BACKGROUND Because of the shortage of health professionals, particularly in specialty areas, Rwanda initiated the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. In this program, faculty from United States teaching institutions (USF) "twin" with Rwandan Faculty (RF) to transfer skills. This paper assesses the twinning model, exploring USF and RF goal setting, satisfaction and perceptions of the effec...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (AUB-FM) strategy is to develop faculty members (fm) skills by sponsoring local and international scientific activities has been in place for over three decades, and remains dependent on individuals' efforts. In 2011-2012, Faculty Development Program (FDP) was introduced to develop faculty leadership, business ski...

In the year 2011, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava awarded 159 Master’s degrees in fields within Information Sciences and Technologies, studying at its Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies. The Faculty offers 3 study programmes. In Computer and Communication Systems and Networks, there were 52 graduates, in Information Systems 43 graduates, and in Software Engineerin...

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In the year 2010, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava awarded 138 Master’s degrees in fields within Information Sciences and Technologies, studying at its Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies. This Faculty offers 3 study programmes. In Computer and Communication Systems and Networks, there were 59 graduates. In Information Systems, there were 35 graduates. In Software E...

Past research has shown that peer support helps improve faculty activities such as research, teaching, and technology competencies. Using a mixed research method design, this research study investigated resources available to faculty as they teach or prepare to teach online courses at a large Midwest public university. In addition, the study explored the nature of peer interactions that existed...

Started in 1997, the International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES) series of conference provides excellent opportunities for the presentation of new, interesting research findings and results in the general areas of knowledge-based and intelligent systems, leading to knowledge transfer and the generation of new ideas and techniques in engine...