This article tries to review and analyze that how the scholars who presented at the Zambian Education Forum (ZEF) catch actual condition of teacher profession in African and Asian countries. Before into analyzing, it is necessary to explain about ZEF and its back ground. The purpose was that to provide an opportunity for the people interested in education to share some knowledge and experiences...

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...

introduction: some scholars have visualized and drawn the structure of science using different instruments and methods. one of these instruments is the histcite™ software which is exploited to draw scientific mapping according to time order. the purpose of the present research was to survey and draw the scientific structure of tehran university of medical sciences' publications in web of scienc...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Choosing a medical specialty and making decisions concerning a career are difficult processes for medical students and newly graduated physicians.This exploratory study aimed to investigate the influence of role models on the choice of surgery as a career, and to determine the most influential model characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING Qualitative analysis on responses to...

Over the last few years the concepts and methods of the evidence-based medicine (EBM) have been increasingly recognized and applied in the Croatian medical community. Central Medical Library at Zagreb university Medical School has been developing a web-based service aimed to help practitioners find best evidence for solving specific clinical problems. Therefore, the health personnel affiliated ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine in depth the nature and extent of identity work carried out by a PhD engineer involved in various phases of high tech university spin-out (USO) activity. The paper commences with a discussion, where firstly, it is established that the creation of a USO presents challenges to career development for engineering researchers which can hinder the spin-out proc...

BACKGROUND Auditing of patient safety aims at early detection of risks of adverse events and is intended to encourage the continuous improvement of patient safety. The auditing should be an independent, objective assurance and consulting system. Auditing helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness o...

PURPOSE To assess the relative importance of criteria used for residency selection in 21 medical specialties given current available data and competitiveness of specialties. METHOD In 2006, questionnaires were distributed to 2,528 program directors in university hospital or university-affiliated community hospital residency programs across 21 medical specialties. Responses were recorded using...

BACKGROUND German hospitals have a well-defined career structure for clinicians. In this hierarchical career system university hospital are stepping stones for career advancement. This longitudinal study investigates the impact of working in university hospitals on the career success of junior physicians and senior physicians. METHODS Consideration of the career trajectories of 324 hospital p...

Severe infections caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae have been reported in Southeast Asian countries over the past several decades. This report shows their emergence in France, with 12 cases observed during a 2-year period in two university hospitals. Two clones (sequence type 86 [ST86] and ST380) of serotype K2 caused five rapidly fatal bacteremia cases, three of which were assoc...