A health education program for kindergarten children conducted by health professionals and educators is described. (MM)

Described the integration of a service-learning elective into a preexisting course at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in which there was little room to maneuver in an already crowded curriculum, and presented some preliminary evaluation findings based on reports on 206 participating students and 254 who did not participate in the…

Results with scores from 3,729 male and 2,533 female residents taking the National Board of Medical Examiners examination support the potential to improve matching in the investigation of differential item functioning (DIF) by conditioning simultaneously on test score and a categorical variable representing the examinees' educational experience.…

The enrollment records of 380 medical students were compared with students' performance on clinical rotation and the National Board of Medical Examiners, Part II examination. Although students who had interrupted their progress in medical school for neutral reasons performed similarly to regular-progress students, students who interrupted progress…

After development and implementation of a revised oncology curriculum at the University of Washington School of Medicine student performance on oncology related questions on the National Board of Medical Examiners examination indicated substantial improvement relative to student performance in non-oncology areas and to the national average. (DB)

Responses to a 1986 questionnaire by 91 departments of clinical psychiatry in U.S. medical schools revealed that a substantial proportion (29.3 percent) were not fully compliant with established guidelines requiring informed consent from patients before allowing students to participate in their psychiatric assessment and care. (Author/DB)

Analysis of results of the program's 1986 matches do not support claims that results are biased to favor programs, with student success in receiving higher-ranked choices greater than hospital success. Factors affecting hospitals' and students' success in the match are analyzed and strategies for improvement are suggested. (Author/MSE)

A study that reviewed 43 Grand Rounds activities conducted by 12 departments in 5 affiliated hospitals suggested that Grand Rounds provides an important educational activity for medical students, graduate medical trainees, and practicing physicians. (JOW)

Examined predictive validity of Medical Specialty Preference Scales (MSPS) and Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI). Administered MSPS to 71 medical students and MSPI to 73 medical students. Findings indicated that MSPI predicted accurately three times more than did MSPS. Based on predictive validity and teaching possibilities, MSPI seems…

Administered Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes I and II and Facts on Aging Mental Health Quiz as single test to third-year medical students before and after their six-week Community Health and Family Medicine clerkship. Clerkship contributed to small improvement in students' knowledge about aged; net bias scores decreased from pretest to posttest.…

Examined impact of medical student's suicide on fellow medical students (n=20). Identified pattern of posttraumatic symptoms which persisted over several months. Found students' tendency to identify with victim was related to prevalent experience of medical student depression. (Author/ABL)

In a pilot project, computer-assisted bibliographic retrieval from MEDLINE was taught to an entire entering medical school class (n=112), followed by incorporation of a MEDLINE searching exercise into an early phase of the curriculum and monitoring of subsequent spontaneous use. The method was seen as useful and effective. (Author/MSE)

Reviews the impact of a two-hour relationship-dynamics lecture presented to medical students (N=459) on a psychiatry clerkship that addresses family dynamics, relationship choice, and relationship dysfunction. Results show that the lecture had both professional and personal implications for medical students and is a promising tool for relationship…

Examines work-family commitment and attitudes toward feminism in a medical student sample. Results indicated no significant gender differences in commitment levels. Third-year students reported more family commitment than did students in lower years. Women reported more positive attitudes towards feminism than did men. (Author/JDM)

Uses data from two different medical examinations to study how to collect enough information about candidates with minimal measurement error and reasonable confidence without asking examiners for redundant ratings. Results, using the FACETS program show the feasibility of using analytic ratings of clinical skills rather than holistic ratings. (SLD)