Introduction: It has been shown that there is a strong correlation between training and improving the Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist (ROMP) and an Oncology Department Quality Management plans. The Reza Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre (RROC) beside of its development plan, has recently implemented a comprehensive in-site training plan based on ROMPs abilities and the Depa...

growing number of clinical experiences place students in settings with electronic health records (EHRs). The nursing work world expects graduates to be proficient with informatics as part of nursing practice. This may not be easy because there is a substantive gap between the national health reform efforts and the attempt of nursing programs to engage students in expanding work practices. Altho...

Changes in the health care environment necessitate revisiting management-related competencies for both clinical and administrative practitioners. Major changes include the shift from recruitment to reengineering, direct service to multiple service models, department to program management, professional standards to market-driven standards, and single-system to multisystem management. Important c...

Because healthcare faces challenges, such as ensuring quality and access and controlling cost, effective leadership is needed at every level of healthcare organizations. Yet, physicians are trained in clinical and scientific skills but not in leadership competencies. Furthermore, clinicians often feel ill-prepared to assume managerial and leadership roles. To close this gap, training in leaders...

BACKGROUND Despite its obvious need, a current, research-based list of informatics competencies for nurses is not available. OBJECTIVE To produce a research-based master list of informatics competencies for nurses and differentiate these competencies by level of nursing practice. METHODS After a comprehensive literature review and item consolidation, an expert panel defined initial competen...

Objective evaluation of medical student clinical skills is difficult. In this study, medical students and neurology faculty independently completed a form on new clinic patients documenting anatomic localization, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, and management. We found students and faculty agreed significantly more often in anatomic lesion location and diagnosis than in ordering diagnostic tests o...