In 2003 The National Board of Health, Denmark, enforced a compulsory training course in academic research as part of the specialist training for doctors. The trainees must learn to search and evaluate relevant literature and be able to implement the results in clinical practice. The structure of the 20 days of ...

academic advising too? We have all heard that the research demonstrates that students are more persistent of Advising & Retention ACADEMIC ADVISOR TRAINING The Academic Advising Council is hosting a program just of the National Academic Advising Association. For more ...

... expressed in this academic research paper ... 23 Medical Readiness Training: Results, Effectiveness ... begins a school construction project, along with ...

... for Dahlgren scientists and engineers to pursue a PhD at a ... leadership training, academic guidance, internship and scholarship possibilities, and ...

... of networks was the motivation of the ... Professional training and academic career: Institution ... �African American Women's Concerns about Cervical ...

... 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE ... changes. ... training performance, as measured by academic grade and instructor evaluations, or they could be sequential ...

Academic Research Infrastructure The Academic Research Infrastructure Program (ARI) is designed to improve the condition of research equipment and facilities in our Nation's academic institutions in all disciplines. CISE Research Experience for ...

... the research projects currently underway at CAR: ... set of specially tailored ergonomics training and ... popliteal height), and too) design (hand length ...

... of grants. The primary measure of scientific research productivity is the number of research publications in peer-reviewed journals. The online data-collection system used in this study allows ... ...

This report covers metallurgical research at Imperial College, one of England's most important schools for metallurgy training. Detailed discussions are presented of the research being done in metallurgy in the Dept. of Metallurgy. The academic environmen...

The community alliance for Research Empowering Social Change (CARES) is an academic-community research partnership designed to: (1) train community members about evidence-based public health, (2) increase community members� scientific literacy, and (3) develop the infrastructure for community-based participatory ...

Stanford University created an interdisciplinary program to train researchers and academic leaders in the field of medical information sciences. The program is described, identifying experiences of interest to people developing such a program. The program's background and history, students, curriculum and philosophy, and lessons ...

Aug 30, 2010 ... Academic training is defined as a class for academic credit offered ... they do not obtain a passing grade and do not complete the course. ...

BACKGROUND: Recent changes in the organization of the National Health Service have created new roles and responsibilities for academic general practice. Previous work on the constraints and opportunities of a career in academic general practice is largely anecdotal and is often based on the views of more senior members of the profession. AIM: To survey the ...

It has been stated that academic medicine is in a worldwide crisis. Is this decline in hospital academic practice a predictable consequence of modern clinical practice with its emphasis on community and outpatient-based services as well as a corporate health-care ethos or does it relate to innate problems in the training process and ...

The purpose of this study was to present the research findings of an evaluation of the program at the Academic Remedial Training Division (ART). A summary of the history and curriculum was also reported. Comparisons across years were conducted of average ...

... and academic training to prepare young men and ... in prostate cancer and public health research at ... preparatory course, and mentor younger students ...

... research has shown to be associated with effective teachers" (p. 12). ... 3. no well-defined instructor roles, 4. lack of instructor role training, and ...

... Arms Tactical Trainer AVG Final Academic Average ... TEA Training Effectiveness Analysis TOSS TAWL ... Europe USASC US Army Safety Center VAX ...

The Supercomputer Computations Research Institute is an interdisciplinary program in computational science. In essence, the project is organized to do research in computational science, to train research people in a variety of academic disciplines and to ...

This article argues that the way in which research training is affected by national policies aiming at modernizing graduate education is shaped by the way in which national characteristics of state policies, academic institutions and disciplines interact. The argument is applied in an analysis of the consequences of policy changes and ...

The incorporation of research into a career in thoracic surgery is a complex process. Ideally, the preparation for a career in academic thoracic surgery begins with a research fellowship during training. In the academic setting, a research portfolio might include clinical ...

The purpose of the URI program is to upgrade and improve university nuclear research and training reactors and to contribute to strengthening the academic community's nuclear engineering infrastructure.

and strengthen toxicology graduate training and research programs. The goal is to become the premier toxicology training program in the world, particularly in the area of neurobehavioral toxicology. Among the Department's leading academic offerings is its graduate program in toxicology. "Bernie has remained a ...

The question of what an instructor should do in computer-based training (CBT) has not been answered. Although research on the role of the instructor in traditional instruction (TI) has produced a relatively high degree of consenus as to what an effective ...

Oregon State University's 'Occupational Safety and Health Training Grant' was created to provide students with a sound educational experience in occupational health and safety, including academic coursework, practical experience and research. The program ...

The purpose of this research is to increase the academic success of female recruits in a technical aspect of recruit training. Two instructional interventions were developed and tested. In the context of firefighting training, the Advance Organizer provid...

The purpose of this research project was to increase the academic success of female recruits in a technical aspect of recruit training. Two instructional interventions were developed and tested in the context of firefighting training. The Advanced Organiz...

Changing priorities in the NHS have underlined the crucial importance of academic general practice in providing quality training and research to underpin developments in general practice. Unfortunately, several problems and constraints mean that the full potential of general practitioners to make a contribution to teaching and ...

Although nonverbal behaviors have been shown to be learned, meaningful, systematic, and sometimes culture bound, kinesics, the science of body behavioral communication, has been a neglected factor in second language instruction and research, particularly in the area of academic listening. This paper describes steps taken to develop materials, methodology, ...

The past two decades have witnessed the great developments in principal training in China. Research on principal training in China is increasing in quantity and quality with its expanding practice. The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyze the changing landscape of scholarship on principal training in ...

The National Clinician Scientist Scheme was devised to enable future leaders of academic medicine to continue post-doctoral research and at the same time complete their specialist registrar training. The awards are generously funded by the major grant-giving bodies and are held in a variety of specialties in ...

Objective: The United States is facing a severe shortage of academic child and adolescent psychiatrists. This article reviews a model integrated pathway to improve recruitment. Methods: The authors review training portals for research in child and adolescent psychiatry. There is a summary of a focus group discussion of the advantages ...

Universities and academic medical centers have been increasing their focus on technology transfer and research commercialization. With this shift in focus, academic-industry ties have become prevalent. These relationships can benefit academic researchers and help then to transform their ...

" if the student is: P Primarily in the US to study rather than engage in Academic Training. P Participating inAcademicWhat is Academic Training? Academic Training is a period of employment authorization for J-1 of study while still maintaining J-1 visa ...

Increasing regulatory mandates, heightened concerns about compliance, accountability, and liability, as well as a movement toward organizational integration are prompting assessment and transformation in education and training programs at academic health centers, particularly with regard to clinical research compliance. Whereas ...

Training in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) requires undergraduate degrees in both medicine and dentistry. When trainees in other surgical specialties may be pursuing a higher degree in research or education, OMFS trainees will be studying for their second undergraduate degree. It is possibly therefore that the specialty is weak in terms of doubly ...

This article examines the potential effectiveness of training in nonverbal communication for sales representatives. The literature on this subject was reviewed, and a study using students as sales representatives was conducted to evaluate the potential of training in body language. The research results provide support for the ...

This is a summary of activities occurring in the Southern California Education and Research Center (ERC) during the 5 year period between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1999. The ERC has provided academic training in 4 occupational health and safety discipline...

Having been an academic researcher and cancer surgeon for many years, working with a great many outstanding students, training is a topic that has always been a priority for me on a personal level, and one that I am deeply concerned about when it comes to the future of cancer research.

The training grant goals are to provide a broad range of opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in general clinical and basic science breast cancer research under the mentorship of experienced physician scientists in an academic instituti...

modern science and engineering. " Research: to provide strong academic training ... ($25000), undergraduate research programs ($150000), hands-on design ... Life support systems analysis techniques for early Martian life support systems ...

of the University. Services and Resources Course Management System Faculty Training and Development Workshops Smart Classrooms A broad range of Videoconferencing Services Research Grant and Proposal Partnership New Media or academic collaboration are available in many environments at NU: classrooms, conference rooms, desktops

.............................................................. 141 VI Women and international and national prizes of the academic ladder and many highly trained women are lost to science. Institutions that employ scientists tend of science, research and development. As Commissioner for Research, the lack of women ...

This module is designed as a self-paced package to teach persons in educational psychology to conduct literature searches. The module could be easily adapted for use in other academic areas. The systematic method of approaching library research is divided...

... Accession Number : AD0635304. Title : ACADEMIC GRADES IN PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING AS PREDICTORS OF FLIGHT SUCCESS. ...

Money, or lack of it, is but one, albeit very important, threat to academic neurosurgery. This review has rambled over some of the other minefields and self-inflicted hurdles. The path of academic progress is long and tortuous. Time has to be found in neurosurgery to examine critically the opportunities and threats posed by a changing world to our goals of ...

Discusses questions concerning training students in techniques of academic work and use of the English language in this context. These questions, currently researched at the English Language Center of King Abdulaziz University, focus on the notion of task as a minimal pedagogic unit, and on task-objective coordination criteria. Societe ...

Mission The mission of the Institute of Human Nutrition (IHN) is to provide outstanding academic, professional education, and training programs in human nutrition and conduct basic science and translational nutrition education and intervention programs. Programs of Study The Ph.D. program, ranked number one

Sponsored Programs $88. million for research and training contracts and grants UMBC FACTS Academic Programs and out- door aquatics complex, tennis courts, a soccer stadium, baseball and softball fields and practice with a new state-of-the-art Media Center, Sports Medicine training room and Athletic ...

The academic training of scientific and technical personnel in France is surveyed. The establishments where future atomic energy personnel are receiving their education are the following: the universities and Faculties of Science, the great science schools and institutions offering specialized courses in scientific techniques, ...

The PULSTAR research reactor at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is operated by the Department of Nuclear Engineering's Nuclear Reactor Program. The program was instituted to provide specialized nuclear facilities to the North Carolina academic and industrial communities for teaching, research, and services such as ...

There are an increasing number of university courses throughout the UK and worldwide which deal with enterprise and innovation, including both undergraduate and masters programmes, not just for business school students, but also as modules as part of many other subject areas. However, there is little in the way of integrated enterprise training for postgraduate and ...

Permanent Resident) in NIH-funded program for training highly qualifi ed candidates for academic careers in basic & translational research in skin diseases, including cancer & psoriasis. OHSU Dermatology has a strong history of clinical & scientifi c research & a 40-year record in ...

PURPOSEFactors that influence hematology-oncology fellows' choice of academic medicine as a career are not well defined. We undertook a survey of hematology-oncology fellows training at cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to understand the factors fellows consider when making ...

In the preschool years, there are marked improvements in theory of mind (ToM) and executive functions. And, children's competence in these two core cognitive domains is associated with their academic achievement. Therefore, training ToM and executive control could be a valuable tool for improving children's success in school. This article reviews several ...

There is growing concern that the numbers of physician-scientists being trained in U.S. academic health centers will not be sufficient to continue the rate of current progress in biomedical research. The authors believe that the needs of current trainees and junior faculty must be addressed immediately, and that programs to ...

The National Institute of Education in Singapore (which is part of the Nanyang Technological University) is the leading national pre-service and in-service teacher training tertiary institution. It offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The academic departments are called Academic Groups (AGs). The English Language ...

BackgroundWithin the framework of a prospective cohort study of Swiss medical school graduates a sample of young physicians aspiring to an academic career were surveyed on their career support and barriers experienced up to their sixth year of postgraduate training.MethodsThirty-one junior academics took part in semi-structured ...

The theory of action research is discussed in terms of how second-order action research can help theorists to clarify and deepen their understanding of action research. After a brief introduction, the paper examines methodological criteria governing a piece of action research conducted at an action ...

In consonance with its goal of improving research library performance through assisted self-study, information gathering and dissemination, staff training and development programs, and consultation services, the Office of Management Studies reports highlights of its activities in the Academic Library Program, the ...

Many years of training are required to obtain a job as an academic scientist. Is this investment of time and effort worthwhile? My answer is a resounding �yes.� Academic scientists enjoy tremendous freedom in choosing their research and career path, experience unusual camaraderie in their lab, school, and ...

This Clinical Research Training Grant application is multidisciplinary in design. Collaborators with expertise in breast cancer epidemiology, prognostic factors, breast pathology and quality of breast cancer care will provide mentorship and support to assist Dr. Buist to develop as an independent academic ...

The role of basic science exposure during urology training is a timely topic that is relevant to urologic health and to the training of new physician scientists. Today, researchers are needed for the advancement of this specialty, and involvement in basic research will foster understanding of basic scientific ...

This article describes the experiences of four social work researchers who pursued an alternative career path immediately following their doctorate in social work by accepting a postdoctoral training fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As schools of social work look for creative ways to build research ...

To address the critical shortage of physician scientists in the field of adolescent medicine, a conference of academic leaders and representatives from foundations, National Institutes of Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the American Board of Pediatrics was convened to discuss training in transdisciplinary research, ...

Objective: This article describes a regional program developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for training psychiatry residents in research and attracting them to academic careers. Methods: The authors describe a low-cost, innovative ...

Mentoring is a critical aspect of research and training; and the adoption of a successful mentoring model for guiding researchers through the educational pipeline is lacking. The Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) program was established in the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch; which is part ...

This volume contains a study guide for training Radiological control Technicians. Covered here are core academic training in basic nuclear science and radiobiology.

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 successful candidates ...

Constructing academic genealogies involves the practice of creating family trees based on doctoral advisors, that is, the advisor-graduate student relationship replaces the father-son relationship. Forestry academic genealogies document the historical development of forestry and quantify the contributions of other disciplines. In this study, the authors ...

The paper examines influences of doctoral study and structured early career interventions on academic work. It uses evidence from a survey in six Australian universities (n=1158) to explore academics' engagement with research and teaching development. It regards universities as social situations that are ambiguous, presenting ...

Research is just one part of an academic physician's activities, which also include teaching, patient care, and administration. Research productivity, however, is still expected for academic advancement and to enhance family medicine as an academic discipline. The five units of Laval ...

Key to building research capacity is the development of a qualified workforce. This requires the establishment of academic training programs and the creation of attractive research career opportunities. The adoption of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as unifying conceptual ...

of information skills across disciplines Developing the information literate person: UTS Strategic Plan 6 #12;! Map to map appropriate information skills for level of study ! Work collaboratively with academics integrate to map information skills training into the research process ! Specialist IL programs to ensure

and training and is credited by the academic institution. Nonresident aliens (see Glossary) may also receive on inviting a nonresident alien to LBNL, eligibility and processing requirements, reference the LBNL Guest to further research (see "collaboration" in the Glossary). United States Citizens and Resident Aliens

(Botany) Dr. M.K. Abeyratne (Mathematics) IndustryAcademic Collaboration via Undergraduate resources from its study programmes to suite present and future skilldemands. These study programme reforming activities will openup opportunities for industry participation

a challenging academic training and a scholarship. You should hold an M.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry or Electrical) �Photonic crystal fibers with liquid crystals (A4) �Ferromagnetic metamaterial (A5) �Novel Structures marks from their home universities in one of the program's research subjects or in physics, chemistry

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Modern developments in the ceramic industries have called for more highly trained personnel for management, and for research and development. This article describes a sandwich course for a Council for National Academic Awards (C.N.A.A.) degree in ceramic technology, embracing as well the disciplines of physics, chemistry and ...

During the project period 2001-2004, the Deep South Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health provided opportunities for graduate academic and continuing education training in the professions of occupational and environmental medici...

...under any academic, research, occupational training, housing, health, insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, other postsecondary education aid,...

...under any academic, research, occupational training, housing, health insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, or other postsecondary education aids,...

...under any academic, research, occupational training, housing, health insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, or other postsecondary education aid, benefit, or service to...

...under any academic, research, occupational training, housing, health insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, or other aid, benefits, or services...

...under any academic, research, occupational training, housing, health insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, or other postsecondary education aid,...

...under any academic, research, occupational, training, housing, health, insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, or other postsecondary education aid,...

...discrimination under any academic research, occupational training, housing, health insurance, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletics, recreation, transportation, other extracurricular, or other post secondary education aid,...

... academic, synthetic, and flight training; the integration ... systems-engineered training program; the ... objective proficiency assessment techniques; and ...

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Nuclear Energy Training (HBCU NET) Program, funded by DOE, Office of Nuclear Energy and administered by ORAU, began in February 1984. The program provides support for training, study, research participation, and academic enrichment of students and faculty at ...

This paper focuses on training people to carry out the communication component of development programs. The paper begins with a description of some of the issues on the communication frontier that affect development programs, and then notes three kinds of communication training that stand out: designing and managing communication interventions; information ...

Academic physiologists are both teachers and researchers. As a teacher the physiologist has two main tasks, to teach courses and to supervise graduate student research. It is argued that these two tasks involve different pedagogic strategies and therefore should not be confounded with one another. The physiologist who acts as a teacher ...

Secondary analysis was performed of data collected in 1989 from a random sample of members of the Medical Library Association. Results show that about half the sample had at least one publication; academic health sciences librarians were much more likely than hospital librarians to have published. Almost half the sample had taken formal courses in ...

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Interviews with 98 Canadian-trained basic medical scientists currently employed in the United States reveal that they were attracted to the United States by the belief that greater career opportunities exist in the United States than in Canada. They attributed the failure on the part of Canada to attract scientists to Canada and to retain their own graduates to: (1) Poor ...

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION G. MARSHALL POUND (1920 � 1988) G. Marshall Pound, Professor Emeritus Engineering at MIT, receiving an M.S. degree in 1944. He completed his formal academic training by taking a Ph Research Laboratory in San Jose. Through his research on these subjects, Professor Pound ...

Conducting collaborative fieldwork between American researchers and foreign scholars in developing countries is a difficult prospect for political scientists. Yet, we can use our knowledge and position at an American university to contribute to the academic community in our areas of study and establish lasting personal and institutional ties with our host ...

This case study examines the evolution of the 21-year research partnership between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Coal Oil and Gas Corporation (SASOL). The study finds that an individual academic has played a significant role in steering transformation research activities and culture in the university?s ...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of teacher education in England and the United States. The fundamental focus is on the location of teacher education in the educational system, and what effect this has on teacher education programs. First considered is the organizational setting in which secondary school teachers are trained, and in what sorts of institutions the ...

Basic research that is conceptually and methodologically innovative and that fosters long-term research programs should play a role in the academic development of primary care, alongside more practical applied studies of specific clinical problems. A creative tension between the two has been a distinctive attribute of ...

In a context of increasing emphasis on academic performance and accountability, data from a structured survey in which academics elaborated on eight different attributes of high-performing researchers were used to build a conceptual model of research performance. Research performance was seen ...

Paper presented at the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, 2009. Abstract: "This study examines how postdoc training affects scientists� research productivity in their early career years (the first three years after receiving their doctoral degrees), in an attempt to reveal whether postdoc ...

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Objective: This article discusses the importance of research training in psychiatric residency programs and makes recommendations for enhancement. Methods: The authors examine the literature detailing the shortage of psychiatrist-researchers and the limitations of research training during ...

This report describes 1983 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services, including: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP), which covered the Public Services Project, the Collection Analysis Project (CAP), the Small College Collection Assessment Project, the Preservation Planning Program, the Organizational Screening Program, the Academic ...

Classroom management skills are critical for teachers. Yet teachers receive little training in classroom management, and empirical research on teacher training in classroom management is lacking. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of explicit training and performance feedback on teachers' ...

Linguistics, and from Research Associates and Research Fellows within the Linguistics Department of life, including training in academic research. The one-year and two-year Linguistics Tripos Candidates a small research project requiring the application of linguistic ...

and Applied Linguistics, and from Research Assistants and Research Fellows within the Linguistics Department and walks of life, including training in academic research. The one-year and two-year Linguistics Tripos-areas of linguistics; (g) may, optionally, have carried out a small ...

Barriers to conducting outcomes research in medical imaging can be broadly divided into two categories, insti- tutional and external. Institutional barriers are manifold and include a lack of commitment to supporting health ser- vices and outcomes research in radiology, absent or cur- sory training for health services and ...

To conduct high-quality state-of-the-art research, clinical and translational scientists need access to specialized core facilities and appropriately trained staff. In this time of economic constraints and increasing research costs, organized and efficient core facilities are essential for researchers who seek to ...

to Research Productivity in the Field of Conservation Biology Introduction Conservation biology is a young- vation biology research and training (Jacobson 1990), which typically re- sults in researchers being by the National Research Council (Gold- berger et al. 1995) and the recently re- ...

carry heavy social costs. Vulnerability Research: Neither Unethical nor Illegal Increasingly, ethics of vulnerabil- ity research assert that it's in- herently unethical, presumably because it involves testing sys their of vulnerability research and who counts as a "vulnerability research- er" is a subject of debate ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article will provide a review of mentorship in academic medicine. The review will include definitions and an overview of the evidence supporting the benefits, barriers, and structure of mentorship programmes in academic medicine and anesthesia. Finally, we will identify areas of further research. RECENT ...

OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the effect of staff mobility on student teaching, the training of young surgeons, and the volume of research in an academic department of surgery of a tropical teaching hospital. DESIGN--Retrospective study of academic staffing in the department of surgery of the Ahmadu Bello University ...

For the past ten years, the College of Education at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM-COE) and Bukkyo University in Kyoto, Japan have enjoyed a special relationship designed to promote cooperation and academic exchanges between the two institutions. The agreement of cooperation was signed on June 5, 2000 by President Shinko Nakai of Bukkyo and Dean Randy Hitz of the ...

AbstractPartnerships between patient communities, healthcare providers, and academic researchers are key to stepping up the pace and public health impact of clinical and translational research supported by the National Institutes of Health. With emphasis shifting toward community engagement and faster translation of ...

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This article presents the results of a research study that took place during the 2007-2008 academic year at the University of the Basque Country. (UPV/EHU in its Spanish and Basque acronyms). The research's goal was to establish the guidelines for training opportunities in information and communication technologies ...

... Study of the Attitudes of University Academic Advisers Toward the Reserve Officers Training Corps on the Campus of South Dakota State University ...

... Title : A Poisson Regression Analysis of the Academic Setback in Naval Training Deadtime. Descriptive Note : Master's thesis. ...

A survey of academic training in air pollution control was recently conducted for the APCA Education Council. Questionnaires were sent to faculty at over 200 universities in the United States and 150 universities around the world. This paper lists the schools which completed the questionnaire and includes the number of both undergraduate and graduate ...

The creation and implementation of strategies that could improve student development is receiving new research interest. The main objective of the research was to establish whether hypnosis-induced mental training programmes as a strategy could alter the self-concept of students which in turn could improve their overall ...

The evolution of Medical Oncology is facing its first major crisis, that of oversupply of trained oncologists. The tabulated number of certified medical oncologists does not constitute all of the physicians practicing Medical Oncology in the United States. Because of the adequate supply of medical oncologists in clinical practice, but a deficiency of ...

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The creation of the Clinical Translational Science Awards for academic health sciences campuses in 2006 was implicitly accompanied by a call for a new paradigm of faculty development and mentoring to train the next generation of researchers and leaders in this new approach to research. Effective mentoring is ...

Technology licensing office managers often need to evaluate profitability and commercial potential in their decision making. However, increased consideration of important global public health goals requires forging new collaborative relationships, incorporating creative licensing practices and embracing global public good within the academic and research ...

Although issues related to the role of librarians have long been discussed in the literature on academic librarianship, there has been little attempt to incorporate the extensive psychological theory and research on role-related issues. In the current article we review the empirical literature on the role of librarians, with a particular focus on the link ...

Community-academic partnership research is a fairly new genre of community-based participatory research. It has arisen in part, from recognition of the potential role of alliances in the development and translation of applied knowledge and the elimination of health disparities. This paper reports on the learning process of ...

Community-academic partnership research is a fairly new genre of community-based participatory research. It has arisen in part, from recognition of the potential role of alliances in the development and translation of applied knowledge and the elimination of health disparities. This paper reports on the learning process of ...

and Guidelines: 1. Principles for Academic Advising Advice must be ethical, impartial, timely, up" about the issue; advice should be limited to the area of expertise of the adviser. Academic advice of the academic policies and regulations relevant to the advice they offer; training in academic ...

Papers generated for a symposium entitled "Effectiveness of Stallings' Use of Time Training for Teachers in Washington, D.C." are presented. The intitial presentation, "Academic Learning Time: The Current Status of the Stallings Training" (Geraldine Williams Bethune), reviews the Stallings research and describes ...

This volume provides instructors in the GERT program with lesson plans for Phase 1- Core Academic Training.

This volume provides instructors in the GERT program with lesson plans for Phase 1- Core Academic Training.

social psychology � Careful mentorship and apprenticeship model of training � Highly individualized plan of training � Access to world-class quantitative training, certification as a quantitative specialist � Specialized instruction and mentorship in a range of theoretical and applied problems � Located in a fun and easy ...

The vision of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is to "Know the Earth...Show the Way." To achieve this vision, the NGA provides geospatial intelligence in all its forms and from whatever source-imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial data and information-to ensure the knowledge foundation for planning, decision, and action. Academia plays a key role in the NGA ...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a personal perspective, of a contributor and Guest Editor, on the impact of "Education + Training" on promoting quality research and dissemination in the area of vocational education and training (VET) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It has been written specifically to ...

A survey of French research by CEREQ ("A French research centre for analysis of occupations and of vocational education and training") shows that firms have undertaken a number of experiments, most of them large scale, to retrain their work force. These initiatives are situated within a general context of change. ...

This article provides an overview of issues related to the development and evaluation of competency in psychological assessment. Specifically, we delineate the goals, ideas, and directions identified by the psychological assessment work group in the Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. This is one of a series of articles published in ...

Training & Research in the Indian Power Sector An academic perspective Rangan Banerjee, Energy Independent R & D agenda based on Indian needs #12;Some International Examples Electricity De France � Power Intelligent Distributed Control (Penn State Univ) #12;Indian Organisations Power Systems Training ...

Department of Clinical and Health Psychology Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology Fact Sheet and practice) � Clinical-science training (training in science and practice; focus on academic/research career Students � Offers an accredited general program in Clinical Psychology with two major tracks (Scientist

This study investigated the relationship between demographic variables of secondary Indiana career and technical education (CTE) instructors and program expectations for students with and without disabilities participating in CTE. Respondents' gender, age, level of education, years in current position, years in education, and training in special needs (i.e., 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 ...

Based on new research exploring the training and employment of science and engineering PhDs in the United States, this book predicts that with constant future resources and with constant domestic employment outside academe, academic departments will produce an average 20% to 24% annual excess of new Ph.D.s over ...

"Based on new research exploring the training and employment of science and engineering PhDs in the United States, this book predicts that with constant future resources and with constant domestic employment outside academe, academic departments will produce an average 20% to 24% annual excess of new Ph.D.s over ...

Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at the Duke University Medical Center. She received her BA in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008. Her primary focus of research has been exploring. Recently, she also began researching the role of various spiritual and religious factors in physical

OBJECTIVE: In the era of health care reform, our value-added to patient care, its corresponding level of reimbursement, and the stature of radiology as a specialty will likely be grounded in the scientific evaluation methods of health services research. CONCLUSION: We need to create more opportunities for training, provide resources and incentives for the ...

The Fellowship Training Program in Adult Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute is a unified teaching experience in clinical oncology and research that is conducted at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. This Fellowship Program provides an unique opportunity for physicians ...

The mission of the Institute for Fusion Studies has been to serve as a national center for theoretical fusion and plasma physics research. As an independent scientific group of critical size, its objectives were to conduct research on fundamental phenomena important to fusion; to serve as a center for fusion theory exchange activities with other countries; ...

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This paper explores recent developments in relation to doctoral research training in music. Drawing on the findings of a case-study of a recently established practice-led doctorate at an Australian conservatoire, we offer insights into the attributes of its expanding cohort. We interrogate a blended research ...

Persistence in a research career can be readily understood within the trainee models that have emerged from undergraduate and graduate instruction. These models offer a common language for discussing training processes, serve as guides for assessing trainee needs, promise to render training programs that are more comprehensive and ...

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) focuses on specific community needs, and produces results that directly address those needs. Although conducting ethical CBPR is critical to its success, few academic programs include this training in their curricula. This paper describes the development and evaluation of an online ...

Background: Significant advances in understanding brain development and behavior have not been accompanied by revisions of traditional academic structure. Disciplinary isolation and a lack of meaningful interdisciplinary opportunities are persistent barriers in academic medicine. To enhance clinical practice, research, and ...

The national need for well trained scientists and engineers is more urgent today than ever before. Scientists who are trained in advanced computational techniques and have experience with multidisciplinary scientific collaboration are needed for both research and commercial applications if the United States is to maintain its ...

The research reported in this paper explores aspects of the relationship between academics and practitioners in the context of a professional development programme. It is illustrated by qualitative data from a case study of university teachers' and secondary teachers' experiences and perceptions of a university-led in-service training ...

The Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training in San Francisco (AANCART-SF) consists of two distinct entities, working in cooperation to advance cancer awareness, research, and training among Asian Americans: a university-based group with expertise in the Vietnamese community and a ...

Two fundamental questions are posed in this article, that of "What are the present day roles and tasks of school counselors?", and "What are academic preparation considerations with respect school counselor trainees?" A review of the literature pertaining to the role and preparation of school counselors is shared, as well as research pertaining to ...

Flexible, highly accessible collaboration tools can inherently conflict with controls placed on information sharing by offices charged with privacy protection, compliance, and maintenance of the general business environment. Our implementation of a commercial enterprise wiki within the academic research environment addresses concerns of all involved ...

This paper examines the educational implications of research collaboration between university and industry for the research training of doctoral students. It is concerned with the issues of how research training is constructed in such collaborations and what might be the effects of ...

Pediatric academia is evolving in the face of many changes: a challenging funding environment, trainees who favor clinical care and part-time careers over biomedical research, and a shrinking pipeline of physician-scientists and clinician-scholars. The trend toward fewer pediatric-based academicians with classical academic interests is the consequence of ...

In this article, the author attempts to show how French disciplinary "didactiques" were created and have developed. At the beginning, nobody could forecast the future and whether the "didactiques" would one day be recognised by the academic and instructional systems. The French "didactiques" are strongly based on school subject matters. Since the creation of Instituts ...

There have been increasing calls for community-academic partnerships to enhance the capacity of partners to engage in policy advocacy aimed at eliminating health disparities. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a partnership approach that can facilitate capacity building and policy change through equitable engagement of diverse partners. ...

This paper is concerned with the current state of academic research within the discipline of archive administration in the UK. It identifies and examines a number of reasons why research output from the UK is so low when compared with activity on an international basis. These reasons include the historic nature of archival education in ...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand counseling psychology doctoral trainees' perceptions of social justice training in their academic programs. Participants (N = 66) completed an online social justice survey with open-ended questions. Researchers identified major themes of participants' responses (e.g., promotion of ...