Personal perspectives

Personal perspectives on mentoring.

Mentoring has been an essential component of my training and my career in gastroenterology. I have enjoyed a wonderful experience in gastroenterology and, as a woman, have a somewhat different perspective on the role of mentorship in medicine and gastroenterology. However, complex professional and personal situations are not unique to women and the general principles of mentorship are broadly a...

Personal and Historical Perspectives

Frederick Akbar Mahomed was an Englishman of mixed Indian and Irish descent who made substantial contributions to the study of high blood pressure in a short professional life from 1872 to 1884. He was strongly influenced by the previous work of Richard Bright on kidney disease at his own hospital (Guy's Hospital in London) and by the contemporary pathological studies of Gull and Sutton on arte...

Personal Perspectives on Allen Burton.

8 James Mastro is with the Department of Professional Education at Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN. Daryl E. Miller is a Special Education Director at Robbinsdale Area Schools in New Hope, MN. Carol Leitschuh is with the Dept. of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Barry Lavay is with the Department of Kinesiology and PE at California State University at Long Beach. P...

Influence Diagrams - Historical and Personal Perspectives

Workplace Competence: integrating social and personal perspectives

Understanding what constitutes workplace competence stands a key concern for those who rely on and aim to develop and/or sustain that competence. Without a comprehensive understanding of this competence, it is difficult to advise individuals, enterprises, and governments how they should, respectively, plan their development throughout working life, manage the continuity of their workforce‟s ski...