Mentoring for the Health Professions

Deadly Professions: Violent Attacks Against Aid-Workers and the Health Implications for Local Populations

War has devastating implications for families, communities, cultures, economies, and state infrastructure. Similarly, the last decade has seen an increase in the number of attacks against health workers in conflict zones and unstable environments. Unfortunately, these attacks have grave consequences for local populations which often rely on foreign aid programs for their health and well-being. ...

College of Health Professions

The College of Health Professions was established in 1970. Programs of study are off e red in dental hygiene, health services management and community development, medical technology, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant, and public health. The primary emphasis of the college’s health p rofessions programs is the preparation of entrylevel health professionals. A d d i t i o n a l l y,...

Health Professions Education

February 2007 Volume 33 Number 2 One of the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err Is Human was that professional societies develop a curriculum on patient safety and encourage its adoption into training. Further, it suggested that interdisciplinary team training programs be created. A second report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, furthered the argument for education refo...

Health Management Mentoring for Health Systems Strengthening: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Continuing competence in the health professions.

The health professions are confronted with external pressures to assure the public of the continuing competence of health care providers and internal pressures for self-regulation. This article describes the forces driving continuing competence, the difficulty defining the scope of professional competencies for experienced practitioners, the difficulty creating valid measures to evaluate contin...