Purpose The main objective of the paper is to develop an investment model using data envelopment analysis (DEA) that provides a decision-making framework allocate resources efficiently, such relative efficiency improved within available budget. Design/methodology/approach Firstly, DEA models are used evaluate departments their peers and providing benchmarks for less efficient departments. Secon...

background: there is an increasing trend of outsourcing public departments. teaching hospitals also outsourced some of their departments to private sectors. the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the educational status of students in public and outsourced departments of teaching hospitals affiliated to iran university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was conducted in six...

Author details Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Room F4-211, PO Box 22660, Amsterdam 1100 DD, The Netherlands. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Departments of Rheumatology Reade, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems in college and their associations with academic performance are not well understood. The main aim of this study was to investigate to what extent mental health problems are associated with academic functioning. METHODS As part of the World Mental Health Surveys International College Student project, 12-month mental health problems among freshmen (N = 4921) wa...

BACKGROUND The state of academic paediatrics in the United Kingdom is a source of anxiety in view of anecdotal reports of loss of identity within medical schools and reductions in staffing levels. AIMS To measure the current numbers and recent changes in clinical academic staff in all university departments of paediatrics in the UK. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to all 24 university depa...

Academic ranking is a public topic, such as for universities, colleges, or departments, which has significant educational, administrative and social effects. Popular ranking systems include the US News & World Report (USNWR), the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and others. The most popular observables for such ranking are academic publications and their citations. However, a rigo...

This case study analyzes coauthorship collaboration, or lack thereof, among individual faculty members and departments in the School of Biology and Biotechnology of the National University of Mongolia. I found that publication rates and coauthorship networks in impact-factor journals between 2008 and 2012 (as of October 31, 2012) are highly variable among the eight biology departments we studie...