the goal of this study was to assess attitude towards plagiarism in faculty members of medical school at tehran university of medical sciences. one hundred and twenty medical faculty members of tehran university of medical sciences were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. they were asked to answer to valid and reliable persian version of attitude towards plagiarism questionnaire. attitude t...

How do good teachers get that way? While practice is certainly important, good ideas are essential. The first goal of the "New(er) Kids on the Block" plenary session at the 2008 PKAL/FUN Workshop was to highlight the notable things junior FUN faculty are doing in the classroom and the lab. Happily, both younger and more seasoned faculty colleagues shared a multitude of pedagogical ideas, many o...

Mentoring is often identified as a crucial step in achieving career success. However, not all medical trainees or educators recognize the value of a mentoring relationship. Since medical educators rarely receive training on the mentoring process, they are often ill equipped to face challenges when taking on major mentoring responsibilities. This article is based on half-day workshops presented ...

Librarians have an opportunity to assist faculty and students in adoption use of OER, or Open Educational Resources. Faculty present differing perspectives responses OER that may inhibit their use. Libraries are known for providing access resources educational training workshops on the new technologies existing resources. also accustomed proxied online resources, hosting repositories developing...

Several recent publications have highlighted the importance of recruiting a diverse workforce to science and technological fields. The recent National Academies report entitled Rising Above The Gathering Storm argued that the leadership role that the United States has historically played in science and technology is eroding owing to the increased globalization of the past decade. To compete wit...

Nursing literature consistently identifies novice nurses as the most likely to experience lateral violence in the healthcare workforce. With that statistic in mind, faculty at USC decided to offer lateral violence workshops to senior students. Several faculty members attended the train-thetrainer program sponsored by the Upstate AHEC and training sessions with senior nursing students began in f...

The aim of this article was to find potential connection between positive experiences from ICT training courses gained by teachers and multipliers and their ability to affect elderly people‟s willingness to learn ICT skills and motivate them for future participation in ICT training courses through motivational workshops. Within the study the authors focus on the evaluation of the ICT training c...

BACKGROUND Preparing healthcare professionals for teaching is regarded as essential to enhancing teaching effectiveness. Although many reports describe various faculty development interventions, there is a paucity of research demonstrating their effectiveness. OBJECTIVE To synthesize the existing evidence that addresses the question: "What are the effects of faculty development interventions ...