Abstract Introduction: In every country, educational systems are regarded as the axes of development. Therefore, evaluating different academic departments as the main parts of educational systems is one of the most important responsibilities for university managers and authorities This study aimed at evaluating educational performance of all departments at the School of Health, a University of...

OBJECTIVE In 2011, the Association of American Medical Colleges conducted a multicenter survey to assess faculty satisfaction, engagement, and retention. This subanalysis describes the perceptions of academic obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns). METHOD Fourteen U.S. institutions offered voluntary faculty survey participation. We analyzed demographic information and responses to items within ...

Previous chapters have already indicated ways in which the educational context is bound up with students’ approaches to learning. The framework of institution, department and courses, affects students’ perceptions of reading, listening to lectures, writing essays and solving problems. Students do not, for example, simply read an article. They read it for a purpose connected with a course of stu...

Globalization has impacted upon every aspect of our lives. The digital revolution sophisticated transportation systems, and cultural understanding, have all facilitated sharing ideas and improving lives. This maturation of our world has also caused positive changes in medicine. Initially, dissemination of thoughts and ideas were dominated by a few western focused publications. Over the past dec...

Background: Junior faculty in academic departments must make two critical decisions. One is how to allocate their time and resources between departmental citizenship tasks and their research pursuits. Another is whether to pursue their research alone or in a group. Little is known how faculty make these decisions, or how departmental policies influence productivity, collaboration between facult...