OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze bibliometric data from ISI, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funding data, and faculty size information for Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) member schools during 1997 to 2007 to assess research productivity and impact. METHODS This study gathered and synthesized 10 metrics for almost all AAMC medical schools(n=123): (1) t...

Each school of the univru:sity picked representatives for a 10 member faculty advisory committee to the trustee search ·committee. This method of forming the faculty advisory committee is more democratic than simply placing the senate faculty members on the committee, Percival Perry, dean of the summer session .and professor of history, Perry said. replaced associate professor of biology Ron Di...

OBJECTIVE To compare the quantity of manuscripts published in journals by departments of pharmacy practice at schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States for the years 2001-2003. METHODS We utilized the Web of Science bibliographic database to identify publication citations for the years 2001 to 2003 which were then evaluated in a number of different ways. Faculty were identified vi...

BACKGROUND In-training evaluation reports (ITERs) are used by over 90% of postgraduate medical training programs in Canada for resident assessment. Our study examined the perspectives of faculty and residents in one pediatric program as a means to improve the ITER as an evaluation tool. METHOD Two separate focus groups were conducted, one with eight pediatric residents and one with nine clini...

OBJECTIVE To document the type and extent of active-learning techniques used in US colleges and schools of pharmacy as well as factors associated with use of these techniques. METHODS A survey instrument was developed to assess whether and to what extent active learning was used by faculty members of US colleges and schools of pharmacy. This survey instrument was distributed via the American ...

PURPOSE This survey's purpose was to: (1) assess the status of the pediatric dentistry academic workforce; (2) determine if the current workforce is sufficient for pediatric and general dentistry education requirements; (3) address other workforce issues; and (4) explore factors influencing this faculty shortage, thereby narrowing the focus of other surveys. METHODS In 2004, 130 pediatric den...

AIM This is a story intended to motivate the reader to become immersed in 'verbal snapshots' depicting the reality of nursing in Ghana as experienced by the writer. Its purpose is to encourage dialogue and creative collaboration between nurse educators in radically different settings, which would serve to enrich all those involved. BACKGROUND During the summer of 2003, a faculty member from t...

The Rhode Island Hospital Ophthalmology Residency Program was established in 1963, nine years before Brown University’s Program in Medicine was created. DR. ANTHONY BROCCOLI was recruited as its first ophthalmology resident. When the first medical school class enrolled at Brown in 1972, ophthalmology resident education was provided by a cohort of community-based physicians including DRS. H. FRE...

Research indicates that mentoring has been highly effective in promoting faculty success. Strong mentors in the area of scholarship are extremely valuable for junior faculty, not only because of their research and academic expertise but also for their role modeling behaviors. This paper highlights key components of research mentoring used by a senior nursing faculty member. The senior faculty m...

PURPOSE To describe the utility of school-wide use of mission-based reporting (MBR) for medical school deans and department chairs. METHOD All faculty members in the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine reported their clinical, creative, teaching, and service activities for 2000-2001 to the MBR system. The authors report on school-wide and department MBR profiles, and profiles ...