Finding sufficient placements for students' Level I fieldwork experiences has become a major challenge in occupational therapy education and has led to the increased involvement of faculty members in facilitating these experiences. The conceptualization, site selection, program implementation, and outcome of three faculty-facilitated Level I fieldwork programs, designed for occupational therapy...

1 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Science, Jahrom, Iran 2 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 3 BSc of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 4 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty Member of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 5 Community Health Nursing, Faculty Member of Jahrom University of Med...

OBJECTIVES To compare learning outcomes and perceptions of facilitator behaviours and small-group process in problem-based learning (PBL) groups led by students and those led by faculty. DESIGN A prospective, Latin-square cross-over design was employed. Second-year medical students participated in 11 PBL cases over the course of the academic year. For each case, half the student groups were l...

The topic is a national review of content and clinical experiences in undergraduate pediatric nursing education with recommendations for strengthening the pediatric nursing curriculum. American Association of Colleges of Nursing member programs (N = 596) were surveyed with 344 schools responding. A 39-item survey collected school demographics, faculty characteristics, pediatric classroom and cl...

CONTEXT Besides the generic "basic" vs "applied" labels, little information is known about the types of life-science research conducted within academic medical centers (AMCs). OBJECTIVE To determine the relative proportion, characteristics, funding, and productivity of AMC faculty by the type of research they conduct. DESIGN Mailed survey conducted in 2007 of 3080 life-science faculty at th...

Objective. Building a successful career in academic medicine is challenging. The purpose of this study was to survey a cohort of early-career faculty regarding their perceptions of resources available to them to support their clinical, teaching, and scholarly pursuits. Methods. An online questionnaire was emailed via SurveyMonkey to 22 early-career faculty members at the Pediatric Mental Health...

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to offer the following research project for the summer of 2005. Interested students are urged to contact the faculty member(s) directing the project that most interests them. By contacting the faculty member, you can discover more about the project, learn what your responsibilities will be and if possible, develop a timetable for the twelve-week research ...

The Chemistry Department is pleased to offer the following research projects for the summer of 2003. Interested students are urged to contact the faculty member(s) directing the project(s) that most interest them. By contacting the faculty member, you can discover more about the project, learn what your responsibilities will be, and if possible, develop a timetable for the twelve-week research ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : one preliminary step to strengthen medical education research would be determining the research priorities. the aim of this study was to determine the research priorities of medical education in iran in 2007-2008. methods : this descriptive study was carried out in two phases. phase one was performed in 3 stages and used delphi technique a...