introduction: the current research seeks to evaluate the framework of the mentioned endeavors through the survey of the quality of the web pages of iran's medical universities and the existence of their organizational metalinks. methods: in this descriptive study, 40 web pages of the iran's medical universities were studied. the existence of the web pages, the type of the library soft wares, th...

In the drive for the consolidation of professional authority, physicians in the nineteenth century sought to exert control over all associated occupations, and weaken the influence of competitors. Many historians have chronicled this process, as doctors and their associations sought to proscribe or eliminate competitors such as homeopaths, eclectics, chiropractors and Thomsonians. 1 Others have...

Due to an increase in the need for allied health professionals, there is a growing interest to assess the allied health workforce and its employment needs. This is especially true in medically underserved rural areas where there is a critical shortage of allied health professionals. A survey was sent to allied health administrators across a variety of allied health disciplines working in Tennes...

Faculties of medicine must play a lead role in guiding the changes sweeping the health care system, says the principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University. During the recent annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (ACMC), Association of Canadian Teaching Hospitals and Canadian Association for Medical Education in Halifax, Bernard Shapiro urged medical educators to he...

This special issue of Australian Health Review features original research articles, reviews and perspectives dedicated to the theme strengthening the allied health workforce. Of the total healthworkforce,more than 126 000 are registered allied health practitioners in Australia. With the growing demands upon the health system from patients with complex and chronic conditions, there is a resurgen...

In 1995, the Division of Allied Health at the Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide (WCH) began a process of critical review of its service delivery models and organisational structure in order better to meet the vision and values of the WCH and the needs of consumers. This paper describes the change management process. Barriers to and facilitators of change are highlighted. The outcomes of ...