title: Quality assessment of medical research and education.
abstract: Different aspects of the process of evaluating research and education are discussed, using the discipline of medicine as a model. The focus is primarily on potential problems in the design of an evaluation. The most important aspects of an assessment are: to create confidence in the evaluation among scientists and/or teachers who are being assessed before beginning; to find experts for whom the scientists and/or teachers have professional respect; to choose assessment methods in relation to the focus, level, and objectives of the evaluation; and to make the report of the evaluation's findings short and explicit.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011786:Quality Control; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*