Academic institutions must have strategies for evaluating research productivity by faculty. Such strategies are useful in guiding resource allocations for the research enterprise, for decisions on faculty promotions, and for broader institutional planning, including program development. Commonly, decisions about research space utilization, and funding to support the space, are considered within the purview of the institutional administration

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Commentary: Evaluating Faculty Productivity in Research: An Interesting Approach, but Questions Remain

The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) in conjunction with the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association (NZMSA) is calling for submissions to improve the approach to medical student wellbeing. This consultation follows international studies that have identified higher levels of stress, depression and suicidal ideation in medical students compared with age-matched peers

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Medical Students Seek Input To Improve Wellbeing, Australia

The Lancet. Embryonic stem cells, Francis Collins, and the NIH. Lancet 2009; 374: 175—In this Editorial (July 18), the second sentence of the sixth paragraph should have read: “Statements of support for his nomination were quick to arrive from the likes of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Association for Cancer Research, the CF Foundation, and the advocacy alliance Research!America, whose Chair called it a ‘perfect’ nomination.” (Source: LANCET) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

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(Durham University) A new way of assessing professionalism among medical students could help to make better doctors, a new research study suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science)

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New way of gauging professional behavior in medical students

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Medical students from across the country took time out of their hectic schedules this week to talk to legislators — and MedPage Today — about top issues facing medical students. (Source: MedPage Today Campaign ‘08)

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Med Students Lobby Congress for Tuition Breaks

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Under any set of plausible assumptions, an immense shortage of physicians is impending, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)  

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Nation Faces Daunting Doctor Shortage

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