On the basis of greatest successes achieved by USSR as a result implementation first five-year plan industrialization country and socialist reorganization agriculture, process rapid pulling up to most advanced levels number national republics, regions regions, which until recently were in state economic cultural backwardness, is taking place. This great strength Leninist policy, proves proletar...

"In order to provide an insight into the possible problems that face Saudi Arabia in its Fourth Five-Year Plan (1985-1990), this paper assesses several aspects of the manpower problems encountered in the Third Five-Year Plan (1980-1985). In general, it appears that the country's abundance of fixed capital, or at least the means to acquire it, only emphasizes the scarcity of other resources in ...

A Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) resident's concerns, limitations, and strengths may be self-identified early in the residency year but are reliant on self-awareness and insight. Program directors commonly find difficulty in identifying a resident's specific knowledge deficits at the beginning of the program. A standardized resident examination can identify limitations early in training and these...

S unnybrook Health Science Centre in Toronto recently conducted an extensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the merits of implementing an Electronic Patient Record System. The following describes some of the calculations which were essential to the decision-making process. As a first step, the organization underwent a rigorous strategic planning process. The resulting plan identified a numbe...

I n the Presidential Address in June of 1998 (1), I proudly announced that the recently adopted Five Year Plan of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) contained the goal of allocating one of every three dollars of total public support to research awards and grants by the end of five years. I pledged to keep the members of the Professional Section apprised of our progress toward that goal. Th...