During the past 20 years the author has visited almost half of all the American medical schools, usually as a consultant on curriculum and instruction. Nine curricular problems are described in medical terms having to do with instructional change, curriculum evaluation, articulation between related segments, etc. (Author/LBH)

As emergency medicine became a specialty, it was realized that traditional training of physicians in urgent, emergent, and acute care problems was deficient. Surveys and studies demonstrate that the emergency medicine curricula in American medical schools remains at a minimum. (MLW)

Recommendations are made for optimal procedures to assess individual physician's needs, emphasizing the role of learners and their perceived needs and the necessity for dynamic interaction of teachers, learners, and program planners. Suggestions are based on studies in Europe and the United States. Further research on assessment techniques is…

University teaching hospitals face increasing competition from community hospitals, expanding regulation of health care, consumerism, and a declining urban population base. New marketing strategies are seen as ways in which teaching hospitals can achieve better relationships with institutions, practitioners, and surrounding communities and…

To determine the clinical and educational impact of an academic general internal medicine consultation service, the perioperative management of diabetes mellitus was examined. The findings indicate that consultative skills must be taught more effectively if medical consultations are to have maximal impact. (Author/LBH)

Sex and race differences in the problems and needs of medical students were investigated. The variables of marital status and the year in school were also considered. The results suggested that many important needs of first- and second-year medical students at Emory University were not being met. (Author/MLW)

Social, economic, and other types of federal regulation are discussed that affect U.S. medical education. It is suggested that medical specialists must be brought into the mainstream of researchers and practitioners concerned with regulation and public policy, and be made aware of the economics of the medical industry and health care policy. (LBH)

Problems encountered in medical education and its administration are examined in this speech before the Association of American Medical Colleges, and solutions are suggested that involve professional cooperation and cognizance of the physician-patient relationship. (LBH)

Data gathered via questionnaires from 96 medical schools indicate that U.S. medical schools continue to assign a fairly low priority to the teaching of geriatrics. Only a few schools offer it as a separate subject, and almost none require it. (LBH)

The educational contribution of medical care evaluation (MCE) has been portrayed as the identification of physicians' educational needs. A study of 13 MCE committees was undertaken to document the learning that occurs in these committees and to discover the conditions affecting their educational value. (Author/MLW)

Information on the backgrounds of about 3,000 certified dermatologists listed in the Directory of Medical Specialists was cross-tabulated by computer during 1976. Among the four variables studied--state of birth, medical education, internship, and residency occurred--the strongest influence on location was residency training. (LBH)

The needs of physically and psychiatrically disabled people were identified, and seven content areas that relate to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by physicians were elaborated in a "core curriculum" for medical students. (MLW)

Few, if any, of the federal policy and funding decisions in the field of physician career development have been based on the results of empirical research, partly because research has had little practical knowledge to offer policy makers. Examples are cited and implications discussed. (LBH)

The results of a Medical Student Needs Questionnaire survey at the University of Nevada School of Medicine are reported and potential applicability to student affairs programing is discussed. Student concerns involved, first, the need to absorb required knowledge, followed by finances, study skills, lack of leisure time, and career plans. (MLW)

The Career Teacher Training Program in Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, which is directed toward increasing the quantity and quality of drug abuse and alcoholism teaching in medical schools throughout the U.S. is described. Plans for curriculum guidelines and teaching aids are also discussed. (LBH)