this brief discusses the policy implications of a research study commissioned by health workforce australia (hwa) within its health workforce innovation and reform work program. the project explored conceptually complex and operationally problematic concepts related to developing a whole-of-workforce competency-based education and training and competency-based career framework for the australia...

introduction: several factors affect the academic performance of college students and parenting style is one significant factor. the current study has been done with the purpose of investigating the relationship between parenting styles, academic achievement and career path of students at shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: this is a correlation study carried out at shiraz universit...

The Systems Theory Framework (STF) is presented as an integrating and organising concept for the predominant theories of career. In order to test the integrative capacity of the STF, a theory of personality, the Theory of Dialogical Self, is merged with the STF’s theoretical element of story. Implications for the practice of career counselling are discussed along with a working example of a car...

Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between identity status and career maturity among adolescents with visual disorders, as compared to normal adolescents. Methods: The study had two populations: all normal high school students in Tehran city (including boys and girls) and all visually-disabled high school students in Tehran (including boys and girls). The s...

BACKGROUND In the course of national studies of doctors' career choices and progression, we received spontaneous comments from respondents about job satisfaction and the National Health Service reforms. To assess whether such comments were representative, or whether they reflected minority views, we added questions to subsequent questionnaires to gauge systematically how doctors view their own ...

conclusions perceptions of nursing were significantly different from those of the ideal career in most of the attributes. therefore, it is recommended that nurses’ income, workplace safety, and sense of being appreciated and respected by all authorities should be improved. background identification of the attributes of nursing and the ideal career, and their similarities and differences, as per...

Previous research on the skills needed by data quality professionals have focused on Information Systems (IS) curriculum standards, survey input from Information Quality (IQ) professionals, and the training required by related disciplines such as database and quality management. In this paper, Internet-posted job descriptions for the position of data quality analysts are examined. The purpose o...

A cross-sectional study of a cohort of 197 clinical dental students in the four accredited dental schools in Nigeria was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of these dental students and their motives for the choice of dentistry. The results indicate that the number of female dental students in Nigeria is increasing, which reflects a trend well established in virtually al...

BACKGROUND The shortage of doctors in all specialties in Malawi is particularly severe in rural areas. Contributory factors are the low number of students graduating each year, migration of doctors, and the preference of new graduates for practising in urban areas. Attempts to increase the output from Malawi's only medical school are insufficient to meet the country's healthcare needs. METHOD...