Various studies have reported that achieving effective use of increasingly heterogeneous scholarly objects within institutional learning and teaching frameworks is becoming critical to the performance of educational institutions. The integration of digital information environments, such as a University library, within a virtual learning environment (VLE) encapsulates this challenge. This paper ...

BACKGROUND Academic hospital medicine (AHM) groups continue to grow rapidly, driven largely by clinical demands. While new hospitalist faculty usually have strong backgrounds in clinical medicine, they often lack the tools needed to achieve excellence in the other aspects of a faculty career, including teaching, research, quality improvement, and leadership skills. OBJECTIVE To develop and im...

It is a wonderfully exciting time to be involved in undergraduate biology education efforts. The publication of Vision and Change: A Call to Action has motivated many to redouble their efforts in engaging their colleagues and institutions in fundamentally changing the experiences of students in college and university biology classrooms around the country (American Association for the Advancemen...

‘‘D o I need to submit a research abstract or paper to graduate?’’ is an often asked question by trainees. As faculty, we look to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program Requirements for guidance. The requirements mandate that residency training programs demonstrate resident and faculty scholarly activity, as well as an ‘‘environment of inquiry and schola...

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