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Peer reviewedMeiller, Timothy F.; Peterson, Douglas E. – Journal of Dental Education, 1981
The valuable role that predoctoral dental and dental hygiene student involvement in specialized hospital programs can play in the educational process is described. The University of Maryland Dental School program emphasizes the involvement of students in major clinical research related to cancer patients. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cancer, Clinical Experience, Dental Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPeters, Antoinette S.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A 5-year study of medical students who had participated in a first-year elective course on cancer found that 47% of all participants subsequently became involved in other cancer programs. Subsequent expressed and overt interests in cancer were related to achievement on neoplasm-related test items. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cancer, Higher Education, Medical Education
Peer reviewedAnderson, John L. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
An exercise was devised at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, to facilitate medical students' ability to discuss death and dying with cancer patients. Students begin with a written situation to problem-solve and then move into pairs and groups to reach a consensus and discuss the problem. A videotaped simulation is also used. (JMD)
Descriptors: Cancer, Communication Skills, Death, Group Discussion
