This retrospective observational study on faculty development analyzes the Duke University Pathology Department's 18-year experience with a structured mentoring program involving 51 junior faculty members. The majority had MD degrees only (55%). The percentage of young women faculty hires before 1998 was 25%, increasing to 72% after 2005. Diversity also broadened from 9% with varied heritages b...

That Journal of Neonatal Surgery (JNS) has completed its three years of existence is a source of the highest gratification to its founding patrons and editors; is a matter of unbiased congratulation to all those concerned in its inception, interested in its progress, or imbued with a sense of the purposes for which it was established. That it has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations ...

Abstract There is a significant gender gap in accounting academia that places women at disadvantage terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, tenure, status, high-level areas or positions (both research and administrative), burden distribution work, remuneration. Women are disproportionately represented part-time non-tenure tracks, such as lecturers, instructors, assistant professors. They exper...

BACKGROUND Wound management is more than the application of a dressing. It requires a comprehensive and informed approach to the assessment of the patient, their wound and their healing environment OBJECTIVE This article outlines a systematic approach to guide assessment and management of chronic wounds. DISCUSSION An international advisory panel has developed a framework for assessment and...

The trend toward delayed parenthood is on the rise across Canada. Societal emphasis on attaining higher education, career advancement and financial security may be some reasons why individuals delay becoming a parent; whatever the reason, this trend is linked to significant health and economic impacts. Many Canadians are unaware of the impact this may have on their fertility and potential birth...

Under the trend of globalization and advancement of information technology, the operational patterns and industrial environments have changed, hence, traditional industries are facing the impact of the new era. Sustainable operation thus becomes their priority concern. This study treated consumers of traditional industries as subjects, and Buddhist Systems Methodology (BSM) and the quantitative...

Many nurse academicians are also advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the United States (U.S.). Such faculty are often involved in clinical practice activities which require specific competencies for meeting legal responsibilities and standards for safety. Maintaining practice expectations often takes away the time necessary to address traditional scholarship expected by U.S. institutions for adv...

The expression ‘publish or perish’ has probably never been as cruelly applicable as it is today. Universities in many countries now require their staff to publish in major, high-impact, peerreviewed Anglophone journals as a pre-requisite for tenure, promotion and career advancement, making participation in this global web of scholarship an obligation for academics all over the world. Junior sch...

Background: Extreme competition for grant funding or publications to gain career promotion in an affiliated hospital has outsized negative effects on doctor China these years. This research seeks explore the relationships between evaluation of a teaching physician and their actual aptitude towards promotion. Methods: study was offered all teachers standardized residency training students at Sha...

Whereas the number of paid overtime hours declined over the last two decades in Germany, a different trend can be observed for unpaid overtime. We analyze future consequences of unpaid work with respect to a worker’s career advancement, such as higher future wages and probabilities of promotion or job retention, which might help to explain why an increasing fraction of employees are working ext...