background and purpose: shiraz university of medical sciences as one of the oldest and largest universities of medicine in iran with 50 years history has more than 450 faculty members and 5000 students. this study is an attempt to find out the level of job satisfaction among shiraz university of medical sciences’ faculty members. methods: in midterm of 2003-2004, data on job satisfaction level ...

exploring the usage of knowledge management from the viewpoint of urmia university faculty members     dalaimilana [1] *, fereiduni m [2]     received: 26 oct , 2013 accepted: 26 dec , 2013   abstract   background & aims : knowledge management is one of the most important factors for any given organization's success in data competition age . therefore, the present study was done aiming to ...

This action research project addresses the issue of continuing competence from the viewpoint of allied health faculty members at a community college in Illinois. With input by and feedback from the faculty, the researcher describes how full-time allied health faculty members maintain their clinical competence, determines if efforts toward continuing competence are linked with academic responsib...

Given the predicted shortages of dental faculty in the United States, it is important to retain faculty members. Mentoring could play a crucial role in this context. The objectives of this case study were to explore how a six-year mentoring program in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry changed faculty members' perceptions of suppor...

Objectives: The aim of this research was to study information seeking behavior and the pattern of reading behavior of faculty members of University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences in using printed and electronic resources. Methods: The descriptive research method was a survey method. The research was implemented by using an organized questionnaire which was distributed among the ...

introduction: the present study aimed to compare self-assessment forms of coursework taught in the school of public health at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels and students’ evaluation of the performance of the faculty members at these levels. methods: the subjects in this cross-sectional study were the faculty members and students of the school of public health and nutrition, sh...

Background: Since 2009, evaluation of scholarship in teaching activities of faculty members is considered for their promotion in Iran. Until now, policies regarding the minimum obligatory scholarship score required for promotion have changed dramatically. The effects of changes in policies on the scholarship activities of faculty members of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) are eval...