Quality Enhancement Research Initiative

Coblation Versus Microdebrider in Pediatric Intracapsular Tonsillotomy: A Comparison of Efficiency, Bleeding, and Revision Surgery

OBJECTIVE: Intracapsular tonsillectomy or "tonsillotomy" is an increasingly popular alternative to extracapsular tonsillectomy due to decreased bleeding risk and pain. Coblation and microdebrider are most frequently used, but studies comparing them are limited. We aimed to compar...

Appraising the role of students' industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) in developing employable skills: Nigerian higher education institutions' stakeholders' perspective

Purpose Despite several policies, studies have revealed that the unemployment rate among Nigerian Higher Education Institution (HEI) graduates is the highest on the continent. Evidence shows that a comprehensive, practice-based Students' Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)...

Distinguishing between clinical interventions and implementation strategies in trials

Abstract Background Trialists sometimes find it difficult to determine whether the innovation they are evaluating is a clinical intervention or an implementation strategy. The inaccurate classification of innovations can lead to negative consequences such as the misspecification...