This paper describes the emergence of a formal partnership between Manitoba First Nations and researchers in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. This partnership reflects two decades of a working relationship in Manitoba involving university researchers and First Nations communities, as well as new and innovative approaches to developing organizations, tra...

BACKGROUND Global 'twinning' relationships between healthcare organizations and institutions in low and high-resource settings have created growing opportunities for e-health partnerships which capitalize upon expanding information technology resources worldwide. E-learning approaches to medical education are increasingly popular but remain under-investigated, whilst a new emphasis on global he...

Problem Statement: The Interprofessional Partnership to Advance Care and Education (iPACE™) model its core principles are spreading across the MaineHealth system. Thus, there is a need for standardized approach that adaptable incorporates requirements of diverse patient care settings.

This contribution presents an overview of the security of the 3 generation mobile radio system UMTS as currently standardised by the 3 Generation Partnership Project 3GPP. We discuss the underlying principles and show to which extent the security of 2 generation systems as GSM is improved and enhanced by UMTS. The UMTS Authentication and Key Agreement protocol, the security algorithms deployed ...

Philanthropy is frequently viewed as an alternative way for supporting innovative research, but how to ideally approach this in Academic Medical Centers is rarely discussed. There are several ethical principles that should be adhered to, while recognizing that philanthropy should also be regarded as a partnership between donors and physician-scientists. Training of physician leaders, incorporat...

Introduction. In recent years in Ukraine, the task of ensuring multi-faceted cooperation between state and private business has been relevant. The formation effective principles realization public-private partnership determines need for a detailed study essence, characteristics its organizational economic mechanism.Goal. purpose article is to reflect analyze methodological determining essence b...

This study aimed at investigating the Iranian undergraduate EFL students’ and teachers’ attitude towards Partnership Approach as a new way of engaging learners in the learning process. A descriptive, ethnographic research method, using a questionnaire along with focus group semi-structured interview, was employed. Seventy-two undergraduate EFL learners and 40 EFL teachers with more than ten yea...

Standards of treatment and care should be acceptable to healthcare consumers as well as to healthcare professionals. A simple categorisation of standards according to their acceptability to consumers is outlined. Professional/consumer groups which review and set standards are discussed, with emphasis on the principles of partnership. Working together towards consensus can be diYcult but is now ...