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K R Cox

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1993

Campaign '92: three more years!

Creative planning and well-executed graphics produced an upbeat approach to preparing staff for a JCAHO accreditation visit. Five humorous and highly visible strategies were used in a coordinated eight-week "campaign." Not only did the institution "pass the test" but there was a consensus among staff nurses that they had felt comfortable, confident and in control during interviews with the JCAHO surveyor.

Accreditation↗
PubMed1988

Improving the effectiveness of Society meetings and stimulating surgical research: an overview of a Surgical Research Society of Australasia workshop.

The Surgical Research Society of Australasia organized a workshop in October 1984 to consider how to maximize the effectiveness of the Society and its meetings. Four working parties addressed the aims and directions of the Society, the planning of meeting, the selection and presentation of papers, and education in surgical research. An overview of the workshop is presented in abbreviated form.

Australia↗
PubMed1984

A community of scholars or scholars of the community? A note on the limits of relevance.

Universities are increasingly expected to be accountable for the large sums of public money they spend. Universities in Australia are currently under pressure to turn out graduates who are technically trained for immediate entry into the work force. Universities are expected to teach knowledge and skills which are relevant to what the community needs now. If the universities accept such obligations of accountability and relevance, what are the implications for the university enterprise? Over the past decade, medical schools have attempted to spell out their purposes, writing their overall goals and then specific objectives to guide teaching in all departments. These lists of goals and objectives usually incorporate a strong orientation to meeting current community needs. One expression of these community needs is the call for 'Health for all by the year 2000', supported by all governments through the World Health Organization. Turning out graduates to provide community health care would be a relevant goal which an accountable medical school could hardly deny. What evidence is available about university responses to such needs?

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1980

Measurement plus judgement in examinations.

All examinations require the exercise of judgement at many points, whatever the method of scoring. In the Part 1 Examination of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons these judgements are inextricably linked with policies on what is being tested (basic science or basic surgery, knowledge or application), what are the needs of practice and what must be covered in the discipline (choices of inclusion/exclusion on breadth/depth, core material/growing edge), and what are the levels of expectation (difficulty of questions, pass level). Examination scores have a measurable reliability. Confidence limits can be calculated on each candidate's score, but decisions must be made in the grey zone around the pass mark. If candidates did not enter the examination with equal chances because of external circumstances, judgements must be made about the level of disadvantage before deciding how to weight their score.

Australia↗
PubMed1979

Intern training in New South Wales.

The process of intern training in New South Wales is at present undergoing critical examination. This article is a brief review of the status of intern training in Australia and New Zealand as revealed by a survey of accredited hospitals and the medical boards. Also reported are the results of a questionnaire widely distributed to the medical profession in New South Wales which sought its views on the nature of, and problems with, the internship.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1979

Attitides towards peer review.

The Australian Commonwealth Minister for Health called on the Australian Medical standards in Australia. Among the initial responses of the AMA was the organization of a National Seminar of Peer Review. Participants were asked to identify questions they would like to have answered about peer review and about aspects of a peer review system which they would perceive as necessary for its acceptability. Responses to these questions are analyzed and discussed. Implications for the introduction of peer review in Australia are examined, and strategies for gaining the commitment of the profession to the implementation of peer review are suggested.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗