This study investigates attitudes of parents and staff to medical students on paediatric wards in a Dublin teaching hospital. We invited 100 parents of patients and 30 staff involved in the care of children on the paediatric wards to participate. The majority of parents agreed or strongly agreed that they would be happy for a student to interview them (n = 87; (87%)), interview their child (80%...

the allocation of human resources to project activities in order to schedule them is one of the closest states to the actual conditions of scheduling problems. but regarding the fact that this problem belongs to the class of np-hard problems; so far the exact methods have only been able to solve the small size problems. in this study, the renewable resources are humans in a way that every staff...

The effective supply of higher education is important to cultivate innovative talents and improve the quality education. In new era, China’s colleges universities put forward as goal, reasonable allocation resources effectively promote healthy development Based on this, this paper takes starting point, constructs evaluation index system based government, society universities. It also improved c...

Estimates of healthcare utilization during an influenza pandemic are needed in order to plan for the allocation of staff and resources. The aim of this study was to assess the number, age, and arrival time of patients with influenza-like-illness (ILI), and associations between their symptoms during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of electronic health records...

As staff-student partnership activity becomes embedded into the infrastructure of higher education there is an increased institutional focus on systematising support processes. Drawing data from a case study conceived under auspices programme, this article offers insight how context shapes aims, objectives, and composition. It finds that in pre-partnership phase gatekeeping role performed by wh...

A quality assurance system (QA) should ensure that student needs are met. It also respects accreditation requirements and student perceptions, supports training and development of teaching staff, controls costs and improves efficiency of elearning system.