Fellowships and Scholarships
Education, Medical, Graduate
Educational programs for medical graduates entering a specialty. They include formal specialty training as well as academic work in the clinical and basic medical sciences, and may lead to board certification or an advanced medical degree.
Training Support
Faculty, Nursing
The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school.
Job Application
Internship and Residency
Faculty, Medical
The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.
Career Mobility
Personnel Selection
Pediatric Nursing
Faculty
The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in an educational institution.
Mentors
Nursing Research
Evidence-Based Dentistry
An approach or process of practicing oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinical relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences. (from J Am Dent Assoc 134: 689, 2003)
Libraries
Dental Research
Research
Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation, having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, or the practical application of such new or revised conclusions, theories, or laws. (Webster, 3d ed)
Staff Development
The process by which the employer promotes staff performance and efficiency consistent with management goals and objectives.
Publishing
"The business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature" (Webster's 3d). It includes the publisher, publication processes, editing and editors. Production may be by conventional printing methods or by electronic publishing.
Research Support as Topic
Financial support of research activities.
General Surgery
Queensland
A state in northeastern Australia. Its capital is Brisbane. Its coast was first visited by Captain Cook in 1770 and its first settlement (penal) was located on Moreton Bay in 1824. The name Cooksland was first proposed but honor to Queen Victoria prevailed. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p996 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p441)
Nursing Theory
Concepts, definitions, and propositions applied to the study of various phenomena which pertain to nursing and nursing research.
Faculty, Dental
The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school.
Education, Pharmacy
Radiology
Gastroenterology
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).
Accreditation
Academic Medical Centers
Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.
United States
The term "United States" in a medical context often refers to the country where a patient or study participant resides, and is not a medical term per se, but relevant for epidemiological studies, healthcare policies, and understanding differences in disease prevalence, treatment patterns, and health outcomes across various geographic locations.
Allied Health Personnel
Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional.
Data Collection
Clinical Competence
Program Evaluation
Radiology, Interventional
Subspecialty of radiology that combines organ system radiography, catheter techniques and sectional imaging.
Educational Measurement
Models, Educational
Theoretical models which propose methods of learning or teaching as a basis or adjunct to changes in attitude or behavior. These educational interventions are usually applied in the fields of health and patient education but are not restricted to patient care.
Traumatology
Interinstitutional Relations
Nursing Assessment
Peer Review, Research
The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions.
Hospital-Physician Relations
Pediatrics
Nephrology
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the kidney.
Urology
Specialty Boards
Certification
Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty.
Motivation
Hematology
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues.
Foreign Medical Graduates
Neurology
Biomedical Research
Pathology
Internal Medicine
Education, Medical, Continuing
Obstetrics
Sleep Medicine Specialty
Program Development
The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).
Ethicists
Persons trained in philosophical or theological ethics who work in clinical, research, public policy, or other settings where they bring their expertise to bear on the analysis of ethical dilemmas in policies or cases. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Pulmonary Medicine
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree.