Evaluation of medical school graduates by their residency supervisors can provide information for judging the adequacy of the medical school preparation for the residency. Thirteen areas of residents' performances considered of major importance for evaluating undergraduate medical training were identified. (MLW)

A study to obtain data on mental retardation training in the pediatric clerkship is reported. Responses conclude that interest in mental retardation is high, while the time commitment to teaching mental retardation and the organization of such instruction in pediatrics remains at a relatively low level.

Physicians who completed residencies in internal medicine at major teaching hospitals in 1982 evaluated their residency training in ambulatory care. Their recommendations were similar to those reported in evaluation studies published over the past 25 years, indicating that training programs have not been successful in restructuring their…