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Baig, Lubna; Violato, Claudio; Crutcher, Rodney – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Introduction: The purpose of the study was to adduce evidence for estimating the construct validity of clinical competence measured through assessment instruments used for high-stakes examinations. Methods: Thirty-nine international physicians (mean age = 41 + 6.5 y) participated in high-stakes examination and 3-month supervised clinical practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Competence, Clinical Diagnosis
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Naifeh, James A.; Richardson, J. Don; Del Ben, Kevin S.; Elhai, Jon D. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The current study used factor mixture modeling to identify heterogeneity (i.e., latent classes) in 2 well-supported models of posttraumatic stress disorder's (PTSD) factor structure. Data were analyzed from a clinical sample of 405 Canadian veterans evaluated for PTSD. Results were consistent with our hypotheses. Each PTSD factor model was best…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Veterans
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White, Stacy E.; Lunsky, Yona; Grieve, Charlotte – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
In a mental health system where limited specialized services exist for individuals with intellectual disability (ID), patients using such services should be those with the most complex needs. The purpose of this study was to compare the profile of patients with ID served in a specialized unit (n = 40) to those in generic units (n = 141) within one…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
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Corna, Laurie M.; Cairney, John; Streiner, David L. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: To assess the prevalence of suicide ideation among community-dwelling older adults and the relationship between suicide ideation, major psychiatric disorder, and mental health service use. Design and Methods: We use data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 1.2: Mental Health and Well-being (CCHS 1.2). We estimate the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Health Services, Incidence, Mental Disorders, Public Health
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Lunsky, Yona; Gracey, Carolyn; Bradley, Elspeth – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Background: Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) represent a small, but challenging sub-group of patients within Ontario's mental health care system. However, few studies have documented the clinical characteristics of this population and examined how such individuals differ from other psychiatric patients, with or without intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Psychiatric Hospitals, Foreign Countries
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Coderre, Sylvain; Jenkins, Deirdre; Mclaughlin, Kevin – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Diagnosing is a knowledge-based skill: to diagnose one must retrieve knowledge from long-term memory and then apply this to a new clinical problem. Prior research on expertise found differences in knowledge structure between experts and novices, and it is assumed that the superior diagnostic performance of experts is somehow related to their…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Cognitive Structures, Long Term Memory
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Edmunds, Alan; Martsch-Litt, Shelley – Exceptionality Education International, 2008
Canadian teachers in inclusive classrooms are encountering more students with ADHD-like behaviours and making more referrals for formal diagnosis of the condition. Previous research suggests that ADHD diagnoses are susceptible to highly inconsistent and arbitrary assessment processes/criteria (Sanford & Ridley, 1995), thus probably…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Evaluation Criteria, Referral, Identification
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Hildebrand, Jenna M.; Spafford, Marlee M.; Schryer, Catherine F. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
We explored mediating concepts that affect clinical novices shifting between their talk "with" patients in eye examinations and their talk "about" patients in case presentations (nCPs). In a Canadian optometry teaching clinic, patient "chief concern or request", "illness experience", and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Optometry, Patients, Interpersonal Communication
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Langlois, L.; Martin, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Depression is more common among persons with an intellectual disability (ID) than the general population, and may be expected to increase with age just as in the general population. However, little is known about depression among older adults with ID. The literature has questioned the use of standard diagnostic criteria for depression…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Clinical Diagnosis, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
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Siklos, Susan; Kerns, Kimberly A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
Although no Canadian studies have been conducted, studies suggest parents of children with autism experience difficulties obtaining a diagnosis for their child. Fifty-six parents of children with autism completed three questionnaires providing information on the families' demographics, parents' experiences throughout the diagnostic process, and…
Descriptors: Parents, Identification, Area Studies, Autism
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Nachshen, Jennifer S.; Martin-Storey, Alexa; Campisi, Lisa; Stack, Dale; Schwartzman, Alex; Serbin, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Previous research on psychiatric and health disparities according to level of cognitive functioning has focused on adults within an American healthcare context. The current study compares children with and without cognitive and developmental delays in Quebec, Canada, using physician billing data from a longitudinal study of low-income,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Delays, Public Health, Public Policy
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Ashworth, Melody; Martin, Lynn; Hirdes, John P. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Increased knowledge of complex behaviors such as pica is needed to improve the support and services in the community for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Though the prevalence of pica has been documented extensively in institutionalized settings, few studies have explored its etiology. The aim of this study is to explore the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Etiology
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Truant, G. S.; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1991
Determined ranking of suicide risk factors by 81 psychiatrists. Hopelessness was ranked as most important risk factor, followed by Suicidal Ideation, Previous Attempts, Level of Mood and Affect, Quality of Relationships, Signs and Symptoms of Depression, and Social Integration. Notes less highly ranked factors and discusses significance of…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Foreign Countries, Psychiatry, Risk
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Goulet, Francois; Gagnon, Robert; Gingras, Marie-Eve – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2007
Introduction: The College des medecins du Quebec (CMQ) offers an individualized remedial professional development program to help physicians overcome selected clinical shortcomings. To measure the influence of the remedial professional development program, physicians who completed the program between 1993 and 2004 and who were assessed by peer…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Influences, Individual Instruction
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Kilbourn, Brent – Canadian Journal of Education, 1982
Describes progressive development of a beginning teacher over a three-month period and illustrates three vital aspects of the clinical supervisory process: the nature of respect for and development of the teacher's autonomy; the use of evidence in the supervisory process; and the way process depends on context and historical continuity.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Foreign Countries
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