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Physicians Reentering Clinical Practice: Characteristics and Clinical Abilities
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Grace, Elizabeth S.; Korinek, Elizabeth J.; Weitzel, Lindsay B.; Wentz, Dennis K. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Limited information exists to describe physicians who return to practice after absences from patient care. The Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides clinical competency assessment and educational programs for physicians, including those reentering…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Physicians, Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Multicultural Career Counseling: A National Survey of Competencies and Practices
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Vespia, Kristin M.; Fitzpatrick, Mary E.; Fouad, Nadya A.; Kantamneni, Neeta; Chen, Yung-Lung – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
Career counselors' multicultural competence has not been widely investigated. In this study, a national sample of 230 career counselors completed an online survey that included measures of career counseling self-efficacy and multicultural counseling competence. Beyond these self-report instruments, counselors responded to open-ended items that…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Counselor Training, Counselors, Career Counseling
The Development and Field Test of an Employment Interview Instrument for School Paraprofessionals
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Dillon, Amy; Ebmeier, Howard – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2009
In recent years, U.S. schools have seen a growth in the number of special education paraprofessionals employed to serve special education students as well as a growth in the roles these individuals are expected to play in schools. In addition, with passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Field Tests, Employment Interviews
Ugandan Secondary School Headteachers' Efficacy: What Kind of Training for Whom?
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DeJaeghere, Joan G.; Williams, Rhiannon; Kyeyune, Robinah – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
With increasing pressures from growing demand and for higher quality on secondary schools, headteachers play a crucial role in creating successful school environments. Within Uganda, and across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, headteachers are not adequately prepared for their roles, and few professional development opportunities exist to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
Use of Development Centre Methodology to Focus Workforce Learning Strategies--Case Study: NSW Department of Community Services
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O'Toole, Sean; Ferres, Natalie – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
This paper examines the use of development centre methodology to measure the gap in performance for fieldwork staff in a social welfare organisation. The process follows the construction of a capability framework, a set of work-based simulations for participants and the use of a 360-degree instrument. These processes are combined to measure and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Welfare Services, Caseworkers, Organizational Development
Aspiring Principal Perceptions: Are Mentor Principals Modeling Standards-Based Leadership?
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Harris, Sandra; Ballenger, Julia; Leonard, John – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
The purpose of this study was to explore how often 159 practicing teachers enrolled in a university Master's degree principal preparation program observed their mentor principals model the four mandated Texas standards-based instructional leadership competencies for the principalship. The competencies focus on leadership through curriculum and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Modeling (Psychology)