The purpose of this study was to examine the current research performance patterns of occupational therapy faculty, identify factors that influence individual faculty members productivity, and compare current faculty research performance with earlier studies in occupational therapy. Survey questionnaires from 158 faculty members were analyzed. Compared to earlier data, the results showed that t...

Background: One of the most important factors in assessing the success of a health system reform plan is the periodic review of the satisfaction of health care providers. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate the clinical faculty members’ satisfaction with the implementation of the health system reform plan in Iran. Methods: This research is a descr...

O ccupational therapy faculty members who seek tenure at research universities rarely focus on one role at a time. It is the nature of the faculty appointment to produce in a minimum of three areas-teaching, research, and service, which includes practice. Outstanding performance in these areas has served as the cri terion for the awarding of tenure, an important career goal for most academician...

The first 10 years of career development pose unique challenges for MD- and PhD-trained faculty members working in medical education. These may include publishing peer-reviewed articles, winning grant funding, teaching, maintaining a clinical practice, and supporting professional communities both within and external to their institution. As the inaugural and current leaders of the ECME group in...

background and purpose:the tasks of faculty members and their weights particularly in integrated system of iran are not well defined. methods:to address this issue, in a comprehensive project, we explored all rules, regulations and officialdocuments in national level, collected the opinion of experts around the country using in-depthinterview and defined the weights of main tasks in a group dis...

introduction:job satisfaction plays a pivotal role in the performance of university facultymembers. identification of the factors influencing job satisfaction can beuseful in advancing the educational and research objectives of the university.the aim of the present study was to analyze the factors influencing jobsatisfaction among the faculty members of guilan university of medicalsciences. met...