This report provides guidelines for a peer review process between two clinical radiation oncology physicists. While the Task Group's work was primarily focused on ensuring timely and productive independent reviews for physicists in solo practice, these guidelines may also be appropriate for physicists in a group setting, particularly when dispersed over multiple separate clinic locations. To en...

The present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers’ perception of professional development. To this end, 200 EFL teachers teaching at private language institutes in Iran were selected as the participants of the study. First, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 50 participants of the study based on which Professional Development Perception Questionnaire was developed an...

Moving from Theory to Practice: Integrating Mobile Devices in Elementary Reading Instruction by Lisa-Marie Bald MA, University of Southern Maine, 2000 BS, University of Southern Maine, 1991 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Education Walden University February 2016 Abstract Technology integration continues to be a profession...

Fidelity is the most fundamental ethical principle regulating the medical profession, and it requires medical professionals (MPs) to put their patients’ interests ahead of all others, including their own. The MPs who contracted and/or died of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the 2003 epidemic clearly illustrated both the glory and cost of living with this principle. Yet, if we look at the f...

This article is the second one in a series dealing with mental health ethics in Cuba. It reports on ethical dilemmas, resources and limitations to their resolution, and recommendations for action. The data, obtained through individual interviews and focus groups with 28 professionals, indicate that Cubans experience dilemmas related to (a) the interests of clients, (b) their personal interests,...

background the need for competence training and development in health management and leadership workforces has been emphasised. however, evidence of the outcomes and impact of such training and development has not been systematically assessed. the aim of this review is to synthesise the available evidence of the outcomes and impact of training and development in relation to the competence of he...

Recent decades have seen the influence of the professions decline. Lately, commentators have suggested a revived role for a "new" professionalism in ensuring and enhancing high-quality health care in systems dominated by market and managerial logics. The form this new professionalism might take, however, remains obscure. This article uses data from an ethnographic study of three English health ...

Coursebooks are normally written to contain information, instruction, exposure, and activities that learn- ers at a particular level need to enhance their communicative competence in the target language. Howev- er, many global course books make attempts to include content, topics, and texts that do not disadvantage any learner around the world. That is why global course books normally do ...