Using EBLIP to Prepare Future Information Professionals

Enhancing Retention of Future Information Professionals Using Attitude Inoculation

Employment predictions in the field of Information Systems (IS) vary over time, but employers often report a gap between the available IT workforce and their needs for skilled information professionals. The existence of such gaps raises questions about how college students make decisions about persistence in majors with respect to available information about employment prospects. The main objec...

Stepping back to prepare for the future.

Correspondence: Nobhojit Roy, MS, MPH Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management Tata Institute of Social Sciences New Campus Deonar Farm Road Mumbai 400088 India E-mail: [email protected] Youichi Yanagawa and colleagues have candidly admitted the problems of the ‘‘Medical Evacuation of Patients to other Hospitals due to the Fukushima I Nuclear Accidents.’’ The Fukushima nuclear accident was a L...

Helping to prepare future physicians: every family physician's responsibility?

There have been considerable changes in medical education and medical student demographics during the past decade. Many measures have been designed both to increase the primary care medical labour force and also to improve distribution inequities. The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) plays an active role in lobbying decision makers to take concrete steps toward facilitating improve...

Scenario Planning : A Tool to Prepare for the Future

Cherish the Past, Prepare for the Future.

I t has truly been a privilege and a wonderful honor to serve as president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons this past year. I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all of you here in attendance today, and to everyone who supported my presidency year. I am sincerely grateful to our three past presidents on the nominating committee: Dr. Rick Billingham, Dr. David Schoetz, a...