Tailoring interventions: Examining the evidence and identifying gaps

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Gagliardi, Anna R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intervention design; Program evaluation; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84055189117     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20141     Document Type: Note

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