. A tradition of excellence in medicine was established during our first 50 years (1956-2006). It is our. Traditional sources of support for academic medicine from clini- cal activity, research grants and state#12;As UF's College of Medicine builds on 50 years of excellence and achievements, we ...

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The 5 elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were (a) researchers; (b) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; (c) ...

Academic medicine, often entrenched in biomedical and clinical research, has largely ignored the development and application of quality metrics to ensure the delivery of high-quality health care. Nevertheless, academic medicine has substantial opportunities to lead the charge in building a ...

Despite the fundamental transformations occurring in health care, academic medicine can maintain, and actually enhance, its value to society. But to do so will require a shared vision of where academic medicine should go. The author offers his own vision, one that includes (1) establishing true partnerships between ...

Data from the 2010 U.S. Census are a reminder of the diverse patient population in the United States and the growing health care needs of Americans. Academic health centers are tasked with reforming the system to expand its capacity for care and with cultivating innovation to generate the teaching, training, and research prowess needed to eliminate health disparities. At the ...

After the outbreak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, attention was focused on the restructuring and reorganization of nationally supported safe and sustainable blood supply systems. Networking and human capacity building in transfusion medicine were developed through World Health Organization initiatives. Educational materials were created for the core elements of ...

Acknowledging the growing disparities in health and health care that exist among immigrant families and minority populations in large urban communities, the UCLA Department of Family Medicine (DFM) sought a leadership role in the development of family medicine training and community-based participatory research (CBPR). Performing CBPR requires that ...

Women now constitute 43% of US medical students, 37% of residents, and 27% of full-time medical school faculty. Less than 11% of women faculty are full professors, however, compared to 31% of men, and these proportions haven't changed in more than 15 years. Since the proportion of women reaching the top ranks remains relatively low, the pool of women available for leadership positions in ...

Education, the process of teaching and learning, has remained a passion of those in academic medicine. The context has changed over time, but the skills required are universal. The goal of these efforts is training the finest otolaryngologists who deliver the best care to their patients and build the future or our specialty. ...

1 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING ACADEMIC of consideration of extenuating circumstances affecting students' academic performance. 1 Principles The policy extenuating circumstances in mitigation of poor academic performance should receive a fair hearing

Show All Titles for ACADEMIC (41). TUFTS/VET/CCM (1) Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University ...

The success of the federal investment in comparative effectiveness research will hinge on using the power of science to guide reforms in health care delivery and improve patient-centered outcomes. Translating the results of comparative effectiveness research into practice calls for the rigors of implementation science to ensure the efficient and systematic uptake, dissemination, and endurance of ...

The Wonca Working Party for Women and Family Medicine (WWPWFM) was organized in 2001 with the following objectives: to identify the key issues for women doctors; to review Wonca policies and procedures for equity and transparency; to provide opportunities to network at meetings and through the group's listserve and website; and to promote women doctors' participation in Wonca ...

To establish guidelines for more effectively incorporating part-time faculty into departments of internal medicine, a task force was convened in early 2007 by the Association of Specialty Professors. The task force used informal surveys, current literature, and consensus building among members of the Alliance for Academic Internal ...

Addressing the need for updated teaching hospital facilities is one of the most significant issues that an academic medical center faces. The authors describe the process they underwent in deciding to build a new facility at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Initial issues included whether or not the teaching hospital would continue to play ...

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) ...

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: (1) researchers; (2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; (3) ...

Summary:The general objective of the �Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity� was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and ...

Women in academic medicine are approaching parity without power. Although the number of women choosing careers in medicine has grown substantially over the last 35 years, there has not been a commensurate increase in the percentage of women in senior leadership positions. To redress this situation at the University of Illinois College ...

Global health has become an increasingly important focus of education, research, and clinical service in North American universities and academic health centers. Today there are at least 49 academically based global health programs in the United States and Canada, as compared with only one in 1999. A new academic society, the ...

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The Annual Reports for the Endowed Chairs in Infectious Diseases/AIDS Research, Transfusion Medicine

The academic health centers in the United States, their component schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, public health and veterinary medicine, as well as their teaching hospitals, have developed as major and essential c...

1 Emory University School of Medicine MEDICAL STUDENT HANDBOOK AND ACADEMIC PLANNER Academic Year 104 #12;3 INTRODUCTION THE PURPOSE OF THIS HANDBOOK This handbook is a reference for medical students UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND REGULATIONS 6 II OFFICE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION& STUDENT AFFAIRS 10 III ACADEMICS

's Transfusion Medicine Program, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is one of the three primary investigators and a transfusion medicine expert. The Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion (CISR

Academic medicine is entering an era of profound, unsettling change resulting not simply from the drastic transformation of the health care marketplace but more fundamentally from the chronic, growing gap between academic medicine's seemingly insatiable demand for total resources and the supply of resources that ...

This book presents a researched history of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine and traces its growth, from a couple of courses at the College of Philadelphia in the late eighteenth century, to its 225th anniversary in 1990. Highlighted are the school's contributions to science and medicine made by members of the school's faculty, including: ...

Managed care is the most important change in American medicine since medicine organized along modern lines at the beginning of the twentieth century. Civilian academic medical centers, the crown jewels of twentieth century medicine, will become so disadva...

The report analyzes the user needs of six existing science and engineering buildings and the implications of their needs on present and future university building designs and construction. This document presents data and conclusions resulting from a serie...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: While the past two decades have seen a shift towards evidence-based obstetrics and midwifery, the process through which a culture of evidence-based practice develops and is sustained within particular fields of clinical practice has not been well documented, particularly in LMICs (low- and middle-income countries). Forming part of a broader qualitative study of evidence-based ...

BackgroundWhile the past two decades have seen a shift towards evidence-based obstetrics and midwifery, the process through which a culture of evidence-based practice develops and is sustained within particular fields of clinical practice has not been well documented, particularly in LMICs (low- and middle-income countries). Forming part of a broader qualitative study of evidence-based policy ...

In 1882, Thomas Anderson Stuart (1856-1920) was appointed as Foundation Professor of Physiology and Anatomy at the University of Sydney. At the time he was Assistant-Professor of Physiology in the University of Edinburgh. He initiated the building of the Sydney Medical School in Scottish Tudor Gothic style. He attracted notable figures to Sydney Medical School, such as Dr ...

Lewis University's main campus is located along State Route 53, in Romeoville, ... Dining Room in the Academic Building (building #12 on the campus map). ...

Lewis University's main campus is located along State Route 53, in Romeoville, ... Dining Room in the Academic Building (building #12 on the campus map). ...

The Swedish forensic pathologist Einar Sjovall (1879-1964) lived and worked mainly in Lund, southern Sweden, in the early decades of this century. He became famous, not only for particular broad medical knowledge and skills, but also for his devotion to social questions. It was obvious to Sjovall, in the same way as to the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow, that medicine is a ...

Abstract Background Concurrent with the evolving role of the department chair in academic medicine is the entry of women physicians into chair positions. Because implicit biases that stereotypically masculine behaviors are required for ...

The history of the College's first 430 years was covered in three volumes ending in 1947. It required an entire fourth volume to cover the next 36 years up to 1984. During this time the almost incredible changes and advances in medicine were accompanied by a metamorphosis in the scale, scope, behaviour and attitude of a very traditional College--now housed in one of Denys ...

will continue the discussion at future meetings. � Academic Advising The committee discussed the need to improve the academic advising program by formalizing advising practices campus-wide. The committee will continue with the real world 4. Building relationships and networking Announcements A. UMR Academic ...

of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explo- sion wrecked much of downtown Oklahoma

... an academic review of mentorship theory and research, civilian-business models, and ... to the ARNG for development of its strategic leaders for the ...

PROBLEM ADDRESSED Many faculty development programs are thought time-consuming and inaccessible to academic family physicians or physicians wanting to move into academic positions. This is largely due to difficulty in leaving their practices for extended periods. Canadian family medicine needs trained leaders who can work in teams and ...

Nursing is a relatively young academic discipline which only moved en masse into the higher education sector in many countries during the 1990s. Perhaps in a bid to enhance and accelerate its credibility, the nursing academy has embraced the values and practices of evidence-based medicine and the associated 'gold-standard' experimental research paradigm as ...

As academic health center seek to address the changes in the health care system and in medical education, several approaches have been tried, some successfully, others not. The authors describe a successful approach that involves a close partnership between the health professions schools at two academic institutions, and agencies from the surrounding ...

PATTERN OF ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION INTRODUCTION This document provides a brief description of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, LLC. 3 Approved by Office of Academic Affairs: May 13. 2005 #12;COURSE

The authors use the concept of "samaritan medicine" to tie together papers by Klitzman, by Wear and colleagues, and by Branch appearing in this issue of Academic Medicine on the physician-patient relationship. Practicing physicians and trainees alike must confront the challenge of acknowledging and connecting to otherness or difference ...

Medical schools and teaching hospitals are experiencing more frequent turnover of department chairs. Loss of a department chair creates instability in the department and may have a negative effect on the organization at large. Interim leadership of academic departments is common, and interim chairs are expected to immediately demonstrate skills and leadership abilities. ...

or assessment methodology may necessitate modifications in the student's educational plan. Students or assessment methodology may necessitate modifications in the student's educational plan. Students of Medicine Student Academic Promotions Policies AY 2008 - 2009

Discussion of trends in academic medicine focuses on declining support for research, pressures on medical schools to increase clinical revenues, public demands for cheaper care, and rising health-care costs in light of an aging population. Urges establishment of a system of universal health care equivalent to Medicare for all citizens. (DB)

1 Scientific Integrity and Academic Medicine Responsible conduct of research ? This conference the integrity and objectivity of scientific research is certainly increasing. I am not telling you anything new funding is available for scientific research; as a result, research is increasingly being funded by other

and communication. Each discipline can be applied to the business enterprise of amateur and professional sport their efforts on a specific subdiscipline. Academic programs include sports medicine, sport management, each student is required to specify an academic program concentration within the major. Sports ...

Clinician educators-who work at the intersection of patient care and resident education-are well positioned to respond to calls for better, safer patient care and resident education. Explicit lessons that address implementing health care improvement and associated residency training came out of the Academic Chronic Care Collaboratives and include the importance of: (1) ...

ABSTRACTClinician educators�who work at the intersection of patient care and resident education�are well positioned to respond to calls for better, safer patient care and resident education. Explicit lessons that address implementing health care improvement and associated residency training came out of the Academic Chronic Care Collaboratives and include the importance of: ...

... with the wilderness medicine subsection of the American College of Emergency ... for students and future practitioners. Cited byCory M. Fielding. (2011) ... ...

TUFTS/VET/CCM (1) Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University ...

The historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590) signed into law by President Obama has brought into sharp focus the need and opportunity for an expanded continuum of biomedical research. An updated research agenda must build on basic science and classical clinical investigation to place a more deliberate emphasis on patient- and population-outcome-oriented ...

... Nursing Staff Satisfaction In interview, the nursing staff on the General Medicine ... pediatricians for asthma and bronchiolitis (abstract). Abstract ...

Columbia University is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, conducting groundbreaking research in medicine, science, the arts, and the humanities. The University collaborated with the...

Research article Integrating complementary and alternative medicine into academic medical centers: Experience and perceptions of nine leading centers in North America

for the following Endowed Chairs: (1) Infectious Diseases/AIDS Research, (2) Transfusion Medicine, and (3) Human

in Infectious Diseases/AIDS Research, Transfusion Medicine, and Human Genetics were presented as informational

Chairs: (1) Infectious Diseases/AIDS Research; (2) Transfusion Medicine; (3) Human Genetics. b. School

The Title VII Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry grant program has been an engine for innovation by providing funds to develop and implement new curricula, new models of care delivery, and new methods of fellowship and faculty development. During period one, 1963-1975, the disciplines of family medicine and physicians assistants (PAs) first ...

An invitational conference led by the World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca) involving selected delegates from 34 countries was held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 8 to12, 2003. The conference theme was �Improving Health Globally: The Necessity of Family Medicine Research.� Guiding conference discussions was the value that to improve health care worldwide, ...

Summarizes two speeches. William W. Stead offers three scenarios illustrating typical future interactions of consumers with a medical system based on informatics and information technology and then considers implications for academic medicine. Valerie Florance discusses a program that is exploring ways medical schools and teaching hospitals can best use ...

Sought to develop a deeper understanding of mentoring by exploring lived experiences of academic medicine faculty members. Almost 98 percent of participants identified lack of mentoring as the first or second most important factor hindering career progress in academic medicine. Prized mentors have "clout," ...

This paper examines the likely effects of technological developments on the planning of American academic library buildings during the 1980's and shares Richard Snyder's experiences in the design and construction of a new library building at Drexel Univer...

Appendix II: Academic Misconduct Policy 62 Appendix III: Fitness to Practise Medicine 82 Appendix IV 2008 Revised Academic Misconduct Policy (Appendix II) Approved at Academic Council on 19 September 2008 Implementation: Academic Session 2008/9 Revised Non-Academic ...

The authors describe the impact of the Title VII, Section 747 Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (Title VII) grant program on the development, growth, and expansion of general and pediatric dentistry residency programs in the United States. They first briefly review the legislative history of the Title VII program as it pertains to dental education, followed by a ...

Veterinary patients stand to benefit greatly from the collaboration of pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and there are many ways pharmacy and veterinary medicine can work in concert. The best efforts to revise and remodel veterinary and pharmacy education to fit an evolving world of clinical practice are grounded in an understanding of each profession. ...

The veterinary profession finds itself in the midst of a new world order. Today veterinarians are part of a world that is exquisitely interconnected culturally, economically, socially, and professionally. As a consequence, societal needs and expectations of the profession are more demanding, critical and far-reaching. Veterinarians must play important roles in five intersecting domains of work: ...

Noncommunicable diseases are rapidly overtaking infectious, perinatal, nutritional, and maternal diseases as the major causes of worldwide death and disability. It is estimated that, within the next 10 to 15 years, the increasing burden of chronic diseases and the aging of the population will expose the world to an unprecedented burden of chronic diseases. Preventing the potential ramifications of ...

In medicine, the challenges faced by female faculty members who are attempting to achieve academic advancement have been well described. Various strategies have been proposed to increase academic productivity to aid the promotion of women in medicine. We propose an innovative collaboration strategy that encourages ...

In medicine, the challenges faced by female faculty members who are attempting to achieve academic advancement have been well described. Various strategies have been proposed to increase academic productivity to aid the promotion of women in medicine. We propose an innovative collaboration strategy that encourages ...

Unprecedented advances in biomedical research and the upheaval in health care economics have converged to cause seismic changes in the traditional organization of medical schools and academic health centers. This process is particularly evident in departments of internal medicine. The activities and functions of academic ...

A lawyer who was assistant director of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research describes the difficulties he sees in participation by philosophers in the making of public policy. He attributes the Commission's considerable success in influencing public policy to its consensus building ...

As a result of a confluence of issues, including faculty compensation in an academic health center (AHC), increasing awareness of conflict-of-interest issues, growing interest by faculty in entrepreneurial activities, and the creation of numerous new facilities and buildings associated with the AHC, the Indiana University School of ...

This paper reacts to seven papers presented at a symposium on the Institute of Medicine's 1995 report concerning the present status and future needs of dental education. The reaction focuses on the issue of dentistry's movement toward medicine both within the context of educational programs and as schools of dental medicine within ...

, Nicholl J. Trends in access to complementary or alternative medicines via primary care in England:1995 Harris P, Cook A, Finlay I, Thomas KJ, Hood K. Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients in England on the provision of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). International Society

Describes the academic arts and natatorium buildings of the high school named in the title, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on the architects, manufacturers/suppliers, and construction team; a general building description; and a case study of construction costs and specifications. Also provides ...

Contains contributions by seven library building consultants on designing a forgiving building, i.e., a building that can be modified easily and inexpensively to meet new conditions. Topics include (1) small library design; (2) academic library design; (3) adapting libraries to current and future needs; (4) ...

Strategies for approaching generational issues that affect teaching and learning, mentoring, and technology in emergency medicine (EM) have been reported. Tactics to address generational influences involving the structure and function of the academic emergency department (ED), organizational culture, and EM schedule have not been published. Through a ...

As the marketplace for academic positions in emergency medicine grows more competitive, it becomes increasingly important for residents who desire academic careers to distinguish themselves during their residency. This report attempts to outline a road map for department and residency program leaders to help their houseofficers become ...

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BACKGROUND: Although several studies have outlined the need for and benefits of diversity in academia, the number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in academic health centers remains low, and minority faculty are primarily concentrated at the rank of assistant professor. In order to increase the diversity of the faculty of the University of California, San Diego ...

The US nuclear weapons program is preparing to build new bridges to US universities on a scale not seen since the start of the Cold War. Goals include shoring up warning academic programs in areas of interest to nuclear weaponeers such as radiochemistry and nuclear engineering.

on student and employer demand, the place of the program in the academic marketplace, possible articulation of employer demand. (How was information obtained?) � Are there other similar programs at other USNH program (including undeclared status students). These projected numbers will be used in building

of Directors was held on Monday, April 25, 2005, in the Academic Research Building (Room EG013). The meeting � The Academic and Institutional Support result that is funded by Total State Support is unfavorable%. Proposed Capital Spending Plan for Fiscal Year 2006 The goals of the Capital Budget Process are

as a Department UCLA's program in Chicana and Chicano studies becomes a department to "build an even stronger foundation for the future for an academic field of study critical to UCLA." Chicana and Chicano studies,400 students each year, has become a full academic department. "Our program in Chicana and Chicano studies

and Third Floors of Seaton Hall Nunez said the PIR Subcommittee met with Latta and Miller to discuss the PIR into the renovated building are those that need to be closer to the academic core of campus. Mitchell said having Alliance, the Ethnic Studies Program and the International Studies Program. Nunez said the units

...building academic program� or �academic program� excludes social and humanistic fields such as law, economics (except for urban...for participation in CDWSP. The recipient shall establish recruitment procedures that identify economically disadvantaged...

The number of underrepresented minorities (URMs; black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander) among US medical school faculty is markedly low when compared with their respective percent representation of the US population. Women URMs are doubly underrepresented, particularly as the academic rank ...

The changing environment in health care delivery and reimbursement in the United States in the late 1980s and 1990s caused a massive overhaul in the organizational structure of health care institutions. Hospital mergers were commonplace. Physician practices were bought and sold. Once stand-alone institutions developed integrated delivery systems. The academic medical community ...

It has been suggested that the field of Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) requires a stable infrastructure for translating research into practice. Hinton and Fischer (2008) point to the academic medical center as a model for similar translational work and suggest a similar approach for linking scientists to research schools. We propose expanding their model to include a formal ...

Increasing demands for evidence-based medicine and for the translation of biomedical research into individual and public health benefit have been accompanied by the proliferation of special units that offer expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design (BERD) within academic health centers. Objective metrics that can be used to evaluate, ...

The publication of the Flexner Report in 1910 had an immediate and enduring impact on the training of African American physicians in the United States. The Flexner Report's thesis, "that the country needs fewer and better doctors," was intended to normalize medical education for the majority of physicians, but its implementation just 48 years after the Emancipation Proclamation obstructed ...

Apr�s nous, le d�luge: The Economic Stimulus and Healthcare Reform: Implications for Academic Stimulus and Healthcare Reform: Implications for Academic Medicine Arthur S. Levine, MD Senior Vice are here, I shall certainly speak about the economic stimulus and about healthcare reform

BackgroundThe provision of high-quality clinical care is critical to the mission of academic and nonacademic clinical settings and is of foremost importance to academic and nonacademic physicians. Concern has been increasingly raised that the rewards systems at most academic institutions may discourage those with a passion for clinical ...

1. The intended fusion of the university hospitals Marburg and Giessen in the state of Hessia is "a marriage under pressure with uncalculated risk" (Spiegel 2005). In the present political and financial situation it hardly appears to be avoidable. From the point of the view of the faculty of medicine in Marburg it is difficult to understand, that the profits of this well ...

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preparation. The RIMI program supports building research capacity in small junior colleges, tribal colleges, and other academic institutions that only offer associates degrees,...

To answer the question of how to begin building the necessary understanding of ELLs� language and learning, we need to consider three key issues that underlie the education of ELLs.

The Environment and the Earth class at the University of South Carolina participated in a campus environmental service-learning project where students collected data lighting, water fixtures, recycling bins, and trash in five academic buildings.

... the public and private sectors including academic institutions, government, and business and industry. Our mission is to:Build a Future for Entomology by Educating Young People ... ...

A laboratory exercise for an introductory environmental course was developed to give students service learning opportunities and to gather environmental data on academic buildings. This project was a valuable assessment tool for the university as well as

... of the system of schooling. Through academic programs, higher education provides teachers with science content knowledge, instruction in ... teacher certification, inservice enrichment, or advanced degree...

, Explosive Devices and Fireworks. University prohibits the use, possession, display or storage of any weapon, explosive device or fireworks on all land and buildings owned, leased, or under the control of University

... toward building consensus among interested parties of the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies, academic investigators and consultants, and public groups ...

... academic endeavor without also paying tribute to my inspiration for higher education, that great philosopher of life. John Wayne. ...

The Title VII, Section 747 (Title VII) legislation, which authorizes the Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry grant program, provides statutory authority to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award contracts and cooperative agreements aimed at enhancing the quality of primary care training in the United States.More than 35 contracts and ...

... source of medicinal materials and salts; an abundance of building products, such as sand and limestone; and water fowl and fish habitats. ...

... facilities design and construction for laboratory animal colony buildings. (Author). Descriptors : *LABORATORY ANIMALS, MATERIALS, SELECTION ...

... want you to be aware that we are building a coalition of members to help inform the public, as well as the health and corporate communities, ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Sometimes the prize sought is food; at other times it is building materials, medicine, or birdwatching. The plants and animals available and the ...

Tufts University School of Medicine's new health sciences education building, the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications, will house a modern medical library and computer center, classrooms, auditoria, and media facilities. The building will also serve as the center for an information and communication network linking the ...

The libraries in U.S. research universities are being systematically depopulated of current subscriptions to scholarly journals. Annual increases in subscription costs are consistently outpacing the growth in library budgets; this has become a chronic problem for academic libraries which collect in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. Case ...

This paper builds on previous research into teachers' conceptions of learning and teaching with an investigation of information technology academics. Using a phenomenographic approach to build a model of IT academics experiences and practice of teaching, we aimed to identify any specific issues that ...

, and Community-based Clinical Teaching Sites Compare? Academic Medicine (In Press). 9. Carney, PA, Poor DA Community-Based Faculty: Education, Research and the Costs of Success. Academic Medicine; 2002 Dyad of Medical Student and Community Preceptor. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, ...

of Style): medicine, health, and biological sciences. Chicago/ Turabian: mainly for history papers/Works Cited). WHAT FORMAT SHOULD I USE? Academic papers must be written in a particular style. Ask your techniques used by academic writers to include information from outside sources in their papers. Outside

The report is one of five covering various aspects of medical school faculty and is based on the Faculty Roster of the Association of American Medical Colleges. This study, based on a sample drawn from the Faculty Roster for 1972, compares the academic pe...

A decade ago there were few strong academic programs in pulmonary medicine in the United States. A number of major discoveries about the respiratory, circulatory and other body systems opened strongly promising avenues of research into causes and cure of ...

... MISCELLANEOUS ADMISSION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES § 242.9 Academic, intellectual, and personal requirements for admission to advanced standing. (a)...

The purpose of this academic colloquium was to identify principles and supporting policies of state-building that will enhance America's ability 'to win the peace' while stabilizing chaotic regions. Basic to the concept of the colloquium was the idea that...

On the cover: The two photos depict scenes from our two host institutions for SESAPS06. The Sir Christopher Wren Building on The College of William and Mary campus is the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States. It was

This paper considers the energy performance analyses conducted to document and verify progress toward the building's design objectives. The authors present and discuss energy performance data and draw lessons that can be applied to improve the design of t...

Although most children raised by single parents fare well, on average, they are at greater risk of living in poverty and experiencing health, academic, and behavioral problems than children growing up with married biological parents. If interventions can ...

New Degree Programs Recommended for Approval � Classical Languages major combining Greek and Latin � Classics major � Greek major � Latin major Facilities Project Initiation Requests (PIRs) recommended for approval � Temple Building Expansion � Whittier Building renovations to house the University Child Care

... B., J. S. Cobb, and A. Friedman. 1993. Building capacity for coastal management in developing countries. Ocean and ... Academic Press, San Diego. Cobb, J. S.. 1995. Building university capacity: lessons l...

Development of academic partnerships between developing and developed countries is a sustainable approach to build research capacity in the developing world. International collaboration between the Department of Public Health of Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine in Japan and the University of Medicine ...

A study was designed in which a battery of 11 selected instruments was given to 320 professional students (four classes) at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine to measure a variety of parameters of brain function and cognitive ability. Results were to be used to develop ability or competency profiles, to compare scores, to identify abilities and skills ...

Refereed journals in science and medicine are the gatekeepers and repositories of knowledge in their respective fields. Research reported in peer-reviewed journals builds professional careers, determines which drugs and medical devices are licensed, influences what medical treatments become standards of care, and establishes the veracity of scientific ...

In May 2000, a survey of current academic library building activities in Australia was undertaken. The libraries were asked to identify current or planned building projects, the drivers of the projects (i.e., why they were being undertaken), assumptions about the future of academic libraries underlying the ...

This article considers whether a threat is posed to academic independence in corporate universities by the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney. The USSC rapidly worked its way into Australia's oldest university, building a unique governance structure in which a private business lobby vets senior academics ...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published this directory of over 3,000 academic and professional discussion lists and 1,688 electronic journals, newsletters, and newsletter-digests. This tool is designed for assisting individuals in locating Internet resources as well as assisting librarians in building electronic collections. The directory ...

Objective: This article describes two complementary technology systems used in academic medicine to 1) improve the quality of learning and teaching, and 2) describe the barriers and obstacles encountered in implementing these systems. Method: The literature was integrated with in-depth, case-based experience with technology related to student progression, ...

Ghostwriting for medical journals has become a major, but largely invisible, factor contributing to the problem of credibility in academic medicine. In this paper I argue that the pharmaceutical marketing objectives and use of medical communication firms in the production of ghostwritten articles constitute a new form of sophistry. After identifying three ...

ContextChief residents play a crucial role in internal medicine residency programs in administration, academics, team building, and coordination between residents and faculty. The work-life and demographic characteristics of chief residents has not been documented.ObjectiveTo delineate the demographics and day-to-day activities of ...

The Vienna Chair for the History of Medicine was founded in 1848, and the History of Medicine Department has been in existence since 1907-1913. Karel Frederik Wenckebach, the famous specialist in internal medicine, who died exactly 50 years ago, was instrumental in creating a permanent domicile for this institute in 1920, in the ...

... high cholesterol in people under 18 years old. Learning About Cholesterol Cholesterol is a building block of ... will also need medicine to lower their cholesterol. Learning About Cholesterol Medicines Different kinds of cholesterol medicines ...

A study was conducted to determine the impact on energy use in colleges and universities of agencies and organizations which review and apply building standards affecting school construction in the US. Sixteen institutions in four states having widely varying climates were questioned. It was concluded from the responses that the architect/engineer, public ...

... Characteristics of Traditional Academic Medical Centers Managed Care Goals ... Kuttner, R. (1999). Managed Care and Medical Education. ...

groups, resulting in greater career satisfaction, confidence and academic success. Richard McGee, Ph.D., of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,...

Fellowship in Academic Medicine Recipient, UNC-CH 1998 Patent No. 5,712,247 entitled "Use of Lactoferrin

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Academic medicine is once more face-to-face with health care reform, which this time is being seriously debated and will at least be the subject of legislation. There is the possibility that the coming changes could unintentionally injure academic medicine; that is why academic ...

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