University of Central Lancashire homeopathy vice-chancellors alternative m Source Type: blogs

Pain Medication AbuseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
About 4 Percent of Pain Patients Abuse Meds, Study Estimates A new study finds that 3.8 percent of chronic-pain patients misuse prescription medications like OxyContin and Percocet, a rate about four times higher than among the general population, Reutersreported Aug. 3. Researcher Michael F. Fleming of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and colleagues also found that patients who had addiction problems tended to exhibit "aberrant" behavior, such as requesting early refills, raising dosage without authorization, intentionally oversedating themselves, or using opioids for reasons other than treating pain. The...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 4, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Assessment Disease of addiction Drugs Medication Research Source Type: blogs

The Personality Traits of AlcoholicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Psychopathological symptoms and personality traits in alcohol-dependent patients: a comparative study. The aim of this paper was to describe the psychopathological and personality profile associated with alcohol dependence and to compare it with those of non-addictive disorders and the normal population. The sample consisted of 158 alcohol-dependent participants attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic, 120 psychiatric patients with non-addictive disorders and 103 participants from the general population chosen to match the patient samples for age, gender and socioeconomic level. All participants were assesse...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 3, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholism Assessment Research Symptoms of addiction addictive personality alcoholic personailty antisocial histrionic impulsive narcissistic psychiatric Source Type: blogs

Arne Duncan’s Chicago SchoolsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By David BoazThe Washington Post reports on what new data reveal about the Chicago public schools run for the past seven years by Arne Duncan, now President Obama’s secretary of education: This month, the mathematics report card was delivered: Chicago trailed several cities in performance and progress made over six years. Miami, Houston and New York had higher scores than Chicago on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Boston, San Diego and Atlanta had bigger gains. Even fourth-graders in the much-maligned D.C. schools improved nearly twice as much since 2003. As I’ve said before, what always struck...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 29, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: David Boaz Tags: Education and Child Policy Government and Politics Arne Duncan chicago public schools chicago schools national assessment of educational progress secretary of education Source Type: blogs

Postural Sway in AlcoholicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Postural sway among abstinent alcoholics can be improved up to a point Excessive sway during quiet standing is a common and significant consequence of chronic alcoholism, even after prolonged sobriety, and can lead to fall-related injury and even death. A new study of residual postural instability in alcohol-abstinent men and women shows that alcoholics improve with prolonged sobriety, but the improvement may not fully erase the problem of instability. Results will be published in the March 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View. “Caricatures depict ac...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - December 22, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Brain Loss of control Research Women intoxicated postural sway sobriety stumbling weaving wobbly Source Type: blogs

The Art of The Pulse CheckEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fast or Slow, Strong or Weak, Regular or Irregular I’d like to teach you how to take a pulse in three seconds or less. Yes it’s possible. I am, quite possibly, about to contradict everything you learned about taking a patients pulse in your EMT class. Hear me out on this one. In general, I think we overemphasize the importance of coming up with a set of numbers that represent the patients vital signs and we underemphasized the importance of placing the patients vitals in context for their condition. The pulse is a prime example of this dynamic at work. The patients pulse holds a wealth of clinically si...
Source: The EMT Spot - December 19, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Skills emt assessment pulse vital signs Source Type: blogs

Nursing Times 2009 (Vol. 105 No. 48)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fade Fave: Depression in adults with long term conditions 1: how to identify and assess symptoms. Fade Skinny: The first in a two part unit depression in adults with long term conditions. NICE has provided guidance on carrying out assessments to identify and manage mental health problems. The article discussed prevalence and causes of depression in this group, how to identify and assess the condition and the initial management options. For a copy of this article please contact Fade Library. Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Assessment, Depression, Disease Management, Long Term Conditions, Mental Health, N...
Source: Fade Library - December 14, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: hmedley99 Tags: Current Awareness Journals Assessment Depression Disease Management Long Term Conditions Mental Health NICE Patient Management Prevalence Source Type: blogs

Long Term Care LivingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://longtermcareliving.com/LongTermCareLiving.com provides consumers with needed information nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care. For: Anyone, ConsumersTopics: Anxiety, Child and Adolescent, Depression, Emotional Health, Life, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Assessment, VariedFeatures: Articles, Collaborative News, Databases, Glossary, Information, Links, Patient Handouts, e-learning LongTermCareLiving.com provides consumers with needed information nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care. Learn how to: Find and select a ...
Source: PsychSplash - December 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anxiety Anyone Articles Child and Adolescent Collaborative News Consumers Databases Depression Emotional Health Features For Glossary Information Life Links Patient Handouts Quality of Life Quality of Life Assessment To Source Type: blogs

Information tribunal rejects appeal by University of Central Lancashire. Freedom of Information wins!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion 62 It is for these reasons that we uphold the Decision Notice. We record our gratitude for the helpful and succinct submissions of counsel on both sides and the incisive contribution of Professor Colquhoun. We wish to add that, whilst we have not accepted the great majority of the arguments advanced by UCLAN, we do not in any way seek to cast doubt on the veracity of the evidence of its witnesses, nor the honesty and loyalty with which they have sought to serve its interests. 63 Our decision is unanimous. Signed David Farrar Q.C. Watch this space to see what can now be revealed. Follow-up (Source: DC's goodscience)
Source: DC's goodscience - December 8, 2009 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia Anti-science CAM Central Lancashire Freedom of Information Act Malcolm McVicar Quality assessment UCLAN University of Central Lancashire antiscience badscience homeopathy management bollocks vice-chancellors Informatio Source Type: blogs

Back to the basics: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychosocial Factors in Low Back PainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In New Zealand, the national accident insurer, Accident Compensation Corporation, has been reviewing its pain management service contracts. The latest message from both the Government and ACC is the need to reduce costs (not that I’ve ever heard anyone say ‘let’s go for broke, let’s spend all we can!’) and one way to do this is to look at how to reduce the risk of long-term disability associated with chronic pain. So, in their pursuit of ways to do this, ACC has consulted with providers and reviewed opinions about services provided to claimants under the various pain services contracts and com...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - December 2, 2009 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain assessment cognitive behavioural therapy health occupational therapy psychology ACC Accident Compensation Corporation biopsychosocial CBT Clinical reasoning Education pain management physiotherapy research Return Source Type: blogs

A very thorough explanation of psychosocial assessment for painEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I happened upon the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists website recently, and amongst some of the many resources found there, I located a very thorough description of psychosocial assessment for chronic pain. It’s a synthesis of many authors and resources and despite the orientation to medical assessment, and some of the discussion around ‘malingering’, it offers some very useful advice and content for anyone working in this field. Here’s the document in its entirety – please make sure you acknowledge the source, as the authors do indicate that the work is not original and is d...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - December 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: CME Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Education/CME assessment psychology biopsychosocial health healthcare pain management Resources therapy Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Misuse Among the ElderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An Opportunity for Prevention Abstract: Current US census estimates predict that by the year 2020, 18% of the population will be 65 years or older. As most adults in this age group have health care needs, it is vital that clinicians are competent in identifying and intervening in the most common health issues among older adults. The article in this issue by Blazer and Wu again reminds us that alcohol use, including binge drinking, is common among older adults and that despite popular culture, alcohol misuse does not disappear as one ages. As noted in the article, the findings are very consistent with other epidemiological ...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - November 18, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Demographics Drugs Medication Older Adults Relapse prevention Research Symptoms of addiction Women at-risk drinking binge drinking Source Type: blogs

Test For Unconsciousness: The Sternal RubEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ahhh the embattled sternal rub. Revered, reviled … the sternal rub is the Ann Coulter of medical interventions. Abrasive, annoying, loved by many, hated by many more. The subject of the usefulness of the sternal rub is bound to cause controversy in any EMS forum. In other words … it’s a great subject for The Spot. Like many controversial assessments and treatments, the sternal rub (sometimes referred to as the sternum rub) got its bad-boy reputation more from its misuse than from its own shortcomings. Never-the-less, the technique does have its shortcomings. Like so many other tools, it has its place wh...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 17, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Skills coma EMT emt assessment face flick glasgow glasgow coma score hand drop hand drop test sternal rub sternum rub unconsciousness unresponsive Source Type: blogs

International Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Health Care 2009 (Vol 25 No 4)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article assesses the role of MEDLINE and EMBASE in identifying economic evaluations. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Contingent Valuation, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Embase, Medline, Technology Assessment (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - November 16, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Journals Contingent Valuation Cost Effectiveness Databases Embase Medline Technology Assessment Source Type: blogs

Another Education Road Sign Screaming “Stop!”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This morning the National Center for Education Statistics released a new report, Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto NAEP Scores: 2005-2007. What the results make clear (for about the billionth time) is that government control of education has put us on a road straight to failure. Still, many of those who insist on living in denial about constant government failure in education will yet again refuse to acknowledge reality, and will actually point to this report as a reason to go down many more miles of bad road. According to the report, almost no state has set its “proficiency” levels on par with those...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 29, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Neal McCluskey Tags: Education and Child Policy General Government and Politics bureaucrat curricular standards failure government control government schooling national assessment of educational progress no child left behind parent politicians proficie Source Type: blogs

Guidance on qualified first aidersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Guidance on qualified first aiders Skinny: National Minimum Standards (NMS) state: ‘a qualified first aider should be available at all times’ (NMS 38.2 for Older People and 42.2 for Younger Adults). This guidance is aimed at providers so that they can ensure the right first aid provision for people who use their services. It explains the factors that a care service provider can take into account when doing a risk assessment to find out their first aid needs. These include: the needs of service users how likely it is that first aid will be needed what kind of first aid is likely to be needed Publisher: Care ...
Source: Fade Library - October 27, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Clinical Governance First Aid Grey Literature Guidance Private Sector Public Sector Quality Residential Care Risk Evaluation Ris Evaluation Risk Assessment Source Type: blogs

Atypical Cardiac Chest PainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We taught you what cardiac chest pain looked like, right? You remember. We painted the perfect picture for you in your cardiac emergencies lecture in your EMT class. The pain felt like a pressure. It was brought on by exertion. It radiated to the left arm and through to the back. Sometimes, in your EMT skills stations, we would get fancy and have it begin at rest and radiate to the jaw. Just trying to keep you on your toes after all. All this stuff is good to know. But we may have done you a disservice. You may be walking around with the idea that you can do a quick OPQRST and a SAMPLE and walk away with a fairly good ...
Source: The EMT Spot - October 22, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Assessment Knowledge atypical chest pain cardiac chest pain emt assessment opqrst pain scale pain scale 1-10 sample subjective Source Type: blogs

Not much Freedom of Information at University of Wales, University of Kingston, Robert Gordon University or Napier UniversityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion I was told by the Univerity of Kingston that “The course is one which the University has validated and continues to be subject to the University’s quality assurance procedures, such as internal subject reviews, annual monitoring and external examining” The only conclusion to be drawn from this is that “quality arrurance procedures” work about as well in universities as they did in the case of baby Peter. No doubt they were introduced with worthy aims. But in practice they occupy vast amounts of time for armies of bureaucrats, and because the brain does not need to be engaged they end u...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 20, 2009 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia CAM Central Lancashire Chinese medicine Edinburgh Napier University Education Freedom of Information Act Malcolm McVicar Marc Clement Michael Pittilo Northern College of Acupuncture Public relations Quality assessment Ro Source Type: blogs

All That NAEP Tells Us Is Things Ain’t GoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday, another round of scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress – the so-called “Nation’s Report Card” — came out. They revealed flattened 4th-grade math achivement between 2007 and 2009, and a two point (out of 500) increase in 8th grade. So what do these bits of data portend? Ask the experts: “The trend is flat; it’s a plateau. Scores are not going anywhere, at least nowhere important,” said Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, according to the New York Times. “That means that eight years after enactment of No Child Left Behind, th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 15, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Neal McCluskey Tags: Education and Child Policy CER education spending federal education finn national assessment of educational progress no child left behind school Source Type: blogs

Psychological Research on the InternetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.htmlOn this website, you will find links to known experiments on the internet that are psychologically related. They are organized by general topic area with the topic areas listed chronologically with the most recently added at the top. For: AnyoneTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Addiction, Anger, Behaviour Management, Child and Adolescent, Clinical Decision Making, Clinical Psychology, Clinicial Trials, Depression, General Psychology, Mental Health, PsychometricsFeatures: Assessment Instruments, Clinical Tools, Information, Online Research On this website, you will find links to...
Source: PsychSplash - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Abnormal Addiction Anger Anyone Assessment Instruments Behaviour Management Child and Adolescent Clinical Decision Making Clinical Psychology Clinical Tools Clinicial Trials Depression Features For General Psychology I Source Type: blogs

ACT – some evidence for acceptance & commitment therapy in chronic painEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was carried out with a group of over 100 participants attending a pain management programme. Two measurement times were used – at the time of screening for acceptance onto the programme and at the time participants started treatment, with a period of 18 weeks or so between them. None of the participants in the study had active treatment, so this is simply a study of the relationship between one variable at one point in time, and another variable at another point in time without intervention. Although you could argue that assessment is an interventions, and it’s certainly something we’ve o...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 14, 2009 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills Resilience assessment health therapy acceptance ACT research treatment values Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Use for PainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the occurrence of alcohol use to manage pain in community-dwelling adults with tooth pain, jaw joint/face pain, and arthritis. Race/ethnicity, sex, and age were examined to determine their associations with alcohol use for pain. Community-dwelling adults from South Florida with tooth pain (n = 1,767), jaw joint/face pain (n = 1,199), or arthritis pain (n = 1,355) completed a structured telephone interview. Logistic regression models indicted that, similar to population rates, non-Hispanic whites and males were the most likely to use alcohol to manage pain. In addition, alcohol use for pain...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - October 6, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Drugs Medication Narcotics Anon Research Target populations arthritis face pain jaw joint orofacial tooth Source Type: blogs

WJ III Braille Adapted achievement tests now availableEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sorry. After making this post there were reported technical difficulties with links. Can't figure it out just yet. Will update in the future (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - October 2, 2009 Category: Neurologists Tags: braille assessment adpatations accomodations American Printing House for Blind achievement WJ III Source Type: blogs

Implicit AssociationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Presented by the University of Washington and Yale University, there are different assessments that don’t take much time to take (usually five minutes or less) and have different things in them–such as gender, race, names, presidents, etc. When you take the assessment, you pick what you feel is related to that name or meaning. For: Clinicians, Researchers, Students, Teachers, ConsumersTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Academia, Addiction, Behaviour Management, Bipolar, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology and Technology, Teaching, Writing, Academia, B...
Source: PsychSplash - September 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Academia Assessment Instruments Behaviour Management Clinical Tools Cognitive Consumers Editor's Pick Features For Information Teaching Topics Source Type: blogs

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2009 (Vol 25 Supplement 1)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article looks at the general development and present situation concerning health technology assessment in the UK including its developments and rising concerns. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Decision Making, Health Planning, Health Technology Assessment (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - September 29, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Journals Decision Making Health Planning Health Technology Assessment Source Type: blogs

Is 360-degree feedback for doctors usefull or not?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During residency new doctors are faced with several assessments. The 360-degree feedback is just one of them. It involves the evaluation of performance on various tasks by, firstly, peers with knowledge of a similar scope of practice, secondly, co-workers from allied health professions and, thirdly, patients. Or: ‘letting future behaviour be guided by a systematic and critical analysis of past actions and their consequences’. How the 360-degree feedback is put into practice differs with were they work. The most often heard complaint by residents about these 360-degree feedback is: “how can a secretary judge me&#...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - September 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Education assessment feedback medical education Source Type: blogs

Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day: Aphasia AssessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions & Implications: The data support the reliability and validity of the Scenario Test as an instrument for examining daily-life communication in aphasia. The test focuses on multimodal communication; its psychometric qualities enable future studies on the effect of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) training in aphasia.PMID: 19724959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - September 16, 2009 Category: Neurologists Tags: cva neuropsychology assessment aphasia stroke brain CNS Source Type: blogs

Alcoholic Liver DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Addictive drinking, but not minor slips, is associated with increased mortality. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Disease of addiction Drugs Recovery Relapse prevention Target populations Training cirrhosis liver substance abuse Source Type: blogs

The Role of AA SponsorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 13, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Contrast to other models Disease of addiction Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Source Type: blogs

The Role of AA SponsorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The roles identified broadly corresponded with the AA literature delineating the duties of a sponsor. This non-random sample of sponsors was highly engaged in AA activity but only had a past history of moderate alcohol dependence. Research; The role of AA sponsors: a pilot study. Whelan PJ, Marshall EJ, Ball DM, Humphreys K. Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 Jul-Aug;44(4):416-22. Epub 2009 Mar 18. See also; 12 Step Sponsor Twelve-Step Programs as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. ALCOHOLISM MYTHS Screening for Alcohol Problems The Twelve-...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 13, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Contrast to other models Disease of addiction Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Source Type: blogs

Pandemic influenza paediatric clinical pathways: information for health care professionals working in primary care and the communityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Pandemic influenza paediatric clinical pathways: information for health care professionals working in primary care and the community The Skinny: Forms part of the Swine Flu Clinical Package and should be used with the adult modules and provides additional paediatric information suitable for clinical staff in locations where acute medical care may be provided to children. This information should be used in combination with local training by paediatric specialist staff as available to you. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 21p Published: 09/09/2009 Posted in Children, Grey Literature, Infants, Influenza, Neonates, ...
Source: Fade Library - September 10, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Children Grey Literature Infants Influenza NHS Neonates Pandemic Young People Acute Services Adults Ambulance Services Assessment Care Pathways H1N1 Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Research Shows $100 Billion Ed. Stimulus Likely Hurting EconomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tomorrow morning, the president’s Council of Economic Advisers will release a report assessing the short and long-term effects of the stimulus bill on the U.S. economy. As with previous iterations, this report will attempt to forecast overall effects of the stimulus across its many different components and the different economic sectors it targets. In doing so, it ignores the clearest research findings available pertaining to a key portion of the stimulus: k-12 education. The president has committed $100 billion in new money to the nation’s public school systems, and required that states accepting the funds pro...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 9, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Andrew J. Coulson Tags: Education and Child Policy Government and Politics Tax and Budget Policy department of education economic growth economists economy educational productivity k-12 money national assessment of educational progress public school publi Source Type: blogs

Handbook of AlcoholismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While the war on drugs continues to attract world attention, it is often overlooked that alcoholism remains a major worldwide health concern. No matter what your expertise, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 9, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Disease of addiction Medication Research Training books counselling dependent health war on drugs Source Type: blogs

Seven Flawless Physical Restraint TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physical restraint techniques and procedures are a subject of debate and controversy in EMS. Few agencies have taken the time and energy to research and develop a comprehensive restraint guideline for field providers to follow. When violent or aggressive patients show up (and they always do) EMT’s are left to fend for themselves. In these situations we take on a great deal of risk, both personal and legal, to bring the patient safely to the hospital. I’ve had my share of both good and bad take-downs. When things go well the call transitions smoothly from the street to the hospital. The patient stays protected,...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 8, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Skills advocate behavioral emergency care EMT emt assessment people care restraint Source Type: blogs

Intake Symptomatology and AA ParticipationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Longitudinal model of intake symptomatology, AA participation and outcome: Retrospective study of the project MATCH outpatient and aftercare samples. The present study used data gathered in Project... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 8, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Source Type: blogs

Identifying Teen Alcohol Abuse or DependenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The Chilean version of the AUDIT is a valid and reliable tool for identifying adolescents with hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use. The suggested cut-off points make screening with the AUDIT more accurate for adolescent populations. Research; Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Aug 1;103(3):155-8. Epub 2009 May 6. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screening instrument for adolescents. Santis R, Garmendia ML, Acuña G, Alvarado ME, Arteaga O. See also; 12-Step Treatment More Effective than Alternative Brief-TSF ASSESSMENT Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. Learn...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Demographics Research Symptoms of addiction Target populations Youth AUDIT Chile Chilean Spanish WHO World Health Organization Source Type: blogs

Safety behaviours – do they maintain kinesiophobia?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Let me start by saying this post is conjecture, but based both on observing patients, and after reading an interesting paper on ’subtle avoidance and safety behaviours relevant to social anxiety’. First some definitions: I hope you’re all familiar with the term ‘kinesiophobia’, or ‘fear of movement’ – it’s the fear and avoidance of movements that an individual believes will hurt or harm them. Safety behaviours: are strategies that may be used to reduce the anxiety of carrying out a behaviour – and are usually ‘logically’ linked to the underlying belief...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - August 24, 2009 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills Low back pain assessment psychology research therapy health disability pain management occupational therapy physiotherapy activity avoidance pain-related anxiety and avoidance coping strategies ki Source Type: blogs

The Team Around the Child TAC and the lead professional: A guide for managersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: The Team Around the Child TAC and the lead professional: A guide for managers The Skinny: Replaces guidance originally published by the DfES in 2006 and reprinted in 2007. It remains non-statutory guidance. The new guidance has been updated and re-titled in order to reflect policy developments and include revisions identified in consultation with practitioners and managers across the children and young people’s workforce. It also seeks to link together the processes and tools, to show how collaboratively they provide a package of support to help practitioners and managers implement integrated working in their prac...
Source: Fade Library - August 24, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Child Protection Services Children Education Grey Literature Interagency Relations Local Authorities NHS Public Sector Quality Social Services Vulnerable People Young People Common Assessment Framework Guidance Integrated Care Source Type: blogs

Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for managersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for managers The Skinny: Replaces guidance originally published by the DfES in 2006 and reprinted in 2007. It remains non-statutory guidance. The new guidance has been updated and re-titled in order to reflect policy developments and include revisions identified in consultation with practitioners and managers across the children and young people’s workforce. It also seeks to link together the processes and tools, to show how collaboratively they provide a package of support to h...
Source: Fade Library - August 24, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Children Education Grey Literature Local Authorities NHS Quality Social Services Vulnerable People Young People Child Protection Common Assessment Framework Guidance Integrated Care Integrated Working Management Safeguarding Source Type: blogs

Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for practitionersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention – The Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: A guide for practitioners The Skinny: Replaces guidance originally published by the DfES in 2006 and reprinted in 2007. It remains non-statutory guidance. The new guidance has been updated and re-titled in order to reflect policy developments and include revisions identified in consultation with practitioners and managers across the children and young people’s workforce. It also seeks to link together the processes and tools, to show how collaboratively they provide a package of support...
Source: Fade Library - August 24, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Child Protection Services Children Education Grey Literature Interagency Relations Local Authorities NHS Quality Social Services Vulnerable People Young People Common Assessment Framework Guidance Integrated Care Integrated Wor Source Type: blogs