Race and ethnicity can affect how quickly a faculty member receives tenure.

BACKGROUND One of the features of Mission Based Management is measuring the activities of faculty members and departments and their contributions to the school's mission. As it is important to assess the school's readiness for such a system, in this study we assessed the view points of Tehran Medical School's department chairs about faculty members' activities. METHODS We used focus group tec...

the effect of anxiety management skills on anxiety in adolescent     jalaliaria k [1] , ashrafrezai n [2] , asayesh h [3] *, bathaei sa [4] , shariati a5, badeleh mt6     received: 15 mar , 2013 accepted: 5 may , 2013    abstract  background & aims : adolescence is a critical period in life with lots of change which can play an important role in the country's future. at this period there i...

The Mechanical Engineering Department is pleased to offer the following research project(s) for the summer of 2003. Interested students are urged to contact the faculty member(s) directing the project(s) that most interest them. By contacting the faculty member, you can discover more about the project, learn what your responsibilities will be, and if possible, develop a timetable for the twelve...

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is pleased to offer the following research project for the summer of 2008. Interested students are urged to contact the faculty member(s) directing the project that most interests them. By contacting the faculty member, you can discover more about the project, learn what your responsibilities will be and, if possible, develop a t...

The initial phase of a voluntarily implemented multiphasic plan for improving faculty lectures was completed in 1988 and reported in 1989 [Am. J. Physiol. 256 (Adv. Physiol. Educ. 1): S3-S8, 1989]. That phase, conducted by a teaching consultant, included analysis of the teaching practices of each of seven faculty members. Following lecture observations, each faculty member received a written cr...

INTRODUCTION The teaching of evidence-based medicine (EBM) has now been incorporated as an integral part of medical curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital but there is little research into the effectiveness of the course. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the EBM skills of medical students and competency of the faculty member. MATERIALS AND METHODS The EBM course ...

INTRODUCTION Many students, while performing clinical skills such as medical interviewing/ communication, physical examination, and procedural tasks, have never been observed by faculty members or residents. This study aimed to explore the relationships between final-year medical students' self-reported confidence and the frequency of direct observation by faculty member or resident while condu...

the effect of oxygen therapy on postoperative nausea and vomiting     aliakbarzadeh arani z [1] *,gilasi hr [2] , khari arani m [3] ,shouri bidgoli ar [4] , asayesh h [5]     received: 14 apr, 2013 accepted: 15 jun, 2013    abstract  background & aims : postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) are the most common complications after surgery which could cause complications and problems for many ...

W omen are underrepresented in the new field of nanoscience and nanotechnology (NS/NT). They comprise only 14% of the faculty members at the 62 federally funded centers for NS/NT at higher education institutions in the USA, but make up 25% of the faculty in other STEM disciplines (1). Increasing the participation of women and minorities in NS/NT research is important for the relatively new fiel...