This guide is intended as a basic primer for college and university teachers and as a practical resource for generating courses about nuclear issues. It suggests how topics already being addressed can be integrated to form courses and how courses on a single campus can be pooled to form programs. (JN)

A study assessed (1) the validity of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine evaluation instrument regarding the occurrence of halo effects and (2) possible relationships between the faculty's evaluations of the residents and the residents' cognitive knowledge and productivity. (MLW)

The teaching performance of faculty who taught a 63-hour family medicine review course providing continuing medical education credit was evaluated, along with syllabus material. The relationship between the quality of teaching and subsequent changes in the physicians' patient-management plans was assessed. (SW)

The number of publications per year produced by a department of internal medicine faculty is analyzed. Publication output was correlated with sectional organization of a department of medicine, the location of faculty assignment, the age of the faculty member, and the change of career goals. (Author/MLW)

Reviews important science news stories reported during 1984 in "Science News" magazine. These stories are in the categories of: anthropology and paleontology; behavior; biology; chemistry; computers; mathematics; earth science; the environment; medicine; physics; science and society; space sciences and astronomy; and technology. (JN)

Discusses the inclusion of citations to literary articles that have appeared in medical journals in National Library of Medicine's database, MEDLINE. Highlights include search aids, search strategies, sample references, and five publications that serve as orientations to current status of movement toward interdisciplinary study of medicine and…

Describes the construction of a knowledge representation from the identification of the problem (nephrotic syndrome) to a running computer simulation of causal reasoning to provide a vertical slice of the construction of a cognitive model. Interactions between textbook knowledge, observations of human experts, and computational requirements are…

The cost and effectiveness of various types and combinations of school-based preventive dental care procedures were assessed in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program, a four-year study involving more than 20,000 students, from ten schools nationwide. Communal water fluoridation was reaffirmed as the most cost-effective means of…

Provides abstracts of papers dealing with various aspects of science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, science education, and other academic fields. Science education abstracts focus on such topics as microcomputers, industry relationships, curriculum and instructional strategies. Program descriptions are also included. (JN)

In response to the perceived need for primary care physicians, two major changes in internal medicine training have occurred: (1) a third year of general training was required for internal medicine board certification and (2) many hospitals developed primary care internal medicine residencies with an increased emphasis on ambulatory training.…

Described are Moslem influences in the development of medicine, mathematics, physics, astronomy, and geography since the founding of Islam. Also considered is the decline of the influence of Arab culture. (SL)

For student health services to succeed, student participation--organized, active, and responsible--must be a major part of the university health care network. (MB)

The student health aide program of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln is a paid, auxiliary, trained health position in dorms, co-ops, and Greek houses, with personnel evaluated on the assistance provided for any physical, personal, social, or environmental health concerns students may have in accordance with the aide's training. (MB)

The Health Information and Education Services at the University of Texas/Austin, established to deal with everyday health concerns and potential health problems, conducts programs in response to student-indicated needs, such as breast cancer clinics, smoking cessation clinics, dieting programs, venereal disease detection, and health fairs. (MB)

The author presents data from six years of correspondence generated by his weekly health column in the Michigan State University student newspaper, detailing methods, student concerns, male/female questioner division, comparison of earlier and later letters, a discussion of the results, and general conclusions. (MB)