STUDY OBJECTIVES Although other specialties have examined the role of the chief resident (CR), the role and training of the emergency medicine (EM) CR has largely been undefined. METHODS A survey was mailed to all EM CRs and their respective program directors (PD) in 124 EM residency programs. The survey consisted of questions defining demographics, duties of the typical CR, and opinions rega...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) impair quality of life, including reduction in employment or job duties. The PRESTA (Psoriasis Randomized Etanercept STudy in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis) study, a randomized, double-blind, two-dose trial, examined the efficacy of etanercept treatment in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis and PsA and the main results have b...

BACKGROUND There will be increasing competition for young physicians worldwide as more and more physicians retire. While enthusiasm towards GP work is important for GP teachers as role models, satisfaction within the profession has declined. This study aims to determine if medical students' desire to become GPs is related to the job satisfaction of their teaching GPs and explore the factors tie...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a study of how Six Sigma influences job satisfaction among employees at three large companies with manufacturing units in Sweden that have used different implementation strategies. Design/methodology/approach – The study was performed using a survey distributed to those affected by the implementation at the three company sites, including those n...

There has never been a more important time than the present to be aware of the consultant’s job plan and how it can be changed to improve the work/life balance. One-quarter of physicians have considered either giving up clinical practice or taking early retirement due to antisocial working hours, conditions or domestic difficulties. Formal job planning meetings offer an opportunity either to ch...

Due to the change of society, the development of technology, the cross straight interaction and the internationalization of Taiwan over past decades, police officers faced more severe criminal conditions when they executed their duties. From 2002 to 2006, 103 police officers died and 2,791 police officers were wounded on duty, and 37 were committed suicide, according to the National Police Agen...

The Cascade Parallel Processing Framework (PPF) is a user level library that facilitates manual parallelization of complex C++ systems. In Cascade, processing duties of the system are enclosed in a Cascade Task. Tasks are linked by dependencies in a task dependency graph. The task graph is traversed at runtime by the Cascade Job Manager who assigns tasks to threads for execution. The Job Manage...

OBJECTIVE In the last 30 years, ever since the PHC network in Iran has been established, the job duties of Behvarzes (Mental Health Workers in rural areas) have been constantly increasing. The aim of this study was to determine the burnout level, mental health status and the severity of occupational stress among Behvarzes. METHODS All Behvarzes (227) working in areas covered by Iran Universit...