Ways in which medical successes have come about are reviewed, including who and what were responsible for the clinical advances, what sped or held them back, and lessons that decrease the likelihood of failure. Consideration is given to clinical application, the use of task forces and commissions, and scientific literature. (LBH)

In this paper delivered at the 80th Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1969, author stressed need for accelerated educational research effort in medicine. (IR)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are seeking to improve communications with the academic community, to utilize the NIH advisory apparatus more effectively in the development of NIH programs, and to develop uniform policies with specific criteria for selecting grants to fund extramural research. (Editor/PG)

Relying upon grant-supported salaries, many medical schools have greatly expanded their faculties; but if new funding devices are not discovered, retrenchment will occur. Physicians, who are trained to look at the big picture, must continue to be an essential element in the biomedical research team. (MLW)

Greatly modifying the present medical curriculum for the future physician-scientist is not recommended. The value of his having a PhD is questioned and the importance of his working in a hospital-based clinical department is stressed. The author contends that emphasizing the interrelationship between basic and applied research will increase public…

A national survey of physiology, pharmacology, and surgery departments found that while laboratory exercises using animals are common, they are not universal, and that the widely available alternatives assume diverse forms, including films, computer models, lectures, readings, and clinical clerkships. (MSE)

The task of the scientific administrator is to ensure that areas of the greatest obvious need are being adequately explored according to the availability of resources and to maintain a balance between specialized and nonspecialized research. (Author)

Medical science, according to the author, is in a primitive stage of development. He traces the science of infection, beginning around 1875, not developed enough to be considered an applied science until the 1930's, and points out that we are only halfway in basic scientific understanding of such diseases as cancer, nephritis, and schizophrenia.…

The systematic measurement of the quality of patient care based on outcome data is becoming a part of the delivery of that care. The author reviews the history of an early approach developed and crusaded by Dr. E. A. Codman 60 years ago and suggests some lessons it holds for today's health care professionals. (Editor/JT)

The study reported assessed different aspects related to the research activities undertaken by students in medical school. An extensive questionnaire was administered to graduating seniors that covered degree of participation in research, length of time, circumstances, importance of pay, and level of resulting benefit. (Editor/PG)

Report on a study of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center's Associate Program to determine what changes might be needed to continue attracting excellent young medical scientists. (Editor/PG)

Pao's "quality filter" selection method is re-examined as to its effectiveness in selecting papers that not only are of use to medical educators but to researchers as well. It is concluded that the method does provide the librarian with a tool for forming a highly selective bibliography in a particular medical literature without need for…

The medical scientist program at the Duke University School of Medicine was designed to prepare students with clinical experience for careers in basic science, clinical teaching, and investigation. The career selections and professional activities of graduates and the factors that may have influenced their career choices are examined. (MLW)

The Veterans Administration-medical school relationship is described as "cooperative and commensal." It is suggested that these cooperative ventures must be based on the premise that each operates for common goals from different power bases under different statutory and regulatory authority. (MLW)