Foreign medical graduates are trained in a more didactic fashion and have had less exposure to clinical situations than the American student beginning his internship. (HS)

Contrary to signals of alarm, the intellectual caliber of today's medical student is at least as high as his contemporary of 20 years ago, if not slightly higher. (HS)

Nursing and medical students by and large had different expectations of the summer program because of the characteristics of their professional educations. (author)

Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Medical Education, 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968.

Describes the results of a study designed to answer the questions of whether (1) the socialization of prospective physicians begins prior to the start of their formal training, and (2) the value shifts measured by the Survey of Interpersonal Values begin prior to entering medical school. (Author/MLW)

Studied the arts-related activities available in U.S. medical schools through a questionnaire completed by 100 medical school deans (78% response rate). Twenty-one medical schools offered arts-related required courses, 42 offered electives, and 89 offered extracurricular activities in the arts. (SLD)

Examines arguments by Little in the preceding article that a successful legal suit for accommodations on a state bar exam is generalizable to learning disabilities and medical education. Explores the legitimacy accorded to academic accommodations in medical education. Asserts that medical schools have a social responsibility to shift their…