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Perspectives Of Women In Orthopaedic Surgery On Leadership Development, Ann C. Joyce
Perspectives Of Women In Orthopaedic Surgery On Leadership Development, Ann C. Joyce
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Over the past 50 years, the demographics of medical school graduates in the United States has changed dramatically with the number of women (47%) almost equaling the number of men in 2014 (AAMC, 2014). However, the Association of American Medical Colleges (2014) reports that orthopaedic surgery has the lowest proportion of female residents, instructors, assistants, associate, and full professors of all the sub-specialties and little has changed in the past several decades.
Due to the healthcare reform and the changing needs of our society, it is importance to recruit, retain, and promote women into leadership positions. The purpose of this …
Predictors Of Associate's Degree Completion In Engineering And Engineering Technologies, Lynsey Reys-Nickel
Predictors Of Associate's Degree Completion In Engineering And Engineering Technologies, Lynsey Reys-Nickel
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to describe completers and non-completers of associate’s degree programs in engineering and engineering technologies and determine whether and to what extent completion in these programs is a function of selected student-related variables and institutional variables. Data from the 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS: 04/09) of associate’s degree completers and non-completers in engineering and engineering technologies were accessed and analyzed through PowerStats, a web-based data analysis tool from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Descriptive data indicated that, proportionally, engineering and engineering technologies completers were mostly White, married, middle income, …