Care of the school student with hemophilia requires a cooperative effort by the health care team. A multidisciplinary approach is suggested for the team, whose members include a hematologist, orthopedist, oral surgeon, geneticist, physical therapist, social worker, and school nurse. (JD)

Described is an innovative pediatric and child psychiatry liaison program in a community hospital that focuses on the identification of normal and abnormal development of the hospitalized child and his family, none of whom has obvious psychopathology. Directed toward medical students, residents, and paramedical personnel, it has been well…

An interdisciplinary faculty of the University of Califiornia at Los Angeles School of Medicine has developed a behavioral science program to teach interns the interpersonal skills necessary for effective physician patient encounters. Curriculum topics include interviewing, problem identification, and situational stress. (JMD)

This Learning Activity Packet (LAP) is designed to celebrate the life, events, and people of the past using a cemetery as a data source (includes a materials list, activity sheets, objectives, etc.). Journal availability: see RC 503 504. (SB)

Examines the educational challenges created by complex health care delivery systems and the need to train analysts and problem solvers to work effectively within these systems. Illustrates, through a course description, how cognitive and experiential learning approaches can provide the student with a bridge between acquiring technical skills and…

At the New Jersey Medical School, an obligatory, multidisciplinary, fourth-year emergency medicine clerkship requires ambulance duty, emergency room rotation, medical specialty lectures, and a cardiac life support providers course. Particular problems associated with multidisciplinary courses are discussed. (Author/JMD)

The curricular content and objectives of each department of the Chicago Medical School were reviewed by interdisciplinary faculty task forces to increase faculty awareness of each department's objectives and to provide a more objective basis for assigning class hours in the new expanded curriculum. (JMD)

Presents an overview of the language teaching situation in Canada's universities, and makes suggestions for its improvement. (AM)

The author suggests that the traditional approach to social studies instruction in grades 9-12 is ineffective and sketches out his view of the ideal program. (KC)

An AAMC survey of American medical schools indicates that 34 percent have specific programs underway or planned to teach health care cost containment. The majority were introduced during the last two years; the costs are fairly modest. Further activities might be enhanced by development of a program primer and the organization of workshops.…

Reported is a description of a course for high school students, designed to be a model for meeting needs in science education for the remainder of the twentieth century. (Author/SA)

Detailed are the origins, development, and implementation of the Crustal Evolution Education Project (CEEP). This group has produced, for use in earth science and other classes in grades 8-10, a series of instructional modules based on current scientific research in the composition, history, and processes of the earth's crust. (BT)

Project Porvenir functions as a manpower resource for primary health care systems developing in rural New Mexico. By providing supervised interdisciplinary teams of students in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, Porvenir increases the service capabilities of the facilities with which it is affiliated. (LBH)

Presents the topic of linking the presence of life on Earth with the chemical evolution of the universe as a whole. The approach involves examining issues related to the biochemical unity of living matter and the chemical evolution of the galaxy. (DDR)

Analyzes the contribution of the early departments of education in England and Wales to the development of educational psychology. Examines syllabi, textbooks, primary sources, and previous research to investigate the contributions of important pioneers in these departments. Concludes with a comment on the methodology of the research. (MJP)