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Reducing Medical Practice Staff Turnover
March 01, 2013 | Staff, Managers Administrators, Staff Salary SurveyBy Shelly K. SchwartzRetaining quality employees at your medical practice doesn't happen automatically. Here's some help on keeping your best staff members in the fold longer. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - March 1, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: ericasprey Source Type: news

The Power of Perception and the Perception of Power
Feminism tends to employ a deficit model of power which says that men have it and women do not. However, that definition of power reflects a patriarchal model that defines power through male lens. Flipping the script to make power a woman's domain requires different strategies for changing women's lives.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ruth C. White, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Relationships Social Life abandonment CEO demographic trends fertility rates money nurses personality traits power power women professions rape rape violence salaries social workers speaker of the house sphere Source Type: news

OBJ interview: Lars Houmann on the economic impacts of expanding Medicaid in Florida
Yesterday, the Florida Hospital Association released an economic impact report detailing how many jobs expanding Medicaid would create in Florida. Here’s the short version of the report by the University of Florida Food & Resource Economics Department: 54,288 jobs in Florida with an average wage of $52,230, which is 22 percent higher than the salary average in the state. And here’s where those permanent jobs would be found: Offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners: 6,907Private… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 1, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Abraham Aboraya Source Type: research

Provider payment in community-based health insurance schemes in developing countries: a systematic review
Conclusion CBI schemes in developing countries have used a wide range of provider payment methods. The existing evidence suggests that payment methods are a key determinant of CBI performance and sustainability, but the strength of this evidence is limited since it is largely based on observational studies rather than on trials or on quasi-experimental research. According to the evidence, provider payment can affect provider participation, satisfaction and retention in CBI; the quantity and quality of services provided to CBI patients; patient demand of CBI services; and population enrollment, risk pooling and financial su...
Source: Health Policy and Planning - March 1, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Robyn, P. J., Sauerborn, R., Barnighausen, T. Tags: Reviews Source Type: research

A lifelong patient makes a long-term commitment to Boston Children’s
By Scott Howe Labor Day Weekend, 1970. Rhode Island State troopers escort an ambulance racing towards the Massachusetts border. There, Mass state troopers take over the escort and hurry the ambulance to Boston Children’s Hospital, where Dr. Donald Fyler is waiting. Upon arrival Fyler quickly determines that the vehicle’s most important passenger– a newborn baby – has a rare heart condition that demands complex surgery. Immediately. The baby is rushed inside and a few hours later emerges from surgery with a repaired heart. 42 years later, Jim Skeffington is still very much a part of the hospital that saved him that ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Diseases & conditions Our patients’ stories American Heart Month Heart Center heart defect Source Type: news

Health workforce remuneration: comparing wage levels, ranking, and dispersion of 16 occupational groups in 20 countries
Conclusions: This article breaks new ground by investigating for the first time the wage levels, ranking, and dispersion of occupational groups in the HRH workforce across countries. The explorative findings illustrate that the assumption of similarity in cross-country wage ranking holds, but that wage dispersion and wage levels are not similar. These findings might contribute to the policies for health workforce composition and the planning of healthcare provisions. (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Kea TijdensDaniel de VriesStephanie Steinmetz Source Type: research

Sunesis CEO Swisher, CFO Bjerkholt get raises, bonuses
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised the salaries of CEO Daniel Swisher, Chief Financial Officer Eric Bjerkholt and Chief Medical Officer Adam Craig, and paid all three of them cash bonuses of more than $100,000. The South San Francisco company (NASDAQ: SNSS), which doesn't yet have a drug on the market, raised Swisher's salary to $475,000 from $434,000, raised Bjerkholt's to $380,000 from $370,000, and raised Craig's to $410,000 from $400,000 (Craig was hired early in 2012). All three raises were… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 26, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Steven E.F. Brown Source Type: research

Sunesis CEO Swisher, CFO Bjerkholt get raises, bonuses
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised the salaries of CEO Daniel Swisher, Chief Financial Officer Eric Bjerkholt and Chief Medical Officer Adam Craig, and paid all three of them cash bonuses of more than $100,000. The South San Francisco company (NASDAQ: SNSS), which doesn't yet have a drug on the market, raised Swisher's salary to $475,000 from $434,000, raised Bjerkholt's to $380,000 from $370,000, and raised Craig's to $410,000 from $400,000 (Craig was hired early in 2012). All three raises were… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 26, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Steven E.F. Brown Source Type: research

Director, Division of Environmental Biology - National Science Foundation - Arlington, VA
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences seeks a candidate for the position of Director, Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). The Division supports research on populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. Information about the Division's activities may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DEB The successful candidate will possess an established record of significant achievement in research administration as well as leadership responsibility in academe, industry, or government. In addition to having a strong record of research and education accomplishments within his or he...
Source: AIBS Classifieds - February 25, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Classifieds Tags: Other Positions Available Source Type: news

Licensed Dental Hygienists Help to Save Lives and Money!
The highest rate of death from respiratory illness in nursing homes is directly orally related. No sustainable steps have been taken to improve oral care in nursing facilities. Education of the care givers has not made an appreciable difference. Licensed dental hygienists can save facilities enough to cover the hygienist’s entire salary and benefit package. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 25, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Shirley Gutkowski, Eric Zaremski, Shirley Gutkowski Tags: Poster Abstracts Source Type: research

Challenges Facing Academic Urology Training Programs: An Impending Crisis
Conclusion: There is a significant workforce shortage within urology training programs. Clinical revenue and hospital funding seem to be the main financial support engines to supplement the GME funding shortage, proficiency training, and faculty salary support for teaching. The current system of GME funding for urology residency programs is not sustainable. (Source: Urology)
Source: Urology - February 25, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chris M. Gonzalez, Patrick McKenna Tags: Special Article Source Type: research

Michele Hanson, Bamber Gascoigne, Diana Athill and others on going back to university after 60
The government wants pensioners to return to education because it will make them 'more employable'. Michele Hanson is unconvinced, but others can see the appealWhat an odd idea from David Willetts, our universities minister. He's suggested that the over-60 should return to education and take courses to keep their skills up to date, so that they can hang on to their jobs beyond retirement age. Or find new ones. And lucky pensioners – they may apply for a grant, which they will probably never have to pay back, because their pensions are unlikely to exceed £21,000, the amount your salary must reach before you begin repay...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Michele Hanson, Joan Bakewell, Diana Athill Tags: The Guardian Unemployment Biology Older people Society Education degree courses Students Higher education Education policy Tuition fees Features Politics Ageing David Willetts University funding Science Source Type: news

Health professionals' migration in emerging market economies: patterns, causes and possible solutions
Conclusions Measures to control migration should be country specific and designed in accordance with the push and pull factors existing in the EMEs. (Source: Journal of Public Health)
Source: Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Nair, M., Webster, P. Tags: Education and Training Source Type: research

Development Manager (Trust Fundraiser), The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
The Royal College of Surgeons of England are renowned for educational excellence and state-of-the art teaching facilities and have been committed to enabling surgeons to achieve and maintain the highest standards of surgical practice and patient care since 1800. Offering a salary of between £35,000 - £40,000 pa, they are currently recruiting for a Development Manager to work closely with the College’s senior managers and senior members of the College’s governing body and take responsibility for a Research Portfolio predominantly made up of research grants from grant making trusts and charities. Can...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - February 20, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Today's Economist: Wages and Employer Penalties
The employer penalties under the Affordable Care Act may have the effect of reducing wages, particularly because the penalties are not tax-deductible. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By CASEY B. MULLIGAN Tags: Taxation Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Today's Economist Wages and Salaries Source Type: news

Novartis' Exorbitant Pay Package For Former CEO Was More Ridiculous Than It Looked
So there was a big kerfluffle in Switzerland because Novartis, the drug giant, had agreed to give its departing chairman, Daniel Vasella, as much as $78 million as part of a non-compete contract. In other words, he'd keep collecting his annual salary so long as he didn't go work for Pfizer or Roche and tell them all of Novartis' secrets. After this turned into a giant PR disaster, Vasella went to the board and offered to not take the money and they decided to all the whole thing off. Which means that Vasella could go work for Pfizer or Roche if he wanted, but he says he won't. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 19, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news

Physician Assistants are No Longer ‘An Experiment’
Blog | February 20, 2013 | Career, Healthcare Careers, Healthcare Reform, Practice Models, Staff, Staff Salary SurveyBy Aubrey WestgateA sneak peek at our 2013 Staff Salary Survey findings and what they indicate about the role of physician assistants in medical practices. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - February 19, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: aubreywestgate Source Type: news

Kenya: Nurses to Take Government to Court This Week
[The Star]The nurses union will go to court this week to demand for their unpaid salaries. Union secretary general Seth Panyako says government failure to pay them is in contempt of court. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 18, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Denosa Response to Sona - Education in Nursing Ought to Be Priority Too
[COSATU]Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) welcomes the president’s announcement in his State of The Nation Address last night that government will still emphasize improvement on education and his plan to establish the Presidential Remuneration Commission which will look at the appropriateness of salaries for all government employees. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Are scientists normal people?
The media say scientists are either evil geniuses out to conquer the world or nerdy geeks who couldn't tie their own shoelacesScientists are different from other people. For example, a recent American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology survey of young scientists showed the top factor for choosing a career in science is "freedom to pursue my intellectual interests". Only on moving down the list to No 4 and No 5 is there more typical job-related concerns, such as "job availability/security" and "pay/benefits".This is not particularly surprising. It's not that we do not want to be paid decently for our work. We do...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Steve Caplan Tags: Comment Blogposts guardian.co.uk Science Source Type: news

Report: Mandatory sick leave has a cost
A recent study from the Employment Policies Institute finds that a new mandatory paid sick leave law in Connecticut caused some business owners to scale back on benefits, cut employee hours, raise prices and reduce wages. Those findings add more fuel to the fire locally as the Portland City Council considers a sick leave law for all businesses within city limits. The proposal has divided the business community, with both sides scrambling to find studies to support their positions. Whereas previous… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 14, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ben Jacklet Source Type: research

Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Peginterferon beta-1a Delivered by Single-Use Autoinjector and Pre-Filled Syringe (P01.163)
CONCLUSIONS: The results from this study will help to establish whether administration of peginterferon beta-1a via autoinjector could be a viable option to reduce the burden associated with long-term MS treatment.Supported by: Biogen Idec Inc.Disclosure: Dr. Hu has received personal compensation for activities with Biogen Idec as an employee. Dr. Hu holds stock and/or stock options in Biogen Idec. Dr. Liu has received personal compensation for activities with Biogen Idec as an employee. Dr. Liu holds stock and/or stock options in Biogen Idec. Dr LaVallee received a salary as an employee of PROMETRIKA, LLC. Dr. Seddighzade...
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Hu, X., Liu, S., LaVallee, N., Seddighzadeh, A., Sperling, B., Hung, S., Matson, M. Tags: P01 Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment Safety Source Type: research

Predictive Validity of Severity Grading for Cerebral Steno-Occlusive Arteriopathy in Recurrent Childhood Ischemic Stroke (P02.096)
CONCLUSIONS: The CVS score is a reliable measure of severity of steno-occlusive arteriopathy in childhood stroke, and is associated with stroke recurrence in children with a primary arteriopathic ischemic stroke. It may be useful for risk stratification in future trials of secondary stroke prevention.Supported by: Salary support from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and NIH-T32-NS07153.Disclosure: Dr. Sultan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Beslow has nothing to disclose. Dr. Mirsky has nothing to disclose. Dr. Vossough has nothing to disclose. Dr. Smith has received royalty payments from Up-to-Date. Dr. Licht has nothi...
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Sultan, S., Beslow, L., Mirsky, D., Vossough, A., Smith, S., Licht, D., Kasner, S., Elkind, M., Ichord, R. Tags: P02 Child Neurology I Source Type: research

Texas union membership grows but still lags nationally
Union membership in Texas was up in 2012 after dipping slightly from the year before. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released figures Wednesday showing that 599,000 Texas workers belonged to unions in 2012, up from 534,000 in 2011. Union members accounted for 5.7 percent of all Texas wage and salary workers, up from 5.2 percent in 2011 and 5.4 percent in 2010. Despite the increase, Texas lagged behind most states in the percentage of its workforce represented by unions. New York had the highest… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 13, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mike W. Thomas Source Type: research

Ghana: Patients Left in the Cold
[Ghanaian Chronicle]At a time Members of Parliament have been handed a whopping GHÂ¢7,2000 salary each, and an additional rent allowance of GHÂ¢50,000, doctors in the country have had another cause to abandon duty in protest against anomalies in their salaries a year after they have been migrated onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 13, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Today's Economist: Casey B. Mulligan: The Incomes of Physicians
The new health care law may help drive down some costs, but it is unlikely to have significant impact on physicians’ incomes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By CASEY B. MULLIGAN Tags: Doctors Careers and Professions Health Insurance and Managed Care Today's Economist Wages and Salaries Source Type: news

A wife's higher salary 'can affect men in the bedroom': Those with well paid wives are more likely to take viagra
A study found that husbands who earn less than their spouses are more likely to take Viagra and similar drugs than those who are the main breadwinners. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New report highlights global governments' failure to support family-friendly policies
This report highlights yet again that supportive policies frame what caring families are able to provide for their children," she said. "The steps taken by governments do make the difference for children's chances, whether ensuring access to quality education, protection from child labor and early marriage, good health care, working conditions that enable parents to care for their children, or freedom from discrimination. We must continue to strive to hold countries publicly and visibly accountable for the policies that are central to the lives of all children." The World Policy Analysis Center is the largest data c...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 12, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Kenya: Nurses Likely to Miss Salaries
[The Star]Nurses who participated in the just ended strike may not be paid their salaries despite a court ruling ordering so. Evans Nasebe from the union of civil servants , says the AG's office has already filed an appeal against the ruling, claiming that the nurses who took part in the illegal strike do not deserve pay for the period they were out of duty. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows
A computational biologist describes the elation of making a breakthrough – and the misery of not doing so – while three other scientists tell us how their work plays on their emotionsI can be very emotional about my science. I get excited, frustrated, disappointed, delighted and exhausted by turns. Sometimes, I have stand-up arguments with colleagues and sometimes I have to sit down and quietly rethink an idea through from the beginning. Six months ago, I had a long argument, standing at the reception of my institute, with a colleague about how general a set of experiments were. I thought they were quite general; he di...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Research Higher education Features The Observer Science Source Type: news

Exelixis execs win bonuses, pay boosts as first cancer drug hits market
Exelixis Inc.'s top five executives will collect more than $1.1 million in bonuses for 2012 — a year in which the 20-year-old company won its first drug approval — and base salary raises for 2013. The money, to be paid out in March, is on top of $234,000 in bonuses collectively awarded in December to President and CEO Michael Morrissey, CFO Frank Karbe, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gisela Schwab, Chief Commercial Officer J. Scott Garland and general counsel Pamela Simonton. That round of bonus… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 9, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

Exelixis execs win bonuses, pay boosts as first cancer drug hits market
Exelixis Inc.'s top five executives will collect more than $1.1 million in bonuses for 2012 — a year in which the 20-year-old company won its first drug approval — and base salary raises for 2013. The money, to be paid out in March, is on top of $234,000 in bonuses collectively awarded in December to President and CEO Michael Morrissey, CFO Frank Karbe, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gisela Schwab, Chief Commercial Officer J. Scott Garland and general counsel Pamela Simonton. That round of bonus… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 8, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

Career choices and what influences Nepali medical students and young doctors: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions: Challenges include raising generalists' profiles within the medical community, government and patient community; changing undergraduate curricula to include greater exposure to good models of rural generalist practice; and providing incentives and attractions for post-graduate training and service. (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - February 8, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Bruce HayesRabina Shakya Source Type: research

Medical Oncologists' Perceptions of Financial Incentives in Cancer Care [Health Services and Outcomes]
Conclusion A substantial proportion of oncologists who are not paid a fixed salary report that their incomes increase when they administer chemotherapy and growth factors. Further research is needed to understand the impact of these financial incentives on both the quality and cost of care. (Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology)
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Malin, Weeks, Potosky, Hornbrook, Keating Tags: Policy Analysis, Cost of Cancer Care Health Services and Outcomes Source Type: research

Kenya: Court to Rule On Nurses Strike
[The Star]The court will this afternoon rule on the nurses strike. Industrial Court Judge Mathews Nduma is expected to deliver a ruling on their return to work formula .The nurses have raised concern about salary cuts, transfers and demotions for participating in the strike. Union officials say the government has frustrated their efforts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Health worker paid two salaries blew cash on hot tubs and ball gowns
A health worker paid two salaries by mistake by the NHS for two years was caught because she bragged about buying hot tubs and ballgowns. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: WnWages Source Type: news

Carolinas HealthCare pays top 10 execs a combined $19.5M
Pay for the top 10 executives at Carolinas HealthCare System climbed to more than $19.5 million last year, up nearly 11 percent from the $17.5 million total in 2011. The Charlotte-based health-care system paid Chief Executive Michael Tarwater more than $4.7 million in 2012, up from $4.2 million a year earlier. Tarwater’s 2012 compensation includes a base salary of more than $1.1 and a bonus and incentives of almost $3.62 million. He has headed the hospital system since 2002. “Executive compensation… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 6, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jennifer Thomas Source Type: research

Corcept Therapeutics execs grab 10% salary hikes
Corcept Therapeutics Inc. CEO Joe Belanoff won a 10.1 percent raise for 2013 after his Menlo Park company last year landed approval of its first drug. Belanoff's new base salary is $530,000, compared with his 2012 salary of $481,097, the company reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. Corcept (NASDAQ: CORT) also said Chief Financial Officer G. Charles Robb and vice president of commercial operations Steven Lo will receive 10 percent raises for 2013. Robb's base salary will… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 5, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

Gilead CEO John Martin wins 2012 bonus of $3.4 million
Gilead Sciences Inc. Chairman and CEO John Martin snagged a $3.38 million bonus for 2012 — a year in which the HIV drug developer won groundbreaking drug approvals and moved forward with key hepatitis drug trials — and a $1.58 million base salary for 2013. The Foster City-based company (NASDAQ: GILD) also gave 2012 bonuses to President and Chief Operating Officer John Milligan ($1.42 million), Chief Scientific Officer Norbert Bischofberger ($975,800), its executive vice president of commercial… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 5, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

Lawmakers file legislation to reform CPRIT
The Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas' legislative designers spoke Tuesday about a bill designed to reform the state's cancer agency. Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower, proposed a bill that would change CPRIT's leadership structure, create more stringent guidelines to grant reviews and instruct the CPRIT Foundation — the nonprofit organization that supplements CPRIT's executive staff's salaries — to report its financial information, The Texas Tribune reports. Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Granbury… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 5, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Bayan Raji Source Type: research

Japanese medical students' interest in basic sciences: a questionnaire survey of a medical school in Japan.
This study investigated medical students' interest in basic sciences in efforts to recruit talent. A questionnaire distributed to 501 medical students in years 2 to 6 of Juntendo University School of Medicine inquired about sex, grade, interest in basic sciences, interest in research, career path as a basic science physician, faculties' efforts to encourage students to conduct research, increases in the number of lectures, and practical training sessions on research. Associations between interest in basic sciences and other variables were examined using χ(2) tests. From among the 269 medical students (171 female) who retu...
Source: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine - February 4, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Yamazaki Y, Uka T, Shimizu H, Miyahira A, Sakai T, Marui E Tags: Tohoku J Exp Med Source Type: research

Higher energy prices are associated with diminished resources, performance and safety in Australian ambulance systems.
Conclusion : Changes in energy prices are associated with changes in Australian ambulance systems' resource, performance and safety characteristics in ways that could affect both patients and personnel. Further research is needed to explore the mechanisms of, and strategies for mitigating, these impacts. The impacts of energy prices on other aspects of the health system should also be investigated. PMID: 23379811 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - February 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Brown LH, Chaiechi T, Buettner PG, Canyon DV, Crawford JM, Judd J Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research

Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Idiots
You can't help but hear that "women don't ask," but do you know why?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 31, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joan C. Williams Tags: Gender Social Life Work backlash colleagues complexity deviance gap gasket gender bias gender gap gender wage gap hannah initial salaries lai large women Linda Babcock men and women men women mouths nbsp New York Source Type: news

Field work's dirty secret: agribusiness exploitation of undocumented labor | Sadhbh Walshe
Agriculture has long been US industry's most profitable sector – at the expense of a virtually indentured immigrant workforceThis week, a bipartisan group of senators and the president unveiled their respective plans for much needed and long overdue immigration reform. For the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants who have settled in this country, the path to citizenship being paved for them looks like it will be more tough than fair. While we don't yet know how this will all play out, at least there will be a path. For one group of immigrants, however – the farm workers who sustain our food supply – there is reas...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 31, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Sadhbh Walshe Tags: Comment Food & drink industry United States Farming South Carolina World news guardian.co.uk US politics Society US domestic policy Law Equality US immigration US economy Business Agriculture Comment is free Source Type: news

South Africa: Eastern Cape Health Ready to Pay Doctors Salaries, to Track Down Runaway Bursary Holders
[SA Govt]The Eastern Cape Health has announced enough budget to pay salaries of newly appointed health professionals and is finalising the intake of doctors and other health professionals. These employees assumed duties at the beginning of January. Every endeavour to ensure all employees who commenced work in January are captured on to payroll. A total of 422 health professionals will get their salaries on 31 January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Daphne Jackson Fellowship Opportunities
A Daphne Jackson Fellowship is a unique fellowship designed to return scientists, engineers and technologists to their careers after a break. Fellowships are normally undertaken on a part-time basis in a university or research establishment in the UK. They are flexible and include a tailored training programme designed to update the skills and knowledge of the Fellow thus allowing them to return at the appropriate level to their career. The Fellowship is normally part-time for two years and the Fellow is paid a salary, with a small additional allowance for expenses such as conference attendance. Fellowships are held withi...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - January 30, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Sam Houston State tests prison education programs
(Sam Houston State University) More than 63,000 offenders in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice participated in educational programs offered by the Windham School District during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, which have been found to decrease recidivism rates, increase employment opportunities, and result in higher wages and higher levels of educational achievement among participants, a study at Sam Houston State University found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Program to overcome early US Math deficiencies could improve workforce
(University of Missouri-Columbia) University of Missouri researchers identified how a lack of a specific math skill in first grade correlated to lower scores on a seventh grade math test used to determine employability and wages in adults. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Become a Dental Assistant
How to become a dental assistant: learn all about careers as a dental assistant, including salary, required qualifications, job duties, and more. (Source: About.com Health Careers)
Source: About.com Health Careers - January 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: healthcareers.guide at about.com Tags: careers Source Type: news