Faculty development for teaching and assessing residents’professionalism

The teaching of professionalism,a key aspect of medical competence that regulates physician’s behavior towards patients,colleagues,society,and self,should be included in the curriculum of every training program.Studies suggest a variety of formats to teach and evaluate professionalism in residents,being role modeling,reflection,case discussions,and 360-degree assessments the most commonly used.However,little is published about the need to train faculty for teaching and evaluating professionalism,or how to improve institutional culture,so that principles that are indicated to teach in theory are also fulfilled in practice.

The Outcomes of Chinese Visiting Scholars’Experiences at Canadian Universities:Implications for Faculty Development at Chinese Universities

This article examines the outcomes of the overseas experiences of Chinese visiting scholars and the implications of visiting scholar programs for faculty development at Chinese universities.On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 17 returned Chinese visiting scholars who spent six to 12 months in a faculty of education at one of five Canadian universities,the following significant aspects of their experiences and related outcomes were highlighted:The cycle of overseas experiences and associated outcomes of Chinese visiting scholars,factors influencing the outcomes of their overseas experiences,visiting scholar programs as a type of faculty development,and China-Canada academic collaboration through visiting scholar programs.The findings support the literature-based conceptual model for investigating the experiences and outcomes of visiting scholars.In the new era of sending university faculty abroad,we suggest that visiting scholar programs should be treated as an important approach to professional development for faculty and be incorporated into a comprehensive faculty development package for Chinese university faculty.

Research and Exploration on the Construction of Double Qualified Teachers in Software Engineering

In order to solve the problem of insufficient integration of school-enterprise supervisors in the current school-enterprise cooperation model,this article introduces the ideas and results of the construction of a team with double-qualified instructors majored in software engineering.Specifically,the integration of production and education are carried out in three stages,i.e.,enterprise cooperation courses,enterprise internship,and graduation design(internship),by taking the software engineering major of the School of Information and Software Engineering of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China as a case study.

For the Future of Chinese Universities:Three Conversations from the Past

This article argues that ideas from the ancient past supply insight about the future of Chinese universities.I make this case by outlining three claims about the nature and purpose of education in Homer,Plato,and Augustine.I propose that conversations based on these ideas illuminate central underlying problems facing Chinese higher education today:Educating the next generation to be properly assertive and make complex judgments,and helping faculty see their own motives and impact clearly.To show this,I explain why discussions of ancient Western authors are useful for the present moment,explaining what vistas these texts open.I conclude by clarifying how the exercise can help China achieve its educational goals.