Senior professionals who provide guidance, direction and support to those persons desirous of improvement in academic positions, administrative positions or other career development situations.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school.

Those individuals engaged in research.

The upward or downward mobility in an occupation or the change from one occupation to another.

The application of discoveries generated by laboratory research and preclinical studies to the development of clinical trials and studies in humans. A second area of translational research concerns enhancing the adoption of best practices.

Financial support for training including both student stipends and loans and training grants to institutions.

Selection of a type of occupation or profession.

Studies beyond the bachelor's degree at an institution having graduate programs for the purpose of preparing for entrance into a specific field, and obtaining a higher degree.

Those educational activities engaged in by holders of a bachelor's degree in nursing, which are primarily designed to prepare them for entrance into a specific field of nursing, and may lead to board certification or a more advanced degree.

The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in an educational institution.

Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study.

The capability to perform the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.

The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).

A plant genus of the family RANUNCULACEAE that contains protoanemonin, anemonin, and ranunculin.

Financial support of research activities.

Systematic efforts to assist individuals in selecting an occupation or suitable employment on the basis of aptitude, education, etc.

Anxiety disorders manifested by the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is outside the normal range of usual human experience. Symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, increased arousal, and numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world. Traumatic stress disorders can be further classified by the time of onset and the duration of these symptoms.

Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology.

Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.

All of the divisions of the natural sciences dealing with the various aspects of the phenomena of life and vital processes. The concept includes anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, and the biology of animals, plants, and microorganisms. It should be differentiated from BIOLOGY, one of its subdivisions, concerned specifically with the origin and life processes of living organisms.

The process by which the employer promotes staff performance and efficiency consistent with management goals and objectives.

Educational programs designed to inform graduate pharmacists of recent advances in their particular field.

The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society.

The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.

Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status.

Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

Use for general articles concerning medical education.

Women licensed to practice medicine.

Organizations representing specialized fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., National Academy of Sciences, Brookings Institution, etc.

A course of study offered by an educational institution.

Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine.

Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.

Schools which offer training in the area of health.

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.

The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.

The educational process of instructing.

Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.