Weight discrimination: Are colleges preparing their graduates for successful employment and careers?

Are Canadian General Internal Medicine training program graduates well prepared for their future careers?

BACKGROUND At a time of increased need and demand for general internists in Canada, the attractiveness of generalist careers (including general internal medicine, GIM) has been falling as evidenced by the low number of residents choosing this specialty. One hypothesis for the lack of interest in a generalist career is lack of comfort with the skills needed to practice after training, and the mi...

Not just a job: Preparing graduates for careers in the IS workforce

If IS educators are to provide their students with an understanding of the overall context in which they will develop professional careers, they must have good information about graduates’ employment destinations and their workforce experiences. That information is difficult to gain from standard data collections because IS courses are not easily distinguishable from other courses. This paper e...

Employment of female and male graduates of U.S. veterinary medical schools and colleges, 2008.

Mean starting salary among graduates of U.S. veterinary medical schools and colleges during 2008 was $51,321 for males and $47,330 for females. Mean debt for male graduates with debt was $115,059, whereas mean debt for female graduates with debt was $121,006.

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2012 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges.

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2004.