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How Newly Appointed CIOs Take Charge

Based on in-depth interviews with 21 CIOs, the full article explores the process of how CIOs take charge of a new appointment. Taking charge is the process of learning and taking action to the point where an executive has mastered the new assignment in sufficient depth so he or she can run the sphere of responsibility effectively, given the constraints and available resources. We identified thr...

A survey of newly appointed consultants' attitudes towards research fraud.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of, and attitudes towards, observed and personal research misconduct among newly appointed medical consultants. DESIGN Questionnaire study. SETTING Mersey region, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS Medical consultants appointed between Jan 1995 and Jan 2000 in seven different hospital trusts (from lists provided by each hospital's personnel department). M...

Mentorship for newly appointed consultants: what makes it work?

BACKGROUND Mentorship has been identified as a beneficial practice for doctors and may be particularly valuable for newly appointed consultants. It is associated with a number of potential clinical and non-clinical gains, such as enhanced job satisfaction and well-being. Despite strong support, many formalised schemes fail to launch or gain momentum. Research to date has largely focused on the ...