introduction: in the past 2 decades, research findings established achievement goal theory as a powerful framework for conceptualizing difference in the quality of student’s engagement, persistence on task, and academic resilience. so the present study examined the relationship between achievement goal orientations and academic resilience. method: participants were 606 students (307 girls and 2...

Background: With regard to research evidence, moral incivility has expanded in the educational environment one of these incivilities can be called academic incivility. The aim of present research was to investigation the mediating role of academic engagement in the relationship between academic motivation and academic incivility. Method: The present study is descriptive-correlational, that fro...

OBJECTIVE Community-based participatory research has the potential to improve implementation of best practices to reduce disparities but has seldom been applied in mental health services research. This article presents the content and lessons learned from a national conference designed to stimulate such an application. DESIGN Mental health program developers collaborated in hosting a two-day ...

BACKGROUND Most joint-replacement surgeries are currently performed in community hospitals. We sought to determine whether the functional outcomes of joint-replacement surgery differ between academic and community hospitals. METHODS We surveyed 471 patients for demographic data, Western Ontario McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (S...

BACKGROUND The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Awards fund research projects conducted by partnerships between community members and academically trained research scientists. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the relationship, if any, between the collaborative process of conducting the CRC projects and reported outcomes. METHODS Commu...

Background: Each year many universities are admitting and graduating students, and in this perpetual cycle, paying attention to the quality of education and the environmental conditionsare of prime importance. Lack of academic success not only leads to waste of time and cost of training centers, but also causes psychological , familial, and community problems for students and their families. In...

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BACKGROUND Major gaps exist between what we know and what we do in clinical practice and community health programs and narrowing this gap will require substantive partnerships between academic researchers and the communities they serve. OBJECTIVES We describe a research pilot award program that makes a unique commitment to community engagement through the addition of an External Community Rev...

Community-academic partnerships in the training of doctors offer unique learning opportunities of great importance. Such partnerships can induce a paradigm shift such that physicians view community as a teaching resource and partner rather than as a passive recipient of services or solely as a placement site. The authors describe a model of a community-academic partnership in New York City, beg...

Objective. To identify community pharmacy shared faculty members across the United States and to describe their roles and responsibilities in terms of teaching, service, and scholarship. Methods. This study was a mixed-methods analysis using surveys and key informant interviews. Results. Twenty-two faculty members completed the survey; nine were interviewed. Their major roles and responsibiliti...