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McBee, Elexis; Ratcliffe, Temple; Picho, Katherine; Artino, Anthony R., Jr.; Schuwirth, Lambert; Kelly, William; Masel, Jennifer; van der Vleuten, Cees; Durning, Steven J. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Context specificity and the impact that contextual factors have on the complex process of clinical reasoning is poorly understood. Using situated cognition as the theoretical framework, our aim was to evaluate the verbalized clinical reasoning processes of resident physicians in order to describe what impact the presence of contextual factors have…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Clinical Diagnosis, Abstract Reasoning, Physicians
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Malkoc, Mehtap; Karadibak, Didem; Yldrm, Yucel – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of physiotherapy on ventilator dependency and lengths of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Patients were divided into two groups. The control group, which received standard nursing care, was a retrospective chart review. The data of control patients who were not receiving physiotherapy were obtained…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Hospitals, Outcomes of Treatment
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Lyle, Carl B., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
A cost containment program initiated in 1975 on the medical teaching service of Charlotte Memorial Hospital, a University of North Carolina affiliated hospital, has led to a significant improvement in hospital house staff utilization of facilities and procedures. In the outpatient setting an actual reduction in patient-encounter cost was realized…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinics, Comparative Analysis, Costs