A prospective study using two standardized psychological tests, the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), was conducted to quantify the emotional changes experienced by internal medicine house staff during the internship. (Author/MLW)

Several medical schools have sponsored courses on medical aspects of nuclear war, and faculties of medical schools conducting or considering such courses have many questions about the organization of their teaching. A survey of U.S. schools of medicine presentations of nuclear war-related subject matter is discussed. (MLW)

A cost-effective audiotaped patient-simulation program to teach residents at a university family practice center is described. Similar programs have been implemented in other areas such as pediatrics, psychiatry, nursing, and a family medicine clerkship. (MSE)

Faculty development programs were introduced to help physician-teachers improve their competence in academic skills. The current status of faculty development programs in departments of family medicine were assessed via a questionnaire survey mailed to directors of family medicine residency programs. (MLW)

Discusses the nature of expert systems, including various techniques they use to represent knowledge (such as production rules, semantic networks, frames, first-order logic, and others), system interactions, and such problem domains as science, medicine, computer configuration, trouble-shooting/repair, and oil/mineral exploration. Also discusses…

How physicians turn the data from tests and evaluations of patients into information useful for medical action is described. This is an important application of the distance formula. (MNS)

Drawing upon research and the literature on socialization, social psychology and drug abuse, an ethnographically informed, social context model of the actor is developed and its implications for prevention activities among ghetto youths examined. (Author)

Criteria or standards for a high-quality, off-campus program are identified by a panel of judges composed of practitioners, administrators, and supervisors. Data were gathered from questionnaires regarding program components, organization, and activities. (LBH)

Data describing present graduate degree candidates in veterinary colleges and veterinary science departments reflect present efforts in graduate education. The students' age, length of time in graduate school, source of support, prior activity, disciplines, degrees held, and future plans are reported. (LBH)

The relationship between the VAT and performance in curricula at three colleges was examined. Results of the regression analysis indicated that, although the combined percentile score of the VAT was found to be correlated with performance in veterinary school, better prediction was possible using only the Science subscale at two of the three…

An Adjective Check List was used to compare and contrast the desired personality traits for veterinarians. Data were collected from members of an admissions committee, the general public, and veterinary medical students. (LBH)

This issue of "ETS Policy Notes" examines the underrepresentation of African Americans in medical school, focusing on trends in enrollment and graduation at all levels of education. African American college students' interest in the medical profession, their pursuit of degrees in biological sciences, and the growing gender differences in…

This study examined the effect of gender, personality attributes, and class standing on medical students' attitudes toward medically underserved populations. A total of 102 first-year and 65 second-year students at a medical school in the southeastern United States completed the Medical Students' Attitudes Toward the Underserved (MSATU)…

Thematic progression (TP) is examined in the text of a communication between a cardiologist and a general practitioner concerning a patient, offering a clinical diagnosis of the patient's condition. Analysis of the discourse looks at the field, tenor, and mode of the communication as a context for TP. The methods of analysis are first described,…

Discusses the definition of "biomedical engineering" and the development of educational programs in the field. Includes detailed descriptions of the roles of bioengineers, medical engineers, and chemical engineers. (CC)