BACKGROUND There is evidence that the addition of current medical student interviewers (CMSI) to faculty interviewers (FI) is valuable to the medical school admissions process. This study provides objective data about the contribution of CMSI to the admissions process. METHOD Thirty-six applicants to a 4-year medical school program were interviewed by both CMSI and FI, and the evaluations com...

Faculty development implications related to implementing the Family Medicine Curriculum Resource (FMCR) Project provide an opportunity to look at the recommendations of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's federally funded Faculty Futures Initiative (FFI) and the recent Future of Family Medicine (FFM) project. Implications for faculty development include the importance of the clerkship ...

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...

BACKGROUND The decline in the number of doctorally prepared nursing faculty is a major problem contributing to the overall shortage of nursing personnel. PURPOSE This article evaluates the impact of faculty age and retirement timelines on the future availability of doctorally prepared nursing faculty. METHODS Age and retirement data were summarized from surveys of faculty conducted by the A...

BACKGROUND Academic incivility is a serious challenge for nursing education, which needs to be empirically measured and fully addressed. METHOD A convenience sample of nursing faculty and students from 20 schools of nursing in the United States participated in a mixed-methods study to test the psychometric properties of the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised (INE-R) Survey. RESULTS A f...

Student incivility is defined as rude and disruptive behavior that, when left unaddressed, may spiral into aggressive or violent behavior. Nursing faculty are challenged by uncivil student behavior and many are underprepared to deal with its effects. Some faculty members consider leaving nursing education because of the serious toll that incivility often takes on their personal and professional...

AIM The purpose of this project was to address factors contributing to the nurse faculty shortage. BACKGROUND There is a demonstrated need to sustain and stabilize faculty currently in the workforce to avoid exacerbating the current and future faculty shortage in nursing. Recommendations of previous studies focus on strategies for recruitment, retention, and ongoing faculty development. MET...

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Mozhgan Behshid, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Alireza Irajpoor. PhD student, Research Center of Medical Education, Tabriz Health Services Management Research Centre, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; PhD, Professor, Ta...

Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare Vol. 1, No. 3, 2011 ABSTRACT The US Department of Labor has identified nursing as one of the fastest growing occupations in terms of growth through 2014, when over one million nurses will be needed to fill the nation‟s health care needs (Monthly Labor Review, 2005). In order to educate these and additional nurses, there need to be ...