The initial phase of a voluntarily implemented multiphasic plan for improving faculty lectures was completed in 1988 and reported in 1989 [Am. J. Physiol. 256 (Adv. Physiol. Educ. 1): S3-S8, 1989]. That phase, conducted by a teaching consultant, included analysis of the teaching practices of each of seven faculty members. Following lecture observations, each faculty member received a written cr...

Credentialing and assigning clinical privileges are well-established practices in institutions that need to verify a clinician's ability to provide direct patient care services. The credentialing process verifies a provider's credentials to practice his or her profession, while privileging authorizes the individual to perform enumerated procedures within a specific scope of practice. All clinic...

DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.96515 Sir, We at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital have recently conducted a Continued Medical Education programme in “Research Methodology for Ayurvedic faculty members” (supported by Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth [RAV], Department of AYUSH). This programme was attended by 30 participants from different states of the country. As a fac...

Introduction. Development of a faculty evaluation program determines the unique values and priorities of an education institute. Preparation of evaluation questionnaires on the basis of responders’ ideals and recognition, accuracy of analyses and practicality of assessment system are effective strategies for success. Elimination of inappropriate or parallel questions will shorten the questionna...

CONTEXT Previous studies have found that fewer minority medical school faculty hold senior professorial ranks than do majority faculty and may not be promoted as rapidly. OBJECTIVE To determine whether minority faculty were as likely as majority faculty to have attained senior rank (associate professor or full professor) after adjusting for other factors that typically influence promotion. ...

the effect of oxygen therapy on postoperative nausea and vomiting     aliakbarzadeh arani z [1] *,gilasi hr [2] , khari arani m [3] ,shouri bidgoli ar [4] , asayesh h [5]     received: 14 apr, 2013 accepted: 15 jun, 2013    abstract  background & aims : postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) are the most common complications after surgery which could cause complications and problems for many ...

Purpose: Medical education is moving away from the traditional lecture and incorporating more active learning strategies, such as problem-based learning. This study presents 2 novel ways in which a single faculty member can incorporate active learning into the classroom. Methods: Two approaches were implemented. The first approach utilizes small groups working simultaneously in the lecture hall...

What does it take to be successful as a tenure-track research faculty member in a School of Medicine? What are the elements necessary to run a successful laboratory? How does one find the resources and help to know what is important for promotion and tenure? Most training in graduate school or in clinical fellowships does not answer these questions. Too often, new junior tenure-track research f...

Although nursing care has changed significantly over the past 30 years, methods to clinically train nursing students have not. The traditional model of clinical nursing education, where a faculty member oversees a group of six to eight students on an acute care unit for a 4- to 8-hour shift, provides a haphazard approach to learning. A need exists to find innovative ways to effectively train mo...