PURPOSE To collect baseline data and describe how medical schools handle faculty affairs and faculty development responsibilities. METHOD In January 2000, the authors surveyed faculty affairs designees at 125 U.S. medical schools, using a questionnaire developed in consultation with a group of faculty affairs professionals. RESULTS The responding 76 medical schools (61%) support over four t...

Howell et al • Medical education The type of curricular change occurring now in many of the nation’s medical schools typically places increased demands on faculty time and tends to change the nature of at least part of the faculty contact with students. For example, the move toward a more problembased or case-based curriculum tends to shift faculty effort away from lecturing and toward small gr...

1Orthodontic Department, Dental Faculty, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran 2Orthodontic Department, Dental Faculty, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran 3Oral Maxillofacial Radiology, Dental Faculty, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol , IR Iran 4Dentist, Private Practice, Sari, IR Iran 5Non-Communicable Pediatrics Disease Research Center, Babol Un...

abstract [1]   background and objective:hospital infection is undoubtedly the most important world's problem which is considered by health care centers. lack of proper understanding of staff of infection controling ways and procedures play a decisive role in the increased transmission of infectious agents in hospital infections. if nurses know the proper effective ways they would help to r...