Dear MJM, There is growing concern over the declining number of physician-scientists over the last two decades. Although James Wyngaarden, former National Institutes of Health Director, called attention to this issue more than 25 years ago (1), history tells his concerns were mostly ignored. The number of physician-scientists decreased by more than 6% from 15,377 in 1980 to 14,434 in 1997. In t...

Zahra Ebrahimi, Zakieh Piri, Afsaneh mehdikhani, RouhAllah Khara. Undergraduate student, health information technology, Tabriz University of medical science, Tabriz, Iran; Associate Professor, health information management, Tabriz University of medical science, Tabriz, Iran; Undergraduate student, health information technology, Tabriz University of medical science, Tabriz, Iran; PHD student, he...

background & aim : universities should play an important role in education commensurate with the expectations of stakeholders and of the community as well. the university professors and teachers have critical positions in education. this research aimed to explore the perspective of students in tehran university of medical sciences (tums) about characteristics of a model teacher. methods & mater...

We read the publication by Liu (2016) on authorship misconduct with a great interest. In fact, the authorship misconduct is no uncommon and has to be managed. Liu (2016) noted that “Proper authorship embodies honesty, integrity, fairness and transparency, which surely are the very essence of any scientific pursuit.” Due to the present requirement on academic publication to support academic rank...