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Zaroukian, Michael H.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
In a pilot project, computer-assisted bibliographic retrieval from MEDLINE was taught to an entire entering medical school class (n=112), followed by incorporation of a MEDLINE searching exercise into an early phase of the curriculum and monitoring of subsequent spontaneous use. The method was seen as useful and effective. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Campbell, Elizabeth E.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A method for training physicians in a simple, efficient, and effective smoking cessation counseling strategy consisted of lunchtime seminar, follow-up reinforcement session, and prompt sheet for use during counseling. The counseling strategy emphasizes individual motivation, assessing and addressing obstacles to quitting, drug therapy, contracting…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training, Drug Therapy
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Kaplan, Craig; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
An experience with learner-centered instructional units in an otherwise traditional second year course in medical interviewing found that students (n=71) strongly supported the approach and that learner-centered experiences can be embedded in a teacher-directed curriculum and compete successfully with other, more directive, and, as perceived by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Interviews, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A description of the development of a new surgery clerkship looks at institutional background (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) for the project, preliminary evaluation and planning efforts, formulation of an ideal for the clerkship, barriers to change, overcoming resistance to change, and comparisons with problem-based learning programs…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Winter, Robert J.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
A Northwestern University (Illinois) medical residency program requires each student to complete a research project. Project goals and structure are specific, but residents may choose any project that is original, ethical, and scientifically sound. So far, one-third of the projects have been published or presented at a regional or national…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Outcomes Assessment, Graduate Medical Education, Graduation Requirements
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Krackov, Sharon K. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
Strategies used at several medical schools to address common issues in ambulatory care clerkship programs are presented. These include institutional and policy concerns (institutional resistance, financing, faculty incentives), administrative and implementation problems (logistics, faculty recruitment, student recruitment/placement), and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy
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Fincher, Ruth-Marie E.; Albritton, T. Andrew – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The Medical College of Georgia's third-year medicine clerkship includes a one-month ambulatory care block rotation in internal medicine, medicine, and dermatology. Students present topics and participate in case discussions in daily and weekly conferences. Program success is resulting in expansion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
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Pickell, Garfield C.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
The University of California, Davis, medical school's intensive summer preentry program for disadvantaged minority students, which previews the first year curriculum, has incorporated a problem-based learning component to augment and prolong its effects. Objective measures of course effectiveness are unavailable; however, self-esteem, study…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Kovach, Regina – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The ambulatory care segment of the Southern Illinois University internal medicine clerkship provides extensive clinical exposure in a variety of settings and includes formal educational activities in seminars and workshops. Despite problems, educational quality has improved. Planned expansion includes a longitudinal experience for students.…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Faculty Development, Faculty Recruitment
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Warren, C. P. W. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The University of Manitoba (Canada) medical school is introducing teaching in the ambulatory care setting as traditional inpatient wards become less suitable for clerkships. However, few faculty are willing to accommodate students in their clinics, and other educational and administrative difficulties impede program expansion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Clinics, Costs
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Carpenter, John L.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School administered identical, simultaneous objective structured clinical examinations to large medical school classes and found the method logistically and psychometrically feasible. Potential for use of the test to make pass-fail grading decisions and proposals for modification of administration and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Size, Clinical Experience, Higher Education
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Duerson, Margaret C.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
The Department of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine developed a curriculum component integrating epidemiologic concepts into a third year family medicine clerkship through a small-group project on a specific condition likely to be encountered by primary care physicians in community practice. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Epidemiology, Experimental Curriculum
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Fenton, Barbara A.; Povar, Gail J. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The primary care clerkship at George Washington University (District of Columbia) medical school, the only required ambulatory care experience in the curriculum, is described. Topics discussed include the interdisciplinary structure of the program, its goals, curriculum and student evaluation, and challenges faced in implementation (faculty,…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements
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Packman, Charles H.; Krackov, Sharon K. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The University of Rochester has developed a third-year medical school clerkship in which students spend the second half of the clerkship in the offices of practicing internists. Participating faculty are carefully chosen and trained. Experience indicates the approach is feasible, academically effective, and acceptable to students and faculty.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Faculty Development
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Foley, Richard P.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
In an experimental program, problem-based learning was used as the primary instructional method for a one-month primary-care internal medicine rotation on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) patient care. Resident, tutor, and faculty perceptions of the problem-based approach were positive. Despite substantial initial planning, little…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Clinical Experience, Communicable Diseases, Curriculum Development
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