Background: Instructors play an instrumental role in education, particularly in medical sciences where they are regarded as the most influential factor in the process of education. The present study was carried out with the aim of demonstrating assistants’ views about professors’ teaching in Mashhad School of Medicine. Methods: The current study is a qualitative analysis in which the written vi...

Transformational leadership has both personal and professional domains. Key concepts and research related to transformational leadership are explored, as well as a framework for personal and professional leadership, in relation to leadership of self, leadership in relation to others, and leadership in relation to systems. A review of the issues and trends facing nurse executives results in iden...

The ear, nose, and throat physician who diagnosed my hearing loss many years ago called it a “progressive hearing loss” and told me that I would eventually be going deaf. And then he went on to his next patient. It took me a long time to realize that what he meant by “deaf” was not a condition that I would ever fully experience. He apparently used the term as a medical diagnostic label and not ...