In this paper, we present an algorithm for automatically building expertise evidence for finding experts within an organization by combining structured corporate information with different content. We also describe our test data collection and our evaluation method. Evaluation of the algorithm shows that using organizational structure leads to a significant improvement in the precision of findi...

The Duality of Expertise considers the “Expert” to be a social role dependent on an individual’s expertise claims and the opinion of their community towards those claims. These are the internal and external aspects of a person’s expertise. My Expertise Model incorporates this duality in a process designed for expertise finding software in an online community forum. In this model, a posting’s te...

AIM Using the data from graduate surveys, this study aims to analyze which factors related to teaching and learning at the Freiburg Faculty of Medicine can influence study success. BACKGROUND Study success and the factors influencing it have long been the subject of investigation, with study success being measured in terms of easily quantifiable indicators (final grades, student satisfaction,...

PURPOSE Cultural sensitivity may be especially important in the care of children, and national pediatric associations have issued policy statements promoting cultural competence in medical education. The authors conducted a national survey to investigate the current state of cultural competence teaching and learning within U.S. pediatric clerkships. METHOD The authors surveyed 125 U.S. pediat...

In the previous chapter, I reviewed three major theories of expertise and their delineation of the characteristics of experts across skills and disciplines. In this chapter, I shall examine the characteristics of novice and expert teachers that have been identified in the literature on teaching expertise and see to what extent they share the characteristics of novices and experts in other profe...

Students enter university with great diversity in the knowledge and skills underpinning their chosen field of study. Some come as complete novices, others have some experience and expertise in the knowledge domain. This can pose challenges for teachers and students in individual course units that aim to go beyond the establishment of foundational knowledge and skills, to the development of more...

OBJECTIVE Expert clinical teachers in medicine use teaching scripts. The aim of this study was to determine whether pediatricians also use common components of teaching scripts. METHODS Seventy-three pediatric clerkship directors identified anticipated errors and teaching points in response to two short vignettes. The content analysis of responses, which we completed, was analyzed by rank and...

... While developing countries and various funding agencies use the armies of consultants standing ready to provide the products of their expertise, few of these countries acquire knowledge through teaching services. ... To effectuate this knowledge transfer, the China Project employs a teaching mode, a consulting mode, and a combination of the two. ... In terms of certain factors, knowledge tr...