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How Targeted Should Research and Higher Education Be?
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Alberts, Bruce M. – Academic Medicine, 1994
This article proposes that more leadership is needed in the scientific community to combat inertia in research and education and for progress in higher education and scientific research to occur. This means using new techniques, designing funding mechanisms that promote more adventuresome research, and supporting the independence of creative young…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
South Dakota's Third-Year Program of Integrated Clerkships in Ambulatory-Care Settings.
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Hansen, Lori A.; Talley, Robert C. – Academic Medicine, 1992
In the University of South Dakota's medical school clerkship program, students may choose one of three ambulatory-care settings. In one, the curriculum is problem based and student centered to enhance student interest in primary care. The new program has been successful and well received and is being further developed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Medical Education
Sixteen Years' Experience with a Required Third-Year Family Medicine Clerkship at Jefferson Medical College.
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Rabinowitz, Howard K. – Academic Medicine, 1992
A popular required family medicine clerkship at Jefferson Medical College (Pennsylvania) suggests that ambulatory care can be taught as a core component of the clinical curriculum. Success requires strong institutional support, structured curriculum, adequate patients, dedicated faculty, sufficient training sites, an appropriate evaluation…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Family Practice (Medicine), Financial Support
The Relationship of Clinical Knowledge to Months of Clinical Training Among Medical Students.
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Vosti, Kenneth L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
A study of 217 Stanford University (California) Medical School graduates found clerkship experience lengths from 12 to 23 months; the median was 18 months. A highly significant correlation was found between longer clinical training and higher scores on Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Results suggest that decreasing…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Training Internal Medicine Residents in the Community: The Minnesota Experience.
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Parenti, Connie M.; Moldow, Charles F. – Academic Medicine, 1995
The University of Minnesota internal medicine residency program of ambulatory general medicine rotations in rural communities and urban managed care settings is described. Development and structure of rotations, objectives, teaching strategies, faculty development, evaluation system, and elements of successful implementation are discussed.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Faculty Development, Graduate Medical Education
Restructuring VA Ambulatory Care and Medical Education: The PACE Model of Primary Care.
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Cope, Dennis W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
The Veterans' Administration new Primary Ambulatory Care and Education (PACE) program at the Sepulveda (California) VA Medical Center, departs from traditional VA medical education models by shifting focus of care from inpatient to outpatient settings. The program uses an interdisciplinary team approach and stresses managed primary care. Aspects…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems, Educational Change