International medical graduates (IMGs) form a significant part of the Australian general practice workforce. Many experience social and professional problems and perform poorly inThe Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Fellowship Examination. This article reports on a pilot program in Mackay, north Queensland that addressed some of these issues.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of medical schools and neurology training programs in the United States by determining their contribution to academic neurology in terms of how many graduates choose academic careers and their respective influence on current medical knowledge through bibliometric analysis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Biographical information from current faculty m...

This study uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation to infer the legal status of Mexican and Central American immigrant youth and to investigate its relationship with educational attainment. We assess differences by legal status in high school graduation and college enrollment, decompose differences in college enrollment into the probability of high school graduation and the probabil...

Participants in student loan programs must repay loans in full regardless of whether they complete college. But many students who take out a loan do not earn a degree (the dropout rate among college students is between 33 to 50 percent). We examine whether insurance against college-failure risk can be offered, taking into account moral hazard and adverse selection. To do so, we develop a model ...

Participants in student loan programs must repay loans in full regardless of whether they complete college. But many students who take out a loan do not earn a degree (the dropout rate among college students is between 33 to 50 percent). We examine whether insurance against college-failure risk can be offered, taking into account moral hazard and adverse selection. To do so, we develop a model ...

Student loans are a growing part of the college funding equation in the US, while at the same time merit aid scholarship programs have become an increasingly popular avenue for states to subsidize higher education. To evaluate the effects of college funding on the early labor market outcomes of college graduates, I use merit aid program eligibility in thirteen states with sharp test score cutof...

With the increasing of number college graduates, employment situation graduates is more and severe, especially in current very many cannot smooth employment, which closely related to lack employability students. During university period, ideological political education for students can effectively improve students' comprehensive quality, help establish correct values, outlook on life world outl...

1.1 Introduction This report outlines the findings from an educational evaluation that comprehensively measured the impact that masters' degrees in healthcare management, leadership & management development and quality and safety in healthcare management had on graduates who completed the programmes at the Institute of Leadership, Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in Ireland. The results present...