One factor that affects surgical team performance is unprofessional behavior exhibited by the surgeon, which may be observed by patients and families and reported to health care organizations in the form of spontaneous complaints. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between patient complaints and adverse surgical outcomes. A retrospective cohort study used American Colleg...

The present study aims to highlight that there is a direct connection between the classroom management strategies involved in the computer-assisted lesson and students’ success in retaining information and building learning skills and competences. One of the roles that a teacher must assume in order to improve the instructional process is that of a classroom manager. As long as teaching is no l...

There is increasing support for the proposition that academic health centers have a duty to accept broad responsibility for the health of their communities. The Health of the Public program has proposed that centers become directly involved in the social-political process as advocates for reform of the health care system. Such engagement raises important issues about the roles and responsibilit...

To evaluate the potential problems facing academic health centers (AHCs) as a result of market-driven health care reforms, we conducted case studies of seven nationally prominent AHCs during 1994. Findings suggest that although AHCs were not yet feeling the predicted impact of competition on their financial health and ability to sustain their academic missions of teaching, research, and care of...

On May 24, 2009, 90 men and women received the Doctor of Medicine degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, representing the 35th class of physicians graduated from our institution since 1975. Of the 2,554 physician graduates of previous classes, approximately 328 (13%) are licensed to practice in Rhode Island. The purpose of this article is to introduce the graduates of...

1 Department of Psychology III, Institute of Psychology, Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 2 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 3 Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA 4 Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA *Correspondence: roland.pfister@psychologie...