Many scientists show a very high level of commitment to such advisory activities, and their specialist knowledge can have considerable impact on decisions and policies, but the academic community needs to provide greater recognition of this contribution.
A specialist MBA may show commitment to a particular industry, but at this level employers need more than commitment.
As an elder care specialist, I applaud the Dillons' commitment to providing home care rather than institutionalization.
Elements of successful eCR system implementation included executive and clinician leadership, established funding models for specialist clinician reimbursement, and a commitment to optimizing clinician workflows.
The highest level of care for injured children in U.S. is the stand-alone PTC, which has the full array of pediatric specialists and services, as well as an institutional-wide commitment to pediatric injury education, research, and prevention.
But if relationships with specialist, external companies are critical, that doesn't sound like a commitment to end PFI, the private finance initiative, within the NHS.
As already alluded to, commitment to the PHC Re-engineering policy (which also included a focus on school health services and specialist maternal-child health support) was evident at political and senior management levels.
The wider community and people with diabetes expect diabetes specialist nurses to be well informed and confident and to have a strong commitment to their profession as well as sound intellectual, interpersonal and clinical skills.
Douglas Paal, a China specialist and former U.S. official, said Baucus would bring knowledge of the economic issues, commitment to improving the trade relationship and important contacts in Congress.
And when Velloza, an Army specialist, contemplated whether to reenlist earlier this year, he ultimately decided to do so, believing he had made a commitment to his fellow soldiers.
