BACKGROUND This project examined the surgical productivity and attrition of non-physician cataract surgeons (NPCSs) in Tanzania, Malawi, and Kenya. METHODS Baseline (2008-9) data on training, support, and productivity (annual cataract surgery rate) were collected from officially trained NPCSs using mailed questionnaires followed by telephone interviews. Telephone interviews were used to colle...

The current paper uses a scenario from logistics to show that modern heuristics, and in particular particle swarm optimization (PSO) can significantly add to the improvement of staff scheduling in practice. Rapid, sub-daily planning, which is the focus of our research offers considerable productivity reserves for companies but also creates complex challenges for the planning software.

Eden Autism Services is a leading-edge resource for children and adults suffering from more severe effects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The strategic use of games in the development of students, staff, teachers, parents, friends, and employers has advanced the quality of life of Eden's students and, consequently, their relationships, productivity, and happiness.

As previous research has shown, increasing research productivity in postsecondary institutions provides direct benefits to those institutions, departments, and individual faculty, and this research productivity is often dependent on institutional support. Understanding this relationship is important for doctoral students, as many enter academia after completing their studies, and their success ...

introduction: health care systems depend critically on the size, skill, and commitment of the health workforce. therefore, researchers have a close observation on the subjects which leads to an increase in the productivity of human resources. this study aims at determining the relationship between the quality of work life and the productivity of knowledge workers of the central field of shiraz ...

The authors report the results of a project to reemphasize high quality, hands-on laboratory courses in the engineering curriculum while reducing their costs through the application of web-based teaching tools. The project resulted in substantial gains in productivity of faculty and staff, increased utilization of laboratory space, cost reductions in equipment, and improved quality of learning ...

The implementation of a Web-based survey of student feedback about courses using a database for storage, searching and retrieval of feedback data is reported in terms of its role in building a learning community around improving the quality of student learning experiences, enhancing academic teaching staff productivity and facilitating the scholarship of teaching and learning.

BACKGROUND Some evidence suggests that the quality of the organization and management of research consortia influences productivity and staff satisfaction. Collaborators in a research consortium generally focus on developing and implementing studies and thus rarely assess the process of collaboration. We present an approach to evaluating and improving a research consortium, using the HMO Cancer...

background nowadays task sharing is a way to optimize utilization of human resources for health. this study was designed to assess the effect of task sharing, mutually between midwives and family health workforces (fhws), on the number of needed staff across the iranian health posts.   methods the workload and required number of midwives and fhws in a health post were calculated and compared in...

Aims and method To examine research productivity of staff working across 57 National Health Service (NHS) mental health trusts in England. We examined research productivity between 2010 and 2012, including funded portfolio studies and all research (funded and unfunded). Results Across 57 trusts there were 1297 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies in 2011/2012, involving 46 140 ...