Development of a standardized data base for clinical evaluation.
This paper offers a frank discussion of the difficulties involved in developing a standardized data base. These difficulties include: agreement on diagnostic coding, compliance in input of data, philosophical differences among the schools and colleges of optometry, assessment of clinical competence, and comparison among institutions.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D007256:Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009907:Optometry / Q000592:standards; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000592:standards; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards