BACKGROUND The physician workforce in Quebec is regulated by a government-controlled plan. Many specialty trainees expressed concerns about securing a position. Our objective was to analyze physicians' employment issues in Quebec and their impact on residents' training in specialty programs. METHODS We distributed a web-based self-administrated survey to all Quebec residents training in speci...

Introduction. The Soviet system of education and cultural services for the population needed substantial number personnel, which included preschool teachers, primary school librarians, club workers. These mid-level specialists were trained mainly by regional colleges. article presents a study vocational educational institutions that institutions, as part in European North Russia. Materials Meth...

BACKGROUND Within the framework of a prospective cohort study of Swiss medical school graduates a sample of young physicians aspiring to an academic career were surveyed on their career support and barriers experienced up to their sixth year of postgraduate training. METHODS Thirty-one junior academics took part in semi-structured telephone interviews in 2007. The interview guideline focused ...

Methods: A study was conducted at the A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka. The participants were post­ graduates from various medical colleges in and around Mangalore. A questionnaire was distributed among 100 randomly selected postgraduate students who came to attend the Postgraduate CME Program on scientific writing, publication and presentation skills. The students were ...

Despite the tremendous growth of higher education in China, persistent social obstacles make it difficult for college graduates to obtain employment. Employment quality is a key determinant nation's level economic development and prosperity. The expansion employment theory dialogue among Chinese students aided by discussion on how accurately boost private graduates. goal this survey do explorat...

This study projects that the per capita supply of alternative medicine clinicians (chiropractors, naturopaths, and practitioners of oriental medicine) will grow by 88 percent between 1994 and 2010, while physician supply will grow by 16 percent. This increase is associated with growth in the number and size of alternative medicine colleges and in the opportunities these graduates have for licen...

Economic outcomes are compared for university graduates in Israel belonging to four different ethnic groups. A unique dataset is used that includes all individuals who graduated with a first degree from universities and colleges in Israel between the years 1995 and 2008 and which tracks them for up to 10 years from the year they graduated. The main finding is that education and experience appea...

BACKGROUND Every year, thousands of young black, high school graduates who are seeking higher education, attend one of the 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) located primarily in the south and east. The objective of the research was to examine the geographic proximity of HBCUs to areas of high HIV and STI disease burden among college age people to assess infectivity of pot...