An actuarial model applied to the selection process of a special medical school program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine was tested. The 77 students in the study sample were admitted to the university's Fifth Pathway Program, which is designed for U.S. citizens who completed their medical school training, except for internship and…

Congressional hearings on H.R. 7118, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of foreign medical graduates for graduate medical education, are presented. The bill would allow an extension of the time by which hospitals are required to reduce their reliance on foreign medical graduates. In particular the…

Provisions of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (PL 94-484), which amends Title VII of the Public Health Service Act and other laws, are explained. Most existing authorities are extended without change through FY77. Most new authorities go into effect in FY78 for a three year period. The provisions explained cover the…

The adoption of improved evaluation methods is advocated to ensure that graduates from schools not accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education have knowledge and skills that approach equivalency to those of U.S. domestic graduates. (MLW)

The specialty choice of Black citizens in residence as of September 1977 is compared with the choice pattern of all physicians certified by specialty boards as of December 1977. Results indicate that the choice patterns of Blacks are almost identical to those of all board certified physicians with the implication that the choices of Blacks are…

Examples of social concerns in health care delivery, such as the foreign medical graduate situation and physician distribution, are used to illustrate the author's suggestion that there are discrepancies between the underlying situations and the subjective perception of the social concerns involved. This causes inadequate or inappropriate reforms.…

This report, based on information gained from multiple surveys of physicians conducted since 1980, addresses a number of basic public policy questions regarding physician manpower supply and distribution in the state of New York. The report's primary focus is longitudinal, attempting to identify patterns and trends among New York State's…

Characteristics and trends of U.S. Foreign Medical Students who sought transfers from foreign to U.S. medical schools via the Coordinated Transfer Application System (COTRANS) from the beginnning of the program in 1970 up to the present is presented. The overall focus is on the five-year time period, 1972 through 1976. Descriptions of…

A study evaluated the feasibility of an objective structured clinical examination to assess the competence of foreign medical school graduates, clinical clerks, and interns to address clinical ethical situations. The University of Toronto's experience with the measure found it useful but in need of improvement. (MSE)

A study found that trained standardized patients could provide a reliable assessment of English proficiency of foreign medical graduates by comparison with a standardized language test, but further research is needed to determine whether it is necessary to provide a clinical context for language assessment. (MSE)

A questionnaire was sent to the 47 directors of medical education (DMEs) in metropolitan Chicago teaching hospitals to determine the effect of PL-94-484. Findings are reported on improvement in the quality of foreign medical graduates and of residency programs, efforts at medical school affiliation, and availability of residency programs. (L BH)

Statistical data are presented regarding students applying for residency programs through the National Intern and Resident Matching Program during 1978. Comparisons with previous years are made for overall participation and positions offered and filled. (LBH)

An examination was developed by the Medical Skills Committee of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates to test the hypothesis that the clinical skills of many foreign medical graduates entering U.S. residencies are deficient. Thirty-two percent of the graduates were found to have inadequate clinical skills. (Author/MLW)

The economic and educational environment that in the mid-1970s led to the growth in the numbers of U.S. students who sought foreign medical education are reviewed and contrasted with the environment in the mid-1980s. Recent data are cited that support a reversal of that earlier trend. (Author/MLW)

A study to determine the frequency and correlates of cheating among medical students found that cheating is extremely frequent (87.6 percent) among premedical students and less frequent (58.2 percent) but still significant among medical students. The most disturbing finding was the positive correlation between cheating in school and cheating in…