The aim of this study was to identify which employees' sociodemographic characteristics and personality traits affected their career development. The research was conducted on a sample of 462 employees, aged between 30 and 55. The final analysis of covariance model included only characteristics which had previously been identified as having significant effect and relations with career development: gender, age, education level, years of work experience with the current employer, total years of work experience, financial status, and all Big Five traits. It was determined that the following characteristics had a significant effect on career development: gender, years of work experience with the current employer, and financial status, from the set of sociodemographic characteristics, as well as Conscientiousness, from the personality traits. Sociodemographic characteristics and personality traits, especially Conscientiousness, represent significant determinants in career development.
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Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle)
January 2025
National Initiative on Gender, Culture and Leadership in Medicine: C-Change, Institute for Economic and Racial Equity, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Introduction: This mixed-method study sought to elucidate the impact of COVID-19 on the professional environments and career trajectories of midcareer research faculty in U.S. medical schools.
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January 2025
Department of Public Courses, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Taian, China.
College students' learning engagement not only significantly influences their academic performance but also plays a vital role in their future career development. Ensuring that students maintain high levels of engagement is essential for society's goal of cultivating high-quality talent. Therefore, understanding the key factors that drive student engagement is critical for educators as they develop effective strategies to foster this engagement.
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January 2025
University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Background: Physicians are planful beings, spending much time imagining and trying to design their ideal careers. Yet, despite actuarial expectations that physicians may spend almost two decades in retirement, it is paradoxical that little attention is generally given to designing an ideal retirement.
Methods: The coauthors are physicians in the latter parts of their careers who both teach leadership to physicians and have thought deeply about physician transitions, including retirement.
Pharmacopsychiatry
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the xanomeline-trospium combination in September 2024 for treating schizophrenia, based in part on three double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trials in adults with schizophrenia experiencing acute psychosis. This random-effects model pairwise meta-analysis of those three trials found that xanomeline-trospium was comparable to placebo in terms of all-cause discontinuation, discontinuation rate due to adverse events, Simpson-Angus Scale score change, Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale score change, body weight change, body mass index change, blood pressure change, serum total cholesterol change, blood glucose change, QTc interval changes, and the incidence of headache, somnolence, insomnia, dizziness, akathisia, agitation, tachycardia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, diarrhea, increased weight, and decreased appetite. However, xanomeline-trospium was associated with a higher incidence of at least one adverse event, dry mouth, hypertension, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, and constipation, and increased serum triglyceride compared with placebo.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, USA. Electronic address:
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic conditions in the world. Surgical treatment for refractoryepilepsy is a method to optimize the quality of life for patients. Throughout his medical career, Dr.
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