The role of the medical school in continuing education is 5 fold: to produce competent graduates, to instill in its graduates life-long learning, to make available the educational resources, to assist the physician in redefining his role, and to continually educate the public. (Author/PG)

A study found that physician faculty teach continuing medical education (CME) courses because of their enjoyment of teaching and the opportunities for keeping current in the field of expertise, interaction with professional colleagues, keeping current on matters of patient care, and gaining recognition among peers and colleagues. (MSE)

To spur motivation towards continuing education in the medical professions, the author suggests more personalized learning and self-evaluation examinations. (PG)

Using multivariate statistical techniques, a large number of variables describing medical school characteristics was reduced to five general dimensions of variation (size, eminence, clerkship versus basic science requirements, elective emphasis, and service versus science funding). These dimensions served as the basis for a typology of 107 medical…

The Vice President for Health Sciences is a term used for the chief administrative officer of a multi-unit health science component of a university. This essay reviews this job, and the transformation it has undergone in the past. (Editor/PG)

There is a discrepancy between society's health needs and the response of the health professions. (HS)

Medical dial access libraries (DALs) are an innovative information service for health professionals. This report is an evaluation of the general value, effectiveness, and efficiency of the dial access services. (Author/PG)

Actors have been trained to portray patients with a variety of physical and emotional disorders for the purpose of teaching and evaluating clinical skills. Suggests that actors considered for simulations of patients be screened on the basis of sufficient acting experience and motivation for the role. (Author/PG)

The written admitting physical examination reports of 313 hospitalized adult patients representing the admissions to 5 specialty services at a metropolitan teaching hospital were studied with regard to the thoroughness of the reports, their variability in different clinical situations, and the "routineness" and preventive nature of the…