Assessing Quality of Care

Internists’ Attitudes About Assessing and Maintaining Clinical Competence

“…15,16 Only one-quarter of respondents reported receiving useful feedback on their medical knowledge and quality of care most or all/ almost all of the time. Despite respondents' strong support for Board Certification, and emerging evidence of an association between participation in Maintenance of Certification activities and the quality of actual care, [17][18][19][20] only slightly more than half of respondents had used MOC resources in the last 3 years. Refinements of MOC products, coupled with other strategies for educating and engaging physicians in ongoing activities to maintain competence, are needed.…”

Internists’ Attitudes About Assessing and Maintaining Clinical Competence

“…15,16 Only one-quarter of respondents reported receiving useful feedback on their medical knowledge and quality of care most or all/ almost all of the time. Despite respondents' strong support for Board Certification, and emerging evidence of an association between participation in Maintenance of Certification activities and the quality of actual care, [17][18][19][20] only slightly more than half of respondents had used MOC resources in the last 3 years. Refinements of MOC products, coupled with other strategies for educating and engaging physicians in ongoing activities to maintain competence, are needed.…”

Standardized Diagnostics Including PET-CT Imaging, Bilateral Tonsillectomy and Neck Dissection Followed by Risk-Adapted Post-Operative Treatment Favoring Radio-Chemotherapy Improve Survival of Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Patients

“…The sound approach recommended by ASCO and NCCN (7,8) and implemented into our clinical routine along establishing of the MDTB yielded positive effects by choosing the right treatment for the right NSCCUP-P approaching more often the ultimate goal providing the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, all the time (36). ND and cisplatin-based PORCT, whenever advised due to ECE+ or bilateral malignancypositive neck nodes, improve outcome in NSCCUP-P.…”

An assessment of the Chilean National Examination of Orthopaedic Surgery

“…Although a multiple-choice examination like the EMNOT cannot directly assess all the necessary competencies required of orthopaedic surgeons [ 12 ], it serves as a standardized evaluation tool of cognitive competencies. This is an extremely important function given that medical knowledge influences the quality of patients’ care [ 13 , 14 ].…”

Internists’ Attitudes About Assessing and Maintaining Clinical Competence

“…15,16 Only one-quarter of respondents reported receiving useful feedback on their medical knowledge and quality of care most or all/ almost all of the time. Despite respondents' strong support for Board Certification, and emerging evidence of an association between participation in Maintenance of Certification activities and the quality of actual care, [17][18][19][20] only slightly more than half of respondents had used MOC resources in the last 3 years. Refinements of MOC products, coupled with other strategies for educating and engaging physicians in ongoing activities to maintain competence, are needed.…”

Standardized Diagnostics Including PET-CT Imaging, Bilateral Tonsillectomy and Neck Dissection Followed by Risk-Adapted Post-Operative Treatment Favoring Radio-Chemotherapy Improve Survival of Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Patients

“…The sound approach recommended by ASCO and NCCN (7,8) and implemented into our clinical routine along establishing of the MDTB yielded positive effects by choosing the right treatment for the right NSCCUP-P approaching more often the ultimate goal providing the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, all the time (36). ND and cisplatin-based PORCT, whenever advised due to ECE+ or bilateral malignancypositive neck nodes, improve outcome in NSCCUP-P.…”

An assessment of the Chilean National Examination of Orthopaedic Surgery

“…Although a multiple-choice examination like the EMNOT cannot directly assess all the necessary competencies required of orthopaedic surgeons [ 12 ], it serves as a standardized evaluation tool of cognitive competencies. This is an extremely important function given that medical knowledge influences the quality of patients’ care [ 13 , 14 ].…”

Internists’ Attitudes About Assessing and Maintaining Clinical Competence

“…15,16 Only one-quarter of respondents reported receiving useful feedback on their medical knowledge and quality of care most or all/ almost all of the time. Despite respondents' strong support for Board Certification, and emerging evidence of an association between participation in Maintenance of Certification activities and the quality of actual care, [17][18][19][20] only slightly more than half of respondents had used MOC resources in the last 3 years. Refinements of MOC products, coupled with other strategies for educating and engaging physicians in ongoing activities to maintain competence, are needed.…”

Standardized Diagnostics Including PET-CT Imaging, Bilateral Tonsillectomy and Neck Dissection Followed by Risk-Adapted Post-Operative Treatment Favoring Radio-Chemotherapy Improve Survival of Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Patients

“…The sound approach recommended by ASCO and NCCN (7,8) and implemented into our clinical routine along establishing of the MDTB yielded positive effects by choosing the right treatment for the right NSCCUP-P approaching more often the ultimate goal providing the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, all the time (36). ND and cisplatin-based PORCT, whenever advised due to ECE+ or bilateral malignancypositive neck nodes, improve outcome in NSCCUP-P.…”

An assessment of the Chilean National Examination of Orthopaedic Surgery

“…Although a multiple-choice examination like the EMNOT cannot directly assess all the necessary competencies required of orthopaedic surgeons [ 12 ], it serves as a standardized evaluation tool of cognitive competencies. This is an extremely important function given that medical knowledge influences the quality of patients’ care [ 13 , 14 ].…”