T he IEEE Board of Directors recently conferred the title of Fellow upon 271 senior members of the IEEE, including 63 Computer Society members (out of 114 original nominees). IEEE policy limits the total number of Fellows selected in any one year to no more than 0.10 percent of the IEEE's total voting membership. With IEEE membership now standing at more than 350,000 professionals, this year's ...

Abstract The Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL) was formed in 2016 response to a need global network of early career researchers and leaders the chiropractic profession. Thirteen fellows were accepted competitively have since worked together at residentials virtually on many research leadership projects. In 2020, CARL program ended this first cohort, it is now timely take stock...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Concerns have been raised about nephrology fellows' skills in inserting temporary hemodialysis catheters. Less is known about temporary hemodialysis catheter insertion skills of attending nephrologists supervising these procedures. The aim of this study was to compare baseline temporary hemodialysis catheter insertion skills of attending nephrologists with the skills o...

Department of Gastroenterology, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dep...

BACKGROUND Physicians require extensive training to achieve proficiency in mechanical ventilator (MV) management of the critically ill patients. Guided self-directed learning (GSDL) is usually the method used to learn. However, it is unclear if this is the most proficient approach to teaching mechanical ventilation to critical care fellows. We, therefore, investigated whether critical care fell...

Launched in 2014, Teach for Qatar (TFQ) is a local non-governmental organization under For All (TFALL) that recruits and prepares graduates professionals as teaching fellows the Qatari government schools. This qualitative exploratory study used semi-structured interviews to identify TFQ Fellows’ challenges they faced resources available during their Qatar’s Government Schools. Findings indicate...

BACKGROUND Around the world, health professionals and program managers are leading and managing public and private health organizations with little or no formal management and leadership training and experience. OBJECTIVE To describe an innovative 2-year, long-term apprenticeship Fellowship training program implemented by Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) to strengthen capa...