CONTEXT The Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) of Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia, Pa) is one of a small number of medical school programs that addresses the shortage of rural primary care physicians. However, little is known regarding why these programs work. OBJECTIVES To identify factors independently predictive of rural primary care supply and retention and to determine which ...

BACKGROUND Monitoring graduates' views of their learning experiences is important to ensure programme standards and further improvement. This study evaluated graduates' satisfaction with and attitudes towards a Master programme in Dental Public Health. METHODS An online questionnaire was sent to individuals who completed successfully the Master of Science programme in Dental Public Health at ...

Background: The Grade Point Average (GPA) is an essential factor in medical education, since it used to evaluate the quality of graduates, with a correlation between higher GPA and higher-quality doctors. College admission selection system, which aimed at identifying prospective students who are most likely succeed completing education Faculty Medicine has Predictive Validity for undergraduate ...

This manuscript describes a collaborative, seamless program between a community college and a university college of nursing designed to increase the number of nurses prepared with a baccalaureate degree. The three-year Integrated Nursing Pathway provides community college students with a non-nursing associate degree, early introduction to nursing, and seamless progression through BSN education....

College education has been shown to improve the labor market success of young people. Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I estimate a wage model and an unemployment model where respondents are grouped according to their degree attainment and college attendance. I find that associate degrees recipients get paid by 21-23 percent more than high school graduates while a...

A few short weeks ago, I was visiting with the manager of a nearby farm supply cooperative about employment opportunities for this year’s class of graduating seniors. It was my objective to convince this person that our graduates were well-trained, ambitious, and would likely become competent employees. Much to my surprise, I received absolutely no opposition to my sales pitch. The manager agre...

The purpose of these videos is to teach students the basic cognitive principles they need to understand in order to become effective learners. The lack of adequate preparation of high school graduates for college level work is of tremendous concern. In 2011, only 25% of high school seniors met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks in math, science, English, and reading. That means a large p...

College graduates with a science or business related degree earn up to 25% larger wages than other college graduates. However, individuals do not always pursue careers related to their major, generating within-major gaps in wages that are similar in size to the across major gaps. As an example, science majors who work in jobs related to their field of study earn approximately 30% higher wages t...