This study proposes an innovative two-sta-ge approach, using Data Envelopment Analysis and Biplot, to evaluate the techni-cal efficiency of 30 academic departments a Chilean university, identify main factors affecting their performan-ces. Public higher education worldwide is under growing pressure increase improve quality edu-cation with limited governmental funds given state-owned universities...

OBJECTIVES To draw attention to sex related disparities in academic medical leadership by investigating the representation of female leaders compared with leaders with moustaches. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis. SETTING Academic medical departments in the United States. PARTICIPANTS Clinical department leaders (n=1018) at the top 50 US medical schools funded by the National Institutes of...

PURPOSE Despite sincere commitment to egalitarian, meritocratic principles, subtle gender bias persists, constraining women's opportunities for academic advancement. The authors implemented a pair-matched, single-blind, cluster randomized, controlled study of a gender-bias-habit-changing intervention at a large public university. METHOD Participants were faculty in 92 departments or divisions...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a survey about teaching child and adolescent psychiatry to undergraduate medical students in German-speaking countries. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to the 33 academic departments of child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland. RESULTS All departments responded. For teaching knowledge, the methods most commonly re...

As compared to continuing-generation students, first-generation students are struggling more at university. In the present article, we question the unconditional nature of such a phenomenon and argue that it depends on structural competition. Indeed, most academic departments use harsh selection procedure all throughout the curriculum, fostering between-student competition. In these departments...

quality of clinical education for medical students has always been a concern in academic medicine. this concern has increased in today’s time-squeeze while faculty members have to fulfill their complementary roles as a teacher, researcher, and practitioner. one of the strategies for program evaluation is obtaining trainees’ feedbacks since they are the main customers of educational programs; ho...

abstract in the third millennium, knowledge management was introduced as a strategic need for educational institutions and higher education systeme. in fact, relying on human capital, ideas and information, will ensure long term excellence of the organizations and communities. nowadays, it has been possible to enhance higher education and research capabilities and skills through wise utilizati...