A guide to financing medical school studies is presented. Financial planning should ideally begin as soon as medical school admission becomes a possible goal. Information is provided to help estimate costs and identify sources of financial aid, including help provided by a spouse or parents, institutional assistance, private loans/scholarships,…

This bibliography includes 35 reports of research, dated from 1978 to 1983, on the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). These reports consist primarily of studies published in professional journals or presented as papers at professional meetings. No effort was made to screen the studies for methodological adequacy or other measures of…

The study reported assessed different aspects related to the research activities undertaken by students in medical school. An extensive questionnaire was administered to graduating seniors that covered degree of participation in research, length of time, circumstances, importance of pay, and level of resulting benefit. (Editor/PG)

The study reported consisted of a preliminary investigation of patterns of interaction between medical and paramedical students in multidisciplinary groups, the composition of which mirrored actual community health teams. (Author/PG)

Three review courses for the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) examination are described. Although the courses appear to be effective, the limitations of the ECFMG examination as a screening device for foreign medical graduates make it unwise to expand the number of such courses. (Editor)

The psychiatry clerkship at the University of British Columbia emphasizes the teaching model of the student as primary therapist. Principal findings are presented in this report which attempts to evaluate some aspects of this innovative approach to teaching clinical psychiatry. (Author/PG)

The multidimensional approach to student evaluation at the University of Tennessee and the demand for current accurate reports about the progress of prospective physicians has made computerization of student evaluations mandatory. (Author/PG)

Describes a program at the University of California-Davis designed for medical students interested in careers in health sciences. One of the goals of the program is to provide students with realistic data to choose a health career. (Editor/PG)

The relationship between social support and various parameters of psychological well-being was examined with 96 third-year medical students at a large, metropolitan medical school. Assessment instruments included the Social Support Networks Inventory, the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the General Well Being Scale, the Zung Self-Rating…

Possible selves are concrete images of what people think they might become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming in the future. It was hypothesized that the satisfaction with achieving the possible self will be higher the more the person has focused on this possible self and the more emotionally involved the person…

Gender differences in academic achievement of students in the medical school at the University of Michigan were investigated in this study. Observed achievement differences were attributed to gender differences in values which influence student motivation. Three hypotheses were tested: (1) that men place more importance on mastery-related issues,…

Report on a study of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center's Associate Program to determine what changes might be needed to continue attracting excellent young medical scientists. (Editor/PG)

The Western Pennsylvania Health Preceptorship Program was judged to be effective in introducing students to the practice of primary care medicine and the analyses of determinants of health in communities in Western Pennsylvania and in giving them an understanding of the organization and financing of medical care. (Editor/PG)

Describes the project at the University of North Carolina Department of Biochemistry to determine whether validated learning materials could be generated by students for the yearly course, and to determine the effects of self-instruction and student authorship upon the class. (Author/PG)