This paper describes an enhancement to MetroScope, the land-use model component of an integrated model suite used to answer current-and next-generation policy questions facing Oregon Metro (the Portland regional planning organization) and other public agencies. The enhancement is designed to simulate more-detailed housing developer decision processes within an overall aggregate spatial equilibrium model (SEM) framework via a pro forma paradigm. The paper enumerates the policy questions that motivated the enhancement, discusses the integrated model framework, briefly reviews levels of detail available in existing models as context, and frames potential future research directions for additional decision process detail that would be helpful in the consumer modules of the model and potentially other SEMs currently in use.
Changes brought about by rapidly expanding information technology are affecting many aspects of life, including nursing education. Graduates must be comfortable and flexible with the use of information technology because they will be required to use it in their practice and continuing education activities. In this article, the authors describe their experience in implementing and refining the use of World Wide Web-based technology to teach pediatric health assessment to pediatric and family nurse practitioner students. The article includes reflections on preparation, implementation, and evaluation. The students' level of confidence in their ability to perform pediatric health assessment rose, as did their test scores, and faculty deemed the revision successful and timesaving for them.
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