At the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a pediatric-psychiatric liaison program has evolved in which pediatric residents learn the principles and skills necessary to manage the emotional, behavioral, and family problems that may be an integral part of the patient's symptoms. (Author/LBH)

The interviewing course at the University of Minnesota Medical School evolved from an experiment in systematic curriculum development in which videotape feedback was used to improve students' interviewing skills and data-gathering ability. The effectiveness of tutor-consultant cooperation in curriculum development is shown. (LBH)

In a survey of pre-clinical students' views on being told their diagnosis and prognosis in the hypothetical case of cancer, high agreement in the proportion wanting to be or not to be told was found between the responses of students and a sample of cancer patients reported by Kelly and Friesen. (Author/LBH)

Nine objectives are outlined that have either been reported on by teachers in the field or that seem to be pertinent to death education. Focus is on the premise that the format and content of courses follow the goals selected. Questions of who should teach, when and what format are discussed. (Author/LBH)

The successes and problems of the polyclinic (so named to indicate that many subspecialties of internal medicine and related services are represented) approach are discussed. The polyclinic is described as a means of improving the quality of care and the teaching of ambulatory care in clinics of university teaching hospitals. (Editor/LBH)

The academic progress and immediate promotion of minority and disadvantaged students in medical school is of national concern. The preliminary impacts of two experimental programs at the Medical College of Virginia, and their implications, are discussed. (LBH)

This paper describes the processes for collecting information about the objectives of a medical school curriculum and the validation studies of those processes. Major revisions were implemented in the curriculum of the first 2 years at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 1998. In the 2000-2001 academic year, student and faculty groups…

This study attempted to build the best fitting prediction model, with high predictive validity, for success at a minority professional school. The resulting model could be used to document the effectiveness of academic programs and applicant screening. Data for 216 medical students from the college were used to evaluate the usefulness of the…

The ordinal regression method was used to model the relationship between the ordinal outcome variable, e.g., different levels of student satisfaction regarding the overall college experience, and the explanatory variables concerning demographics and student learning environment in a predominantly minority health sciences center. The outcome…

The multivariable relationship between interviewer predictions of future career plans of applicants to medical school and students' characteristics at the time of their interviews was studied. The study also sought to determine the multivariable relationship between students' stated career plans at graduation and their characteristics at the time…

This publication is designed to help admissions committees, other medical school officials, and health professional advisors interpret student Medical College Admission (MCAT) performance. Data presented in this publication may be useful for those providing career counseling or designing programs to attract students to the practice of medicine.…

This publication is designed to help admissions committees, other medical school officers, and health professions advisors interpret students' Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) performance. The data can also help in comparing individual students with their peers in terms of attitudes, preferences, and beliefs about medical school and medical…

Self-instructional materials with programmatic characteristics were compared with other instructional approaches with regard to student performance on examinations of the National Board of Medical Examiners. The results indicate that the student learning through self-instructional materials is superior to learning through other types of…