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Patrizi, Patricia A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2010
The author discusses an assessment of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work over a 20-year period to improve end-of-life care in America. The case illustrates the evolution of the strategy from one focused on a multiyear randomized control trial of a series of hospital-based interventions that produced findings of "no effects" into several…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Health Services, Hospices (Terminal Care), Patients
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Robertson, Mary Kathryn; Umble, Karl E.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2003
Introduction: This article critiques the questions asked and methods used in research syntheses in continuing education (CE) in the health professions, summarizes the findings of the syntheses, and makes recommendations for future CE research and practice. Methods: We identified 1.5 research syntheses published after 1993 in which primary CE…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Occupations, Health Personnel, Professional Continuing Education