BACKGROUND External supervision of primary healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries often has a managerial main purpose in which the role of support for professional development is unclear. AIM To explore how Rwandan primary healthcare supervisors and providers (supervisees) perceive evaluative and formative functions of external supervision. DESIGN Qualitative, exploratory...

As job stress is now one of the biggest health-related problems in the workplace, several education programs for supervisors have been conducted to reduce job stress. We conducted a supervisor-based randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an education program on their subordinates' psychological distress and job performance. The subjects were 301 employees (46 supervisors and 255...

The role of supervisors in diarrhoea case management at the Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) corners of Sindh was assessed by a random sample of 62 ORT corners in rural and urban areas of Sindh. The supervisors at each facility included, Medical Superintendents, District Health Officers, Senior Medical Officers, Civil Surgeons and Medical Officers. In 65% cases the supervisors were working at the...

the newly administered iranian ph.d. program entrance exam (ppee) is supposed to have had different washback effects on university curriculums. this qualitative study examined the effects of the new tefl ppee on the applicants’ study plans and strategies from the points of view of both iranian university instructors and applicants. to this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with 10 experienc...

Introduction This document contains a list of supervisors and brief descriptions of their proposed and/or ongoing projects. At the top level, these projects are divided into the three major research directions of the Department: artiicial intelligence (AI), distributed object technology (DOT), object-oriented software engineering (OSE).. Within each area, the projects are sorted in alphabetical...

OBJECTIVES Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global public health concern, affecting 5.3 million US individuals annually. An estimated 1 in 3 women globally are abused by an intimate partner in their lifetime, and the effects carry over into the workplace. This article examines employers' perceptions of IPV in the workplace, targeting supervisors of Latina employees. METHODS Fo...