The PRO Program: One District’s Experience With Decentralizing Staff Development

Systematic Program Development Academic Staff

Efficiency of Staff Development Program and Its Relationship

Abstract Introduction: Skilled nurses are needed to achieve health promotion strategies, so operation and assessment via staff development program is essential. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate staff development program through west Mazandaran hospital nurses and its relationship with the level of their professional competency. Methods: This study was descriptive ...

Experience with a program of faculty development.

The authors describe the faculty development program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Faculty needs were identified in instructional skill development, academic socialization and mentoring. Committees with campus-wide representation designed the instructional activities. Among the total 749 faculty, 59% attended at least one faculty development offering consisting of one and two-da...

Decentralizing antipoverty program delivery in developing countries

We study the effects on accountability in government service delivery of decentralizing administration of an antipoverty program. While governments at both central and local levels are vulnerable to antipoor policy biases owing to political capture, centralized delivery systems are additionally prone to bureaucratic corruption, owing to problems in monitoring bureaucratic performance. Decentral...

Experience With the Priority Review Voucher Program for Drug Development.