Using a sample of women natural sciences and engineering (NSE) faculty members from 13 Canadian universities, we investigated the impact academic leaders on professors’ perceptions gender bias. Logistic regression analyses indicated that professors who perceived more workplace bias were likely to feel they needed work harder be seen as legitimate scholars than those less However, better represe...

The article considers government measures to establish professorial disciplinary court at higher education institutions of the capital (the conducted its work from August 27, 1902 February 22, 1917), commission on development regulations for this body, and main normative legal acts implement it. examines issues activity relationship between participants system: students, professors, authorities...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among professors of a public university. METHOD This cross-sectional study included 145 professors from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), MG, Brazil, in 2010. Analyzed variables included age, weight, height, waist, hip and abdominal circumferences, in addition to total cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, a...

PURPOSE To evaluate the scientific production from the surgical areas from the State University of Para (UEPA), Federal Universities of Para (UFPA) and of Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil. METHODS The scientific productions of professors in the last five years were classified according to the Qualis system of CAPES-Medicine III (http://qualis.capes.gov.br/webqualis/publico/pesquisaPublicaClassificacao....

The objective of this paper is to describe our experience in developing a tool based on web technologies, for storing, managing and providing medical courses written by professors in the medical university of Rennes. The increasing number of documents sent by professors leaded us to build a specific resource management system. We created a relational database, containing all meta information ab...

BACKGROUND The h-index is a tool that is increasingly used to measure individual research productivity. It is unknown whether its use as an evaluation of individual research impact is reliable and valid within the context of anaesthesia. METHODS We calculated the h-indices of 268 faculty members of a university department of anaesthesia using Scopus™ and Web of Science(®). Agreement between t...

INTRODUCTION Teaching is one of the main components in educational planning which is a key factor in conducting educational plans. Despite the importance of good teaching, the outcomes are far from ideal. The present qualitative study aimed to investigate effective teaching in higher education in Iran based on the experiences of best professors in the country and the best local professors of Is...

This paper examines professors’ perceptions of internationalization activities at Canadian universities using the findings Academic Profession in Knowledge-based Society (APIKS) survey. The suggest academic disciplines are organizing logic for diverse manifestations within same universities. Professors hard sciences more likely to publish internationally while those arts and humanities internat...

PURPOSE To determine the extent of gender inequity in a large academic pediatrics department and to demonstrate an assessment methodology other departments can use. METHOD Using deidentified data, the authors evaluated all promotion track faculty in the University of Colorado School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics in 2009 by five parameters: promotion, tenure, leadership roles, faculty...