OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristics of faculty work in nursing higher education. METHOD An exploratory qualitative study with a theoretical-methodological framework of dialectical and historical materialism. The faculty work process was adopted as the analytical category, grounded on conceptions of work and professionalism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 faculty member...

1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Paramedical, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 2Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Department of Nursing, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehra...

HUMAN CARE THEORY (WATSON) ON THE NURSING STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF THE CARE Saeedeh Elhami, Hojat Zareh Houshyari Khah, Khadijeh Moradbeigi, Nasim Hatefi Moadab, Bahman Cheraghian. Instructor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Abadan school of medical sciences, Abadan, Iran; Instructor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Abadan school of Medical ...

BACKGROUND Incivility in nursing education can adversely affect the academic environment, the learning outcomes, and safety. Nursing faculty (NF) and nursing students (NS) contribute to the academic incivility. Little is known about the extent of NF academic incivility in the Middle East region. This study aimed at exploring the perceptions and extent of NF academic incivility in an undergradua...

During the last several years, a school of nursing in the southeastern United States has made concerted efforts to integrate geriatric content into every undergraduate course except obstetrics. Even the pediatric nursing course has infused content about grandparents, both as care providers for children and as extended family members. Faculty expertise and passion for teaching geriatric best pra...

Community-based dental education offers a variety of positive learning experiences for students while providing needed dental services for the underserved. More dental students are being instructed by a growing body of largely volunteer community-based faculty who practice in a wide range of community settings including community hospitals and clinics, nursing homes, and private practices. Thes...

BACKGROUND The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus is a serious and emerging issue in Saudi Arabia and the world. A response was required to reduce possible disease transmission between the hospital and university. College of Nursing academic staff developed a programme in response to the educational and emotional needs of participants. METHODS A MERS-CoV Task Force responded to t...

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 ...