Romania's program is described in terms of: general information; medical studies and practical medical education; practical work in the first and second years; the third year; externships; and internships. (LBH)

Color transparencies are prepared of a re-colored anatomical specimen after placing labels temporarily in position to indicate specific structures. The specimen is also radiographed to show skeletal and soft tissue structures. Cross-reference among the specimen, photographs, and radiographs is supplemented by examination and self-assessment…

A program of integrated teaching by consultants and general practitioners is described. The teaching took place in the hospitals used for the purpose by the Medical Faculty of the University of Birmingham. (Author)

A report sponsored under the Council of Europe's Medical Fellowships Program gives an overview of medical services and medical education in France, West Germany, and Italy and compares them with that in the United Kingdom. Included is information on staffing structures, national standards, and control over health care delivery and organization.…

A series of pictorial or tabular presentations that together make up a "master set" of Data Boards gives the medical student a visual picture of epidemiology. Each Data Board can be interpreted at the bedside or in similar situations. Its use in clinical teaching is described and suggestions for future applications are made. (Author/LBH)

Realistic specific objectives can be derived only from a rigorous analysis of needs in terms of skills, attitudes, and knowledge, and by a full participation of all teachers. One approach for defining aims of psychiatric education in England is described. (LBH)

Data from 290 respondents to a questionnaire sent to the first 390 male graduates who qualified during the 20-year period after the school became coeducational in 1948 are given and compared with those from a previous survey of the female graduates. Differences are discussed. (LBH)

Based on the theory of cognitive dissonance, the experience-linked practical problem solving approach of this workshop method encourages behavior change, presuming this to cause attitude change. Testing by a Likert-type attitude scale and follow-up studies showed that attitudes were changed. (Author/LBH)

Describes an instrument designed to identify with considerable agreement appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes for gynecology curriculum, relate it to other curriculum content, and determine where it should appear in the curriculum. Focus is on clinical problems to be solved and the underlying processes. (JT)

A study made on drug presentations to groups of doctors in Helsinki is described. Analysis of the content of the presentations revealed that side effects were often neglected, the drug presented was always recommended as the drug of choice, and other forms of treatment were seldom mentioned. Implications for continuing professional education are…

Specific processes in problem-solving were examined in an effort to define them explicitly. Medical students were required to write problem lists, to order laboratory tests, and to choose a final diagnosis for each of five cases. They were given corrective feedback after each part. Factor analysis revealed more similarity in performance on the…

Answers from a survey of 248 doctors ranged from zero to 90 percent, with a mean of 20.61 percent. The estimates were related to doctors' own performance as pre-medical and medical students, and to personal qualities and dispositions as indicated by psychological assessment. Characteristics of doctors with higher estimates are discussed.…

A measure of empathy for use in medical education in Australia was validated in this study. The Empathy Scale is a 64-item empirically-keyed self-report measure that is not oriented specifically to a counselling or psychotherapeutic context.

A technique is described for the construction of life-size three-dimensional models of infants with external evidence of disease. The use of these for teaching and research purposes is outlined. (LBH)

A technique is described that uses the perception of a wide variety of doctors, including specialists in the field, other specialists, and general practitioners, to determine what should be taught to undergraduate medical students. The Spivey technique is applied to curriculum needs in ophthalmology. (LBH)